Built for the demands of your sport

Generic rehab doesn't get you back to soccer, hockey, running, or the gym. Sport-specific rehab does. The work is built around the actual demands you're returning to — sprinting, cutting, jumping, lifting, throwing — with criteria-based progression rather than calendar-only milestones.

The framework

1. Acute — protect and restore basics

Early-phase care to control pain and swelling, restore range, and prevent secondary stiffness.

2. Strength & control

Progressive strength work, neuromuscular control, integration of the kinetic chain. The middle phase where the real adaptation happens.

3. Power & sport-specific

Plyometric progression, change of direction, sprinting, sport-specific drills. The phase most often skipped — and the most common reason for re-injury.

4. Return to play

Criteria-based testing: strength symmetry, hop test batteries, sport-specific demands, psychological readiness.

“Criteria, not calendars.”

What the evidence supports

The Grindem return-to-sport criteria after ACL reconstruction (BJSM 2016) cut re-injury risk by 84%. Similar criteria-based frameworks exist for hamstring strain (Askling), Achilles tendinopathy (Silbernagel), and concussion (Amsterdam 2022 consensus). The evidence is consistent: structured progression beats time-only return.

Common scenarios

  • Mid-season hamstring or groin strain in soccer, hockey, football
  • Runner's knee, ITB syndrome, Achilles tendinopathy
  • Post-ACL or MPFL reconstruction return to sport
  • Recurrent ankle sprains in field-sport athletes
  • Rotator cuff issues in overhead athletes (volleyball, baseball, swim)
  • Youth athlete overuse injuries — managed with growth-plate awareness

Team affiliation

I serve as chiropractor for Tecumseh United Football Club — in-season injury management, pre-season screening, return-to-play programming. That experience shapes the care delivered in clinic.

Bottom line

Sport-specific rehab built around the demands of your game. Criteria-based progression. Honest timelines. Return when you're actually ready — not just when the calendar says so.