The Cross Bracing Protocol (CBP) training workshop for physiotherapists is the only course written and presented by the authors of the published Cross Bracing Protocol case series and RCT study.

The CBP course comprises three comprehensive online theory modules as a prerequisite to the 1.5-day practical workshop.

Dr Tom Cross, Sports Medicine Physician, is the co-developer of the Cross Bracing Protocol together with Mr Mervyn Cross, Orthopaedic Surgeon. He will outline the evolution of the CBP and current CBP protocols, ACL injury classification and ACL healing spectrum, CBP inclusion and exclusion criteria and other medical considerations of the CBP relevant to physiotherapists.

Associate Professor Stephanie Filbay, NHMRC and Principal Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, has published extensively in the field of ACL injury management and outcomes. She is leading the randomised controlled trial (RCT) comparing Cross Bracing to ACL Surgery. She will summarise the research evidence in current ACL injury management, the ACL healing evidence, in addition to the presenting the results of the CBP published case series and the outcomes of the shared decision making research in ACL injury management in Australia.

Associate Professor Jane Rooney, Specialist Sports Physiotherapist* (subspecialty knee) has extensive clinical experience in ACL injury post operative, non-operative and long-term management. She is a co-author of the ACL shared decision-making research and the rehab protocol designer for the forthcoming RCT. Jane has co-managed CBP patients since 2020 with Dr Tom Cross.

The online learning module will summarise ACL injury consequences, impairment assessment, shared decision making in clinical practice and rehabilitation phases including return to sport and ACL prevention programs.

The highly practical workshop written by Associate Professor Rooney will cover acute knee assessment, practical shared decision making in ACL injury management, brace fitting, rehabilitation through the bracing protocol stages in addition to contemporary evidence based ACL rehabilitation through to return to sport.