If you’ve been inside our clinic recently, you’ve probably noticed that sports physical therapy today looks very different than it did just a few years ago. At Cohen Health & Performance, we combine expert clinical care with advanced performance technology to help athletes, runners, and active adults recover faster and return stronger.
If you are an athlete or the parent of a high school athlete, you already know that pain shows up sooner or later. Soreness, stiffness, and the occasional ache are all part of training hard. But knowing when to push through pain and when to stop is where many athletes get stuck.
If you’re an athlete in the McLean area recovering from an ACL injury, you already know how demanding the process can be. At our sports physical therapy clinic in McLean, Dr. Samuel Kinney takes a page from one of football’s greats, Vince Lombardi, to help athletes master the fundamentals that make the difference between average recovery and peak performance.
Before moving to the DMV, I spent several years in Dallas, Texas working for a company called EXOS, a world-renowned leader in sports performance and sports physical therapy. When I first started there, I assumed these elite athletes recovered faster from injuries simply because they were the best of the best. But that wasn’t the whole story..
Wearing a walking boot sounds logical to protect the injury, reduce swelling, and prevent further damage. But here’s the truth: in most cases, that advice can actually slow down your recovery and make it harder to return to the sports and activities you love.
A patient walks in excited because their orthopedic surgeon just told them, “You’re cleared.” For the athlete or for a parent of a young athlete that sounds like great news. It feels like full steam ahead, time to get back to the field, the court, or the gym. But being cleared by your surgeon doesn’t necessarily mean your body is ready for the demands of your sport.
