Physical Therapy Innovations’ Training Can Help You Return to Sport
Have you had an orthopedic injury/surgery such as a knee, shoulder, elbow, or ankle injury? Did you attend traditional physical therapy, but are not 100% after discharge? Did your physical therapist provide you with sport specific training to prepare you for return to your sport(s)?
In most cases, conventional physical therapy does not fully prepare an athlete for safe, confident return to play. Insurance providers are concerned with returning to you to normal activities of daily living such as walking up and down stairs and walking between classes, but are not concerned with higher level, competitive activities. Coverage is typically ended before performance training can be started. In addition, many physical therapy clinics are limited by lack of space, equipment, or experience to adequately prepare you for sprints, squats, acceleration and deceleration, directional changes, and high-intensity training required in your sport.
At Physical Therapy Innovations’ we have the experience, equipment, and space to simulate sport specific movements with a focus on returning you to optimal performance. Our therapists will work with you one-on-one, individualizing your program based on your deficits and dysfunctions, the requirements of your sport and your specific position, as well as your individual goals. We apply the most current, evidence driven return to sport testing to determine your readiness to safely return to sport.
Our clinics are equipped and designed to allow you to train the way you play. Your physical therapist will continually assess your performance and biomechanics during training. They will use their observations to prescribe exercise and specific drills to help you improve your speed, agility, reaction time, endurance, and power. The goal is to prepare you for return to play with a decreased risk of injury, more confidence, and at a higher level of performance than you were before injury.
