Ep 157 – Achilles Tendinopathy: Subgrouping and Treatment Strategies with Dr. Karin Silbernagel
Dec 03, 2024
💭” Even if they do heavy, slow resistance training 2 or 3 times a week, I still stick to daily exercise.’’ - Dr. Karin Silbernagel
Our guest, Dr. Karin Grävare Silbernagel PT, ATC, PhD is a Professor and Associate Chair at the Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE USA. She received her Physical Therapy and Athletic Training Degrees from Boston University, her MSc and PhD from University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She has been a physical therapist and athletic trainer for 34 years, worked full-time in sports medicine for 10+ years including semiprofessional sport, performed sports medicine related research for 20+ years, and is actively engaged as a consultant for professional sports organizations both in the United States and abroad. Her expertise is in orthopaedics and musculoskeletal injury with a focus on tendon and ligament injury. At University of Delaware, she is the principal investigator of the Delaware Tendon Research Group and the Delaware ACL Research Group. Her work has been directly integrated into the clinical guidelines for treatment of patients with tendon injuries. She has presented her research at numerous conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals (160+ published articles to date). Her research is funded by the NIH, Foundation for Physical Therapy, Swedish Research Council for Sport Science, and Swedish Research Council.
📚You will learn about:
- Domains of tendon health and subgrouping Achilles tendinopathy
- The Silbernagel protocol and how to use the pain-monitoring model
- Exercise progression to load the Achilles tendon
- Evolution of tendinopathy treatment over the decades and future expectations
🔎 Dr. Karin Grävare Silbernagel’s resources of information:
- Podcasts
- Infographics
- Current Clinical Concepts: Conservative Management of Achilles Tendinopathy - J Athl Train (2020)
- A Proposed Return-to-Sport Program for Patients With Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy: Rationale and Implementation - Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (2015)
- Karin’s papers
Contact Information
Social Media:
💻LinkedIn: Karin Grävare Silbernagel
🐦 Twitter: @kgSilbernagel
🐦 Twitter: @UDtendongroup
📸Instagram: @karinsilbernagel
📸Instagram: @udtendongroup
📱Facebook: Delaware Tendon Research Group
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