Real timelines, not the ones you want to hear
Each timeline below is typical of our own caseload, not a best case. They run longer than the ones on most clinic websites because these are averages for how long recovery actually takes, not optimistic ones.
What we see, grouped
Eight things account for most of what walks through the door. If yours is not on the list it is still worth ringing.
Ligament & joint
The ones a surgeon or a season depends on.
- ACL reconstruction. We follow your surgeon’s protocol for the early phase, then shift to criteria-based progression rather than a date on a calendar.
- Ankle sprain. Balance and strength work now, so a rolled ankle does not become a standing joint problem.
- Shoulder instability. Post-dislocation rehab, plus the overhead athlete losing rotation strength through a season.
Muscle & tendon
Slow to heal, and the ones people return to sport on too early.
- Hamstring strain. Eccentric strength and the length at which you can produce force are what we test, not whether it is sore to stretch.
- Achilles tendinopathy. Heavy slow resistance loading over twelve weeks, with no shortcut the evidence supports.
- Patellar tendinopathy. Load management plus progressive quad loading, worked around your season rather than stopping it.
Overuse & load
The ones that get missed because nothing was torn.
- Bone stress injuries. Shin, navicular and metatarsal. We image early where suspicion is real, because a missed navicular stress fracture is a season, not a niggle.
- Groin & hip pain. Adductor-related groin pain and hip impingement, tracked with a measurable strength test rather than a guess.
Injured this weekend?
We hold three Monday morning slots for weekend injuries, every week. Ask for one when you call — getting the diagnosis right in the first week matters more than anything in the six after it.
Injured this weekend? We hold Monday slots.
Answered from 6am weekdays. Mention it is a weekend injury and you will get one of the three we hold every week.