Postoperative & Return-to-Sport

Rebuild Strength. Restore Confidence. Return with a Plan.

Rehab after surgery that follows your surgeon's protocol. Progress is checked with objective tests, so every step back to sport is based on how you test, not just the calendar.

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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

  • A significant injury: A serious injury that needs a structured, step-by-step return.
  • Rehabbing elsewhere: Want objective return-to-sport testing? Book a testing-only session at any of our three clinics.
  • Youth, high school & collegiate athletes: Back to the team after surgery, with parents and coaches in the loop.
  • Adult & recreational athletes: Back to leagues, the court, and the gym.
  • Runners, HYROX & hybrid athletes: A graded return to running and race training.
  • Lifelong athletes: Back to the activities you plan to keep doing for years.

Movement Demands

  • Rebuilding strength, power, and range of motion step by step
  • Meeting checkpoints set with your surgeon and care team
  • Return-to-running and return-to-sport testing before full activity

Common Conditions

Conditions We Commonly See

Examples only. Your evaluation decides your plan.

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  • ACL and other knee ligament surgery
  • Meniscus surgery
  • Rotator cuff repair, shoulder stabilization, or labral surgery
  • Achilles tendon repair
  • Hip arthroscopy
  • Rehab after a fracture, once you're medically cleared

How We Help

Rehab. Performance. Recovery.

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

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Leads every plan

Rehab

Rehab that follows your surgeon's protocol, with objective tests at each checkpoint. After ACL reconstruction, checkpoints are typically around 3, 6, and 9 months.

Performance

Once you're back: strength and power training to keep building.

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

Post-Op & Return-to-Sport 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 aligned with your surgeon's protocol.
  • What we work onPhased rehab that follows your surgeon's protocol; return-to-running planning when cleared.
  • Care that may be part of itManual therapy, IASTM, localized cryotherapy*, Normatec compression*, strength training and force plate retests*.
  • How we prove progressPhase checkpoints and a return-to-sport test battery, 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: ACL reconstructionAn athlete in a cutting or jumping sport who has just had ACL surgery.

Phase 1 of 4

Protect

Calm swelling and get the knee moving.

What we do

Your surgeon's protocol: swelling control, full knee straightening, quad activation and walking mechanics.

To move on

Full knee extension and quad control, as your surgeon's protocol allows.

Phase 2 of 4

Rebuild

Restore strength and control.

What we do

Progressive leg strength and balance work, with a checkpoint test around 3 months.

To move on

Strength and hop scores of about 80% of your other leg, then a running progression when cleared.

Phase 3 of 4

Return to sport

Train for the demands of your sport.

What we do

Running, cutting, jumping and sport drills, with checkpoint tests around 6 and 9 months.

To move on

Quad and hamstring strength and hop tests above 90% of your other leg, and at least 9 months after surgery.

Phase 4 of 4

Stay back

Lower the chance of reinjury.

What we do

Ongoing strength and power training after you return.

To move on

Retests about every 12 weeks after return.

Start with your evaluation

What we measure: Swelling and knee range of motion early on, then quad and hamstring strength and hop tests compared side to side, plus a knee function questionnaire.

The research behind this plan

This example follows Grindem H, et al. Simple decision rules can reduce reinjury risk by 84% after ACL reconstruction: the Delaware-Oslo ACL cohort study. Br J Sports Med. 2016;50(13):804-808.

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

Post-Op & Return-to-Sport Questions

Yes. Rehab and testing follow your surgeon's protocol and medical-clearance requirements. With your permission, we share your results with your surgeon, 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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