Sports Injuries
Rehabilitation built for athletes. By someone who understands performance.
Sports injury rehabilitation with a clear return-to-performance goal. Not pain-free in daily life — back to your sport, at the level you were at before.
Every discipline
Sports we work with.
If your sport is not listed — it is still covered. The assessment and rehabilitation model applies regardless of discipline.
Injury types
What we treat.
ACL, MCL, LCL, ankle ligament tears and sprains. Conservative management and post-surgical rehabilitation.
Hamstring, quadriceps, calf, hip flexor, groin. Graded loading from acute phase through full return to sport.
Patellar, Achilles, rotator cuff, proximal hamstring. Load-based tendon rehabilitation — not rest, not passive treatment.
Bone stress injuries common in runners and high-load athletes. Progressive load reintroduction following the bone healing timeline.
Training load errors that accumulate over time. Load management and graded reloading — with training volume maintained where possible.
Injuries from collision, impact, or acute trauma. Assessment-led management from the acute phase through to return-to-competition criteria.
Rehabilitation after surgical repair with a clear performance goal. Return to competition with evidence — not assumption.
The same injury coming back. Assessment identifies the deficit that was never addressed in previous rehabilitation — and corrects it.
The difference
Why athletes choose performance rehabilitation.
Assessment-led, not protocol-driven.
Generic rehabilitation programs are built for the average patient. Your injury happened in a specific sport, in a specific context, with a specific load history. Every decision here is driven by what your examination finds — not by what the diagnosis sounds like on paper.
Training continues where it safely can.
Blanket rest is the most common failure in sports injury rehabilitation. Most athletes can continue a significant portion of their training throughout recovery — with appropriate modification. The goal is to stay as close to your training as possible while the tissue heals. Read: Can You Keep Training While Injured? →
Return to performance, not return to daily life.
Standard physiotherapy discharge criteria are "pain-free with normal daily activities." That is not enough. Return-to-sport here means meeting strength benchmarks, load tolerance criteria, and sport-specific functional tests — and demonstrating them, not approximating them. Read: How Return-To-Sport Testing Works →
The system
Return-to-sport framework.
Load tolerance testing
The first assessment establishes how much load the injured tissue can currently accept. Rehabilitation progresses from that baseline — not from a generic starting point.
Strength benchmarks
Sport-specific strength criteria are defined at the start. Return to full training requires those benchmarks to be met — not just absence of pain.
Movement quality criteria
Movement patterns are assessed under load, under fatigue, and in sport-relevant positions. Compensation patterns that drive reinjury are identified and corrected.
Sport-specific functional testing
Before clearance, the athlete performs sport-relevant tasks at near-competition intensity. Confidence in the tissue under load — not just clinical comfort.
Case example
What recovery looks like.
A 24-year-old CrossFit athlete presented with a two-year history of recurring ankle sprains. Previous management: rest, tape, and return to training when pain allowed. Each recurrence more significant than the last.
Assessment revealed bilateral single-leg strength deficit and absent proprioceptive control under load on both sides — the ankle instability was a symptom of a movement control deficit, not a structural failure that repeated rest would correct.
Treatment: single-leg progressive loading, proprioceptive training under increasing load, sport-specific reintroduction. Nine sessions over eleven weeks. No further ankle sprain in the fourteen months since discharge. Competition continued throughout rehabilitation with load modification in the first three sessions.
Case presented with patient consent. Identifying details modified.
Questions
Common questions from athletes.
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How soon can I train after a sports injury?
This depends on injury type and severity. In most cases, some form of training continues from day one — modified for the tissue's current tolerance. Assessment determines what you can do safely and what to temporarily avoid. The goal is to keep you training at the highest level the injury allows.
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Will I lose strength and fitness during rehabilitation?
Not necessarily. With appropriate load management, most athletes can maintain — and even improve — fitness during rehabilitation. The program is built around what you can do, not what you can't. Strength work on uninjured areas continues throughout.
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What is the difference between rehabilitation and performance training?
At PhysioPro, less separation than you might expect. Rehabilitation uses the same tools as performance training — progressive loading, movement quality, strength benchmarks — applied within the tolerance of the injured tissue. The endpoint is return to full performance, not return to pain-free daily life.
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Do you work with competitive athletes?
Yes. Athletes at every level — recreational, amateur, and competitive. Understanding training demands, competition timelines, and sport-specific movement requirements is central to how programs are built.
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Can I refer a teammate or training partner?
Yes. Each patient is assessed individually. You can refer training partners, teammates, or coaches — they book independently and are assessed on their own findings.
More questions? See the full FAQ →
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