Sports Physical Therapy in Springdale, AR
Sports rehab is not general rehab with a jersey on. The end point is different: you are not done when it stops hurting, you are done when you can produce force at speed, on one leg, while tired.
Every plan here is written backwards from the demands of your sport.
Return-to-sport rehab
We measure both sides — strength, hop, range — and use those numbers to decide when you progress. Return-to-play is a criteria decision you can see on paper, not a hopeful guess.
Soccer
Soccer is the sport we see most in Springdale, and it breaks in predictable places: hamstrings, adductors, ankles and knees. Rehab includes sprint mechanics, deceleration, change of direction and a graded return to match minutes.
- Hamstring and adductor strength through full range
- Cutting and deceleration under fatigue
- Graded return to training and match volume
Running mechanics
Running injuries are almost always a load problem before they are a form problem. We look at both — weekly volume, surface, cadence and strength — and build a plan that gets your mileage back without a rebound.
Lifting mechanics
Squat, hinge, press and pull are assessed under load, not on a table. Most lifters keep training here with adjusted range, tempo or weight while the problem gets resolved.