Early Safe Loading for Achilles Rupture (ESLAR) protocol Online Course

>6hrs providing clinicians with the knowledge, practical tools, progression criteria, and exercise frameworks required to confidently guide patients through every stage of Achilles rupture rehabilitation.

$395 $295 AUD

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The Early Safe Loading for Achilles Rupture Protocol is a criterion-based rehabilitation framework developed to address important gaps in current practice. A key innovation is Achilles tendon force-informed and criterion-based approach, whereby rehabilitation exercises are progressively matched to the estimated forces experienced by the Achilles tendon during each stage of recovery.

What's included:

Foundations

Achilles rupture epidemiology, injury mechanisms, tendon healing, and surgical versus non-surgical decision making.

Imaging & Early Management

Ultrasound, boot fitting, wedge prescription, tendon positioning and strategies to minimise elongation risk.

ESLAR Rehabilitation Framework

A four stage, criterion based protocol for progressing loading from early protection through to advanced rehabilitation.

Return to Performance

Strength, plyometrics, running progression, outcome measures, patient education and return to activity guidance.

Drawing on the latest research, clinical experience, and emerging concepts in tendon healing and adaptation, the course critically examines current rehabilitation approaches and provides practical guidance for clinical decision-making.

Meet the instructor

Prof Peter Malliaras

Peter Malliaras is a specialist physiotherapist and researcher from Melbourne, Australia focusing on the problem of tendinopathy. Currently, he is a Professor at Monash University Physiotherapy Department and involved in multiple tendinopathy research projects in Australia and internationally. His research focuses on understanding pain and neuromuscular impairments, and clinical trials testing the efficacy of exercise and other interventions in tendinopathy. Peter maintains a strong clinical focus, consulting to people with difficult tendinopathy presentations.  

Patrick Jones - Course author