What is the Return to Sport Program?
Standard physical therapy often stops when daily pain subsides, leaving a critical gap between basic medical clearance and stepping back onto the field, court, track or trail. That gap is where athletes hesitate on a cut, guard a landing or come back too fast and get hurt again.
Return to Sport bridges it. We strip away complex, impractical exercises and focus on the dynamic movement patterns that power athletic performance: explosive power, multi-directional agility and the resilience to handle high-impact landings. Load tolerance, joint stability and movement mechanics are rebuilt systematically, so you can sprint without hesitation, cut and land with control, and compete at full speed.
Our team knows sport. Dr. Kelly Roberts Lane, DPT, FACSM, who developed the F.A.S.T Approach™ (Facilitation, Activation, Systematic Therapy), leads the physical therapy team for the Twin Cities Marathon medical committee, USA Cup and the Special Olympics National Games 2026. Dr. Joe Herdzina, DPT, SCS, OCS is a board-certified sports and orthopedic specialist.
We work with athletes of all ages and levels, from youth and high school athletes to adult runners, skiers and weekend competitors. Whether your sport happens on a field, a court, a track, a trail or the snow, the plan is built around the movements your sport actually demands and the timeline of your season. Because every visit is one on one with the same Doctor of Physical Therapy, your progress is tracked by someone who knows exactly where you started.
