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PODCAST: EP 311 –
ARTHROFIBROSIS: "I HAVE A
CLIENT WHO . . ."
1. Open your camera
2. Scan the code
3. Tap on notification
4. Listen!
I have a client who has been
diagnosed with arthrofi brosis.
There is very little information on
how to work with this condition. This
client is 29 years old and had some
stubborn, tight fi bularis muscles
that ended up affecting his knee to
the point that his orthopedist told
him he needed an anterior cruciate
ligament repair. I'm not sure if there
was ever any injury.
After the ACL repair, his body laid
down bone and fi bers that have left
this young father of a 16-month-old
in about 60 degrees of fl exion, in a
fi xed position. He gets around with
crutches.
His case kind of broke my heart.
– Excerpt from "I Have a Client Who . . ."
Pathology Conversations
with Ruth Werner, episode 311
