Lower-Extremity Injuries

Move with Confidence from the Ground Up.

Physical therapy for foot, ankle, knee, hip, thigh, and lower-leg injuries. Personalized care focused on recovery, strength and performance: rehab, strength training, and testing that shows when you're ready for the next step.

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  • Starts with AssessAn evaluation before any treatment
  • Hands-on careAt all three clinics
  • Measured progressForce plates & 1080 in Lubbock & Colleyville
  • Three clinicsLubbock, Colleyville, Irving

Who It’s For

  • After surgery: Rehab that follows your surgeon's protocol, with tests at each checkpoint.
  • A fresh injury: Rolled ankle, sore knee, or a pulled hamstring? Start with an evaluation and a plan.
  • Youth, high school & collegiate athletes: Field, court, and track sports, with parents and coaches in the loop.
  • Adult & recreational athletes: Leagues, the gym, and weekend games.
  • Runners, HYROX & hybrid athletes: Miles, sleds, and lunges that load the legs week after week.
  • Lifelong athletes: Staying active on your feet for years to come.

Movement Demands

  • Running, jumping, landing, and cutting
  • Fast changes of direction and slowing down
  • Single-leg strength, balance, and control

Common Conditions

Conditions We Commonly See

Examples only. Your evaluation decides your plan.

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Foot & ankle

  • Ankle sprains and ankles that keep rolling (chronic ankle instability)
  • Achilles tendon pain
  • Heel pain (plantar fasciitis)
  • Tendon pain on the inside or outside of the ankle
  • Foot stress injuries and other bone-stress concerns

Knee

  • ACL, PCL, MCL, and LCL injuries
  • Meniscus injuries
  • Pain around the kneecap
  • Patellar or quad tendon pain
  • IT band pain on the outside of the knee

Hip & groin

  • Hip flexor and groin strains
  • Pain on the outside of the hip (gluteal tendon pain, often called “hip bursitis”)
  • Hip impingement or labral symptoms
  • Hamstring tendon pain near the sit bone

Thigh & lower leg

  • Hamstring and quad strains
  • Calf strains
  • Shin splints
  • Shin stress reactions or stress fractures (with medical assessment)

How We Help

Rehab. Performance. Recovery.

Three areas of care, one plan. Most athletes retest about every 12 weeks, against their own baseline.

Clinician guiding an adult patient's leg through a stretch on a treatment table

Leads every plan

Rehab

Rehab for foot, ankle, knee, hip, thigh, and lower-leg injuries, with retests before each step forward. Personalized care focused on recovery, strength and performance.

Performance

Single-leg strength, balance, and power for running, jumping, landing, and cutting.

Recovery

Hands-on care such as dry needling, cupping, IASTM, manual therapy and mobility work such as assisted stretching at all three clinics, plus Normatec and localized cryotherapy at Lubbock and Colleyville.

Hands-on care explained

Your Package

Lower-Extremity Package

Every plan starts with an evaluation. Here is what your package includes and an example of how a plan moves, one phase at a time.

What’s in your package

  • What we test firstBaseline jump, landing, and side-to-side test.
  • What we work onProgressive lower-limb strength and loading; balance and change-of-direction progression.
  • Care that may be part of itManual therapy, IASTM, dry needling, cupping, localized cryotherapy* and strength training.
  • How we prove progressRe-test strength and symmetry against your baseline, with a report that compares every result to your baseline.
  • What you leave withYour test report, a home program on paper, and updates to your coach or physician with your permission.

Visits are set by your progress, not a fixed number. *At Lubbock and Colleyville.

See how a plan moves

Example: Ankle sprain (lateral ankle sprain)An athlete who rolled an ankle and wants to get back without it giving way again.

Phase 1 of 4

Settle it

Protect the ligament and get you walking well.

What we do

Early, protected weight bearing, swelling control, and hands-on care to restore ankle motion.

To move on

Comfortable walking and ankle motion returning.

Phase 2 of 4

Rebuild

Restore strength and balance.

What we do

Progressive calf, ankle and hip strength, and balance training on one leg.

To move on

Single-leg balance and calf strength close to your other side.

Phase 3 of 4

Return to sport

Train cutting, jumping and landing.

What we do

Hopping, change of direction and sport drills, with a brace or tape if your clinician advises it.

To move on

Jump and landing tests close to even side to side.

Phase 4 of 4

Stay back

Lower the chance of another sprain.

What we do

Ongoing balance and strength work as part of training.

To move on

Retests about every 12 weeks.

Start with your evaluation

What we measure: Ankle range of motion, balance, swelling, and the ability to jump and land, compared side to side.

The research behind this plan

This example follows Martin RL, et al. Ankle Stability and Movement Coordination Impairments: Lateral Ankle Ligament Sprains Revision 2021. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2021;51(4):CPG1-CPG80.

An example only. Your evaluation sets your actual plan, and you move on when you pass each step, not by the calendar. Force plate and 1080 testing at Lubbock and Colleyville. Irving uses clinical strength and movement tests.

Colleyville and Irving accept insurance and cash pay. Lubbock is cash pay only for now. Each step, where it’s available and how to pay are on one page.

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Our Team

Why athletes trust us

Our clinicians are licensed physical therapists and athletic trainers with degrees in their field. They treat all types of injuries, not just one sport.

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  • Licensed and degreed

    Physical therapists and athletic trainers trained to care for injuries of every kind.

  • Experience at every level

    Years of working with athletes, from youth sports to college and lifelong competitors.

  • Tested, then retested

    Objective testing shows where you start, and retests show how you are progressing.

  • Built around your training

    Your plan fits your sport, your schedule, and what you want to get back to.

FAQ

Lower-Extremity Questions

Yes. Return-to-play testing compares each leg on strength, balance, jumps, and hops before you return to full play. No single test clears you, and medical clearance stays with your physician.

No. Healthy athletes start with Assess to set a baseline, then keep building in Perform. If something hurts or you're coming back from surgery, Recover comes first. Insurance at Colleyville and Irving; cash pay at all three clinics.

Any of our three. Hands-on care, strength training, and clinical return-to-play testing are at Lubbock, Colleyville, and Irving. Force plate testing, Normatec, and localized cryotherapy are at Lubbock and Colleyville; Lubbock has the 1080 Quantum and Colleyville has the 1080 Sprint. Irving refers patients to Lubbock or Colleyville for force plate and 1080 testing.

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An injury and performance evaluation at our Lubbock, Colleyville, or Irving clinic. Personalized care focused on recovery, strength and performance. Wear comfortable clothes you can move in.

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