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297 | Audit Your Knee Extension: A Simple Assessment for ACL Rehab
October 8, 2026 · 36 minIn this episode we start with a sentence we hear far too often: your knee extension is "normal", it'll come back with time, or just keep working on it. One athlete heard some version of that for months. A scan early on showed something…
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296 | The Trust Problem in ACL Rehab and Healthcare
October 1, 2026 · 45 minIn this episode, we sit with an ACLer who told us he would almost rather hear that it was over so he could stop fighting it. He wasn't being dramatic. He was exhausted. For months he did everything he was told, showed up almost every day…
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295 | Two NFL Players, Two Very Different Paths Back From ACL Surgery
September 24, 2026 · 22 minIn this episode we look at two NFL quarterbacks, two knees, and one label stamped on both of them. One walked out under the lights on Monday night in week one. The other is still on the sideline answering questions at a podium, and the…
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294 | The Collateral Damage Consideration of Going Nonoperative in ACL Rehab
September 17, 2026 · 23 minIn this episode we follow one athlete who had done everything right in recovery. Strong knee, no giving way, nothing to suggest a problem, until one ordinary moment on a wet pool deck changed the outcome entirely. We get into why that…
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293 | The Comparison Trap Every ACL Athlete Falls Into
September 10, 2026 · 40 minIn this episode, we get into something that quietly shapes how almost every ACL athlete feels on any given day, even when their knee is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. It is not a workout, a graft type, or a timeline. It is…
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292 | The One Skill That Separates Good ACL PTs From Great Ones
September 3, 2026 · 35 minIn this episode, we go back to a mistake made early in a career, one that quietly cost someone months they never got back. We talk about the feeling that creeps in during recovery long before anyone has words for it, and why so many people…
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291 | Twenty ACL Athletes Later, Complicated Might Be Normal In ACL Rehab
August 27, 2026 · 39 minIn this episode, we open up our actual caseload and walk you through what a normal week of ACL rehab really looks like behind the scenes and the variety of cases we're working with. Not the highlight reel version, not the forum version…
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290 | The Fear Of Damaging Your New Graft After ACL Surgery
August 20, 2026 · 44 minIn this episode we get into the fear that hits almost every ACLer in the weeks after surgery, the quiet worry that one wrong step, one weird zing, one slip in the shower could undo everything. We share a message from a listener that fueled…
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289 | Why Your Surgeon's Favorite Graft Might Not Be Right For Your ACL Surgery
August 13, 2026 · 39 minIn this episode, we tackle one of the most repeated pieces of advice in the ACL space, the idea that the best graft is simply the one your surgeon is best at. It sounds reasonable. Athletes hear it in consults, in physical therapy offices…
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288 | Should You Let Your PT Crank On Your Knee In ACL Rehab?
August 6, 2026 · 34 minIn this episode, we walk through a real case that has us fired up. An ACL athlete four and a half months post op, 40 physical therapy sessions in, finally hit a breaking point and told her PT to stop. We get into what was actually…
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287 | 9 Lessons I Learned After Tearing My ACL Twice
July 30, 2026 · 35 minIn this episode we get personal. We are pulling back the curtain on two ACL tears in two completely different chapters of life, and the nine lessons that came out of both. We talk about the moment denial feels more like certainty than…
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286 | 5 Signs It's Time to Switch Your PT
July 23, 2026 · 39 minIn this episode we walk through the quiet signs that your ACL recovery might not be on the track it should be. We get into what actually separates a provider who knows what they're doing from one who is behind, the questions you should be…
About the show
The ACL Athlete Podcast brings you everything you need to know about ACL injuries. This podcast creates discussion around the ACL injury itself, research, rehab, performance, return to sport, mindset, you name it. I'm your host, Dr. Ravi Patel, Performance Physical Therapist, Coach, and 2x ACL athlete. I invite you to join me as we explore insights, expertise, personal stories, and experiences - from the athlete to the healthcare professional to the coach, so that we, together, can raise the standard of care and revolutionize the field of ACL injuries and rehab.