Laguna Beach, California
Getting back to the sport you love requires more than time—it takes precision, strategy, and expert guidance. Our return-to-sports therapy at Mobility Rx is designed to help athletes recover safely, regain strength, and optimize performance while reducing the risk of re-injury.
Each program is tailored to your sport, position, and injury history, combining targeted exercises, movement analysis, and evidence-based rehabilitation techniques. We also integrate Return-to-Sport (RTS) Testing, a structured, objective process to ensure you’re ready to safely return to competition.
Return-to-sports therapy focuses on restoring your body to meet the specific demands of your sport after injury, surgery, or extended downtime. Our physical therapist aims to rebuild strength, mobility, endurance, and neuromuscular control while addressing both physical and psychological readiness.
We analyze how the human body moves during sport-specific tasks to identify weaknesses, imbalances, or movement deficits that could impact performance or increase injury risk.
Individualized exercise plans strengthen muscles, joints, and connective tissue to support high-performance movements required by your sport safely.
Controlled, sport-specific drills improve coordination, speed, and reactive strength, preparing you for the demands of competition.
Through education, corrective exercises, and biomechanical training, we teach techniques to reduce the risk of re-injury and maintain peak performance in the long term.
RTS testing is a structured, evidence-based process that helps determine if an athlete is physically and psychologically ready to return to their sport safely. Instead of relying solely on time, RTS testing utilizes objective measures and validated criteria to reduce the risk of reinjury and improve long-term outcomes.
Deficits in strength, functional performance, movement quality, or confidence can significantly increase the risk of reinjury, particularly after injuries such as ACL reconstruction. A criteria-based approach ensures athletes meet established benchmarks before returning to play, protecting both short-term performance and long-term joint health.
Measures muscular power and symmetry to confirm that both sides are prepared for the demands of the sport.
Evaluates lower-limb performance through dynamic, sport-like tasks.
Analyzes biomechanics during cutting, jumping, and landing to identify unsafe patterns.
Assesses acceleration, deceleration, and safe directional changes.
Ensures stability and proper reactions to unexpected movements.
Captures the athlete’s perspective on function, symptoms, and psychological readiness.
Whether recovering from a sprain, strain, surgery, or overuse injury, our program provides:
Step-by-step programs respecting healing timelines and tissue tolerance.
Exercises and drills designed for your activity, position, and skill level.
Objective benchmarks confirm readiness to return safely to competition.
A licensed doctor of physical therapy guides your recovery with hands-on support.
Regain trust in your body so you can perform without hesitation.
Don’t let injury keep you on the sidelines. Contact us today to schedule your evaluation and start a return-to-sports program with integrated RTS testing, designed to help competitive athletes return stronger, faster, and safer than before.