When should I see a PT for a sports injury instead of just resting?

If pain lasts more than a week, is sharp or point-tender, changes how you move, or keeps coming back, get it evaluated. Pushing through — or resting and then returning to the same load — is the most common path to a chronic problem.

Can you help me become a more efficient, injury-resistant runner?

Yes. Beyond treating the current injury, we analyze your running mechanics and build strength and movement programs that make you more durable — many runners come to us to prevent the next injury, not just fix the last one.

How soon can I get back to my sport?

It depends on the injury, but we build a phased timeline at your first visit and update it as you hit strength and movement milestones — so the return is based on readiness, not just the calendar.

For athletes

Sports & Running Injury Rehab

Get back to your sport on a realistic timeline — built around your activity, your goals, and how you actually move.

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About this service

What is sports & running injury rehab?

Athletes don’t just want to be pain-free — they want to return to their sport, stronger and less likely to get hurt again. Our sports and running rehab program treats the sprains, strains, tendinitis, and overuse injuries that come with training, and rebuilds the strength, mobility, and movement quality needed to get back safely. Led in part by Chad Smurthwaite, a board-certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist and former collegiate distance runner, the program is built around your specific sport and goals — not a one-size-fits-all protocol.

What we treat

What sports & running injury rehab helps with

Running injuries (shin splints, IT band, runner’s knee)

Ankle sprains and chronic instability

Achilles and patellar tendinitis

Muscle strains and overuse injuries

Stress-related lower-leg pain

Return-to-sport after injury or surgery

Movement and gait inefficiencies

Injury-prevention and performance training

From symptoms to solutions

How we diagnose

A sports evaluation is built around your activity. Your therapist takes a focused history — your sport, training load, prior injuries, and goals — then assesses strength, mobility, and the way you move under load, often including a running or movement analysis. You leave with a clear diagnosis and a written, phased return-to-activity plan you can take to the gym, the trail, or the field.

Treatment options

Treatments we offer

Returning to sport is a process, not a green light. We progress you through clear phases — calm the injury, restore strength and motion, rebuild sport-specific capacity, then return to play — so you come back able to handle the demands of your sport, not just symptom-free at rest.

Running & movement analysis

Identifying the mechanics and inefficiencies behind a recurring running or sports injury — and retraining them.

Progressive loading & strength

Sport-specific strengthening that rebuilds capacity in the injured tissue and the whole kinetic chain.

Manual therapy & IASTM

Hands-on and instrument-assisted soft-tissue techniques to restore mobility and tissue quality.

Blood flow restriction (BFR) training

Build strength early with light loads when the injured area can’t yet tolerate heavy resistance.

Return-to-sport testing

Objective strength and movement benchmarks before you return to full activity — to lower re-injury risk.

Injury-prevention programming

A maintenance plan so the gains hold and the injury doesn’t come back.