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Physio Nexus AcademyCPD Provider · #791052
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Learning path · Final year, interns & clinicians

Knee Rehab Mastery

From the injury to the exercise plan — one joint, mastered step by step.

9 steps · about 100 minutes in total

By the end you'll be able to:

  • Time your treatment to the healing phase
  • Interpret knee special tests honestly
  • Combine open and closed chain work safely
  • Follow a full ACL rehabilitation plan
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Here's the route. 9 steps, one at a time. Lessons are taught by me; missions send you into the PNA website with one clear job. Tick each mission when it's done.

  1. Step 1 · Lesson with PNA Teacher · 10 minNext up

    Tissue Healing Phases — What to Do and When

    Protect, then repair, then rebuild. Match your treatment to the biology.

    Start lesson

  2. Step 2 · Mission · 10 min

    ACL Injury

    Read how an ACL injury presents. List the three history clues that would make you suspect it before you even touch the knee.

    Open the page

  3. Step 3 · Lesson with PNA Teacher · 11 min

    Sensitivity, Specificity, SnNout & SpPin

    A positive test doesn't always mean 'yes'. Learn what a result really tells you.

    Start lesson

  4. Step 4 · Mission · 12 min

    MSK Special Tests library

    Find the knee ligament tests. Practise the technique steps on a friend (gently!) — and decide which result would rule an ACL tear out.

    Open the page

  5. Step 5 · Lesson with PNA Teacher · 8 min

    Open vs Closed Kinetic Chain — The Foot Decides

    Look at just one thing — the hand or the foot — and you'll classify any exercise in 3 seconds.

    Start lesson

  6. Step 6 · Lesson with PNA Teacher · 11 min

    Exercise Dosage — FITT, RPE & Reps in Reserve

    Stop prescribing "3 sets of 10 for everyone". Learn to dose exercise like medicine.

    Start lesson

  7. Step 7 · Lesson with PNA Teacher · 11 min

    The Gait Cycle Made Easy

    Break one step into 8 pieces — and suddenly every limp starts making sense.

    Start lesson

  8. Step 8 · Mission · 15 min

    ACL Reconstruction Rehabilitation plan

    Walk through the plan phase by phase. At each phase, name one open-chain and one closed-chain exercise — and the criterion to progress.

    Open the page

  9. Step 9 · Mission · 10 min

    Knee Osteoarthritis plan

    Different knee, same principles: spot where load progression and patient education appear in this plan.

    Open the page