Sports Rehabilitation

Hands-on physical therapy to return you to sport quicker, safer

When it comes to treating sports injuries with physical therapy, early intervention is key.

If you’ve been sidelined from your favorite sport—even with the occasional ache or pain—don’t brush it off! It is important to facilitate a healing response as quickly as possible to avoid the development of abnormal movement patterns or “bad habits”.

What role does physical therapy play in sports injury treatment?

Although plenty of them occur, not every injury is the result of a traumatic incident (think of sudden collisions or falls that result in ligament tears or fractures.) Often, our sports injuries are the result of overuse, improper form, and training through discomfort.

Physical therapy is a great treatment option for sports injuries because PTs are movement experts! Our first goal is to help your body reduce inflammation and promote tissue healing. We then focus on establishing normal movement patterns and correcting problematic ones.

Without functional moment we can not move through our environment and experience as much joy in life as we did before injury.

PT = Better Outcomes

It’s true that people who are in better shape going into surgery are in better shape coming out.

- Diane Covington, Physician’s Assistant in Orthopedic Surgery, Duke University

Commonly treated conditions

Sport Specific Training and Conditioning
Pre/Post Surgical Shoulder, Knee, Hip, Spine, Ankle/Foot Rehabilitation
Pre/Post Knee: ACL, PCL, Meniscus, Tendon Repair
Pre/Post Shoulder: Labral, Ligament, Instability, Tendon Repair, Throwing Injuries
Running Injuries; Plantar Facitis, ITB Syndrome, Heel Pain, Chronic Istability/Ankle Sprains, Tendonitis
Running Biomechanics Analysis and Orthotics
Patella-Femoral Syndrome
Hip Impingement Syndrome (FAI)

Make an appointment

Ideal Motion Physical Therapy
12551 Old Glenn Highway,Suite E
Eagle River, AK 99577
(907) 694-5515

Did you know?

Exercise—most any type of exercise—can reduce your risk of recurring low-back pain by between 25 to 40 percent.

Meet your physical therapist

Chris Wilson, PT, OCS, FAAOMPT is an orthopedic clinical specialist with 20 years of experience.