COMPLEXITIES OF THE KNEE COMPLEX
You know the diagnosis. You know what needs to happen. The patient still isn't tolerating load. That's not a protocol problem. That's a reasoning problem.
2 days · live weekend
1.8 CEUs · 18 contact hours
Lab Forward Format
$600 investment
You've been treating knees long enough to know when something isn't adding up.
That inconsistency isn't a skill gap. It's a depth gap.
THE LOAD QUESTION
Your patient needs quad strength. Every loading strategy you try provokes. You back off. You try again. The window keeps moving. You're not guessing; you know your anatomy and your progressions, but you can't identify the variable driving the intolerance.
THE IDENTICAL CASES
Two ACL presentations. Same mechanism, same protocol, different outcomes. One progresses on schedule. The other plateaus at week four with no clear reason. The diagnosis didn't change. Something in the tissue did and you need a framework to read it.
THE SENSITIZED KNEE
Pain stopped following biomechanical logic three sessions ago. Loading provokes. Backing off doesn't reset. Managing central sensitization alongside a structural knee problem is one of the hardest scenarios in outpatient ortho. It requires a different lens entirely.
Most knee courses teach you what to do. This one teaches you why it works and what to change when it doesn't. Comprehensiveness here isn't a selling point. It's a clinical requirement.
Jess Elis
PT, DPT, PhD, FAAOMPT, OCS, SCS, COMT, CSCS
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Jess Elis has held executive medical leadership positions with two NBA organizations, the New York Knicks and the Portland Trail Blazers, following fellowship training in orthopedic manual therapy and his work at EXOS. He holds a PhD in the bioethics of wearable technology in professional sport.
That depth didn't come from a textbook. It came from almost leaving the profession before any of it happened.
After this course
What you'll do differently on Monday
Use symptom modification to confirm pathomechanics and move straight to manual therapy.
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Symptom modification tells you what the tissue responds to. Manual therapy becomes the trial treatment that proves it.
Load patellar tendinopathy and patellofemoral syndrome correctly, even when the presentation isn't clean.
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Same complex, opposite loading strategies. You'll know which one you're dealing with and exactly what that means for your progression.
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Navigate the sensitized knee without abandoning your loading framework.
When pain stops following biomechanical logic, you'll have a lens for managing central sensitization alongside structural rehab rather than choosing between them.
Make return to sport decisions you can defend with criteria.
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Clear mechanical rationale for when the tissue is ready. No more judgment calls made on feel alone.
Trusted by organizations across the country
Two days on the floor, built on 3+ hours of required online pre-work.
What you examine on day one is what you load on day two.
Day 1 — Assessment, manual therapy, and loading foundations
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Normal ROM, gait mechanics, and how intra-articular versus extra-articular pathology changes your loading decisions from session one.
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Grading, palpation, and Bernoulli's principle applied clinically. Understanding joint reactivity before you load it.
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Full knee extension restoration, accessory rotation, screw home mechanism, and hip-knee coordination assessments.
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Symptom modification as a real-time diagnostic tool, then immediate integration into quad-specific soft tissue and joint mobilization.
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Quad and hamstring complex strength testing with HHD. Data that informs your loading decisions.
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MRE application, constraint-based movement assessment, and compensatory pattern recognition.
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Quad and soleus synergy
Day 2 — Hamstring complex, tendons, plyometrics, and return to sport
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Biomechanics, soft tissue and neurodynamic techniques, and hip versus knee dominant training strategies with clear criteria for each.
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A structure that rarely gets its own block. Manual therapy and integrated MRE for a muscle that matters more than most courses acknowledge.
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Intensive versus extensive variations sequenced across a rehabilitation continuum.
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Patellar tendinopathy versus fat pad irritation, reactive versus degenerative staging, and the loading decisions that determine whether a tendon adapts or breaks down.
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One of the most undertrained capacities in knee rehab. Assessed, trained, and progressed as a distinct physical quality.
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90 minutes on the hardest conversation in knee rehab. Criteria-based decision making and a reasoning framework for knowing when the tissue is actually ready.
What People Are Saying
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What People Are Saying *
"Going into this course, I was hoping for a strong framework to help organize techniques and exercises. That is exactly what this course delivered. Actionable, logical, and evidence-based strategies to understand and affect a variety of knee conditions."
— Eathan Schultz · PT, DPT
"This course changed my approach to knee rehab. It dives into the nuances of decision making and treatment that directly improves outcomes."
— Brock Hanke · PT, DPT, OCS
"A clear, cohesive framework for knee treatment. Delivered with plenty of humor and an epic soundtrack. 10/10."
— Ben Kelto · PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
Format and Pricing
FAQ
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Email support@therehabcode.com.
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CEU approved for licensed physical therapists. ATCs, DCs, and PTAs are welcome to attend though formal CEU credit is not available for those disciplines at this time.
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Rehab Code submits for state approval when given adequate timeline. You can also independently submit to your state licensing agency.
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You'll create a Teachable account and get immediate access to the required online pre-work. Completion is tracked before the live course starts.
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⌄60-day cancellation policy with a full refund minus a $100 administrative fee. Refunds processed within 7–10 business days. Reschedule requests made at least two weeks prior are accommodated at no charge with a one-time transfer within six months. A $50 transfer fee applies. Courses rescheduled due to national disaster or government ordinance: no refunds issued. Enrollment transfers to the new date automatically. Participants unable to attend have 14 days from the reschedule notice to request full account credit.