Fick Physical Therapy and Sports Performance
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10/02/2026
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐.
๐ญ Think about everything your body has been through since preseason.
๐ Weeks of practices. Games. Lifting. Sprinting. Travel. School. Early mornings. Late nights. Soreness that comes and goes. Maybe an ankle youโve been managing or a knee that feels a little different after games than it did in August.
๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ.
โ ๏ธ By this point in the season, weโre not only interested in where an athlete started. We want to know how their body has responded to everything that has happened since.
โIs strength holding up? Are they still moving with the same control? Are they recovering between competitions? Does something begin to change as fatigue builds? Is an old injury quietly becoming more noticeable as the workload accumulates?
๐ก๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด.
๐ They give us context.
๐ An athlete can enter a season feeling strong and prepared and still need something different two months later. Maybe the priority shifts toward recovery. Maybe strength needs to be maintained. Maybe recurring soreness deserves a closer look. Or maybe everything is holding up exactly the way we hoped.
โThatโs why in-season sports physical therapy shouldnโt rely on how an athlete looked in August. We need to make decisions based on the athlete standing in front of us today.
๐ Because the deeper you get into your season, the more important it becomes to understand what is actually holding up when it counts.
๐ If your body feels different now than it did at the beginning of your season, schedule a sports physical therapy assessment with Fick PT & Performance. Letโs figure out what has changed and what you need to keep performing through the rest of your season.
๐ฑ(720) 480-2866
๐ www.fickptandperformance.com
10/01/2026
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต.
โ๏ธ Maybe youโve noticed that soreness is lasting longer than it did early in the season.
โ๏ธ Maybe an old injury only shows up after games.
โ๏ธ Maybe your body feels completely different on Friday than it does on Monday.
โ๏ธ Maybe youโve learned that you recover well from certain workloads but struggle when practices, lifting, travel, and competition start stacking up.
Or maybe you feel better than you expected and your body is handling the season exactly the way you hoped it would.
๐๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
โ ๏ธ Because a season isnโt only something you get through. It constantly gives you feedback about how your body is moving, recovering, adapting, and responding to the demands of your sport.
๐ At Fick PT & Performance, sports physical therapy is about helping athletes make sense of that information.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐น๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ.
โThe important part is knowing what your body is telling youโand responding before the decision gets made for you.
๐ A successful season doesnโt mean your body never feels sore, tired, or challenged.
๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด.
๐ If this season has revealed pain, limitations, recurring soreness, or changes in performance that you havenโt addressed yet, schedule a sports physical therapy assessment with Fick PT & Performance and letโs figure out what comes next.
๐ฑ (720) 480-2866
๐ www.fickptandperformance.com
09/29/2026
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐. ๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐.
โWhen an athlete is dealing with pain or recurring soreness, the instinct is often to back off completely.
๐ And sometimes that is exactly what the body needs.
โ ๏ธ But other times, the bigger issue is that the athlete simply isnโt prepared for the amount of force, speed, or repetition their sport is asking them to tolerate.
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ.
๐ We may need to progressively add strength, controlled loading, sprint exposure, change-of-direction work, or sport-specific movement so the body can better handle the demands that keep bringing the symptoms back.
๐ซ Thatโs one of the biggest decisions we make in sports physical therapy: knowing when to protect an athlete and when to begin asking more of them.
๐ Because the goal isnโt to avoid stress.
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Itโs to build a body that can tolerate the right amount of stress at the right time.
๐ At Fick PT & Performance, we look at how the athlete is moving, what their sport requires, how symptoms respond to load, and what qualities still need to be rebuilt before deciding what comes next.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ฒ๐๐.
๐ข๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ If you keep resting, feeling better, and then dealing with the same issue once training ramps back up, schedule a sports physical therapy assessment with Fick PT & Performance. Letโs figure out whether your body needs protectionโor better preparation.
๐ฑ (720) 480-2866
๐ www.fickptandperformance.com
09/28/2026
๐จ WEโRE HIRING A SPORTS PHYSICAL THERAPIST ๐จ
๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐พ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐?
If youโre a Physical Therapist who wants more time with patients, more clinical autonomy, and the opportunity to work with athletes at a higher level, we want to meet you.
Fick PT & Performance is growing, and weโre looking for an exceptional Sports Physical Therapist to join our team in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
Why Fick PT & Performance?
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One-on-one patient care
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Sports & orthopedic rehabilitation
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Return-to-sport and performance training
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Work with motivated athletes and active adults
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Clinical autonomy
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Advanced rehab & performance technology
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Collaborative, growth-focused team
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An environment built around outcomesโnot volume
Our clinicians work with youth, high school, collegiate, professional, masters, and recreational athletes and have access to technology including VALD testing, Keiser Resistance Training, AlterG Treadmill, BFR, Focused and Radial shockwave, EMTT, PMST, Class IV deep tissue laser, HBOT, Red Light Therapy, and more.
Weโre looking for a PT who is passionate about sports rehab, committed to becoming an exceptional clinician, and ready to move beyond the traditional high-volume PT model.
You became a PT to help people get back to doing what they loveโnot to race from patient to patient.
Be a rebel and come practice PT differently!
๐ Highlands Ranch, Colorado
๐ฉ DM us to learn more or email your resume and cover letter to [email protected] to apply.
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09/25/2026
โ ๏ธ Parents, โIโm fineโ isnโt always the whole story.
โAthletes often minimize what theyโre feeling because they donโt want to miss practice, lose playing time, or feel like theyโre falling behind. That doesnโt mean theyโre hiding something seriousโit just means parents may need to pay attention to more than the words.
๐ Watch how your athlete moves after games and practices. Are they suddenly limping, favoring one side, moving more slowly on stairs, or repeatedly stretching and icing the same area? Do they hesitate during movements that used to look natural? Are they recovering normally between sessions, or do they seem increasingly sore and fatigued as the week goes on?
๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ผ.
๐ An athlete may say they feel fine while avoiding full-speed cuts, protecting a previously injured leg, or hesitating before contact. Those subtle changes can be signs that their bodyโor their confidence in itโis not handling the demands of the season the way it normally does.
๐ The goal isnโt to analyze every ache or assume every sore muscle is an injury. Some soreness is part of sport.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป.
๐ When the same pain keeps returning, movement starts changing, recovery is getting harder, or an old injury seems to be affecting how your athlete competes, that is useful information worth paying attention to.
๐ Sports physical therapy can help determine whether your athlete is simply adapting to the season or whether something needs to be addressed before it begins costing them playing time.
๐ If youโve noticed a change in how your athlete is moving, recovering, or trusting their body, schedule a sports physical therapy assessment with Fick PT & Performance. Sometimes catching the pattern early is the best way to keep the season moving forward.
๐ฑ (720) 480-2866
๐ www.fickptandperformance.com
09/24/2026
โThe right plan for an athlete last week may not be the right plan this week.
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
๐ One week, an athlete may need more strength work because they are handling practice well and have room to build capacity. The next week, they may have two games, less recovery time, and soreness that is starting to accumulate. Suddenly, the priority shifts.
โ ๏ธ Instead of adding more, we may pull back on lifting, increase recovery, modify part of practice, or focus treatment on whatever is limiting them most in that moment.
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐ At Fick PT & Performance, we do not believe athletes should be forced into the exact same plan week after week when their workload, symptoms, recovery, and competition schedule are constantly changing.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ป๐ผ๐.
โAre they recovering between sessions? Is pain changing? Are they still moving well under fatigue? Has their game schedule increased? Do they need more capacity, or do they need more recovery?
๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐
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โ๏ธ Sometimes progress means adding more.
โ๏ธ Sometimes progress means doing less for a few days so the athlete can adapt and keep moving forward.
โThe plan should respond to the athleteโnot force the athlete to fit the plan.
๐ If your body is feeling different from one week to the next, your plan may need to change too. Schedule a sports physical therapy assessment with Fick PT & Performance and letโs make sure your treatment, training, and recovery still match the demands of your season.
๐ฑ(720) 480-2866
๐ www.fickptandperformance.com
09/22/2026
โYou rested. It felt better. You went back to your sportโฆand the pain came right back.
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐.
๐ Rest can be exactly what an irritated area needs in the short term. Reducing activity can settle symptoms and give the body a break from whatever was aggravating it. But if the same problem returns as soon as running, lifting, practice, or competition resumes, simply taking more time off may not answer the bigger question:
โWhy can your body feel good at rest but struggle when the demands return?
๐ค That's where the conversation changes.
โ ๏ธ Instead of only asking how to make the pain go away, we start looking at what the athlete may still be missing. Has strength dropped? Is mobility limiting how force is distributed? Is an old injury changing movement? Did training volume increase faster than the body was prepared for? Does the athlete simply need a more gradual progression back to higher loads?
๐ This is an important part of sports physical therapy because returning to sport requires more than the absence of symptoms. The body also has to rebuild the capacity to tolerate sprinting, cutting, jumping, lifting, contact, and repeated effort without falling back into the same pattern.
๐ฏ Sometimes that means treatment. Sometimes it means strength, progressive loading, movement work, or adjusting how quickly an athlete returns to full participation. Often, it is a combination.
๐ Rest can calm a problem down. It doesn't always prepare the body for what caused the problem in the first place.
๐ At Fick PT & Performance, our goal is to figure out what still needs to be restored so you're not stuck in the cycle of rest โ feel better โ return โ hurt again.
๐ If you've already tried resting and the same pain keeps returning when you get back to your sport, schedule a sports physical therapy assessment. Let's figure out what your body needs to tolerate the demands of your seasonโnot just what makes it feel better when you're doing less.
๐ฑ(720) 480-2866
๐ www.fickptandperformance.com
09/18/2026
๐ Game-day warm-ups should confirm readinessโnot discover whether youโre ready.
โBy the time an athlete gets to competition, their body should already have been exposed to the demands theyโre about to face.
๐ That means sprinting at higher speeds, cutting with intent, decelerating, jumping, landing, and repeating those movements under increasing levels of fatigue.
๐ If the first time an athlete truly tests their hamstring, knee, ankle, or shoulder at game intensity is during warm-ups, that is important information arriving very late.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ.
๐ At Fick PT & Performance, we want to see how an athlete responds before game day. Can they tolerate higher speeds without pain? Does movement quality hold up as intensity increases? Are they favoring one side? Does an old injury begin to show itself once fatigue enters the picture?
๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐.
โ ๏ธ Sometimes the athlete is ready to progress without restriction. Other times, the week may need to include additional strength, treatment, recovery, or a more gradual return to higher-intensity movement before competition.
๐ The goal is not to eliminate every variable before an athlete plays. Sport will always be unpredictable.
โ๏ธ The goal is to prepare the body well enough that game day is not the first real test.
๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ.
๐ If youโre returning from an injury or something still feels uncertain as competition gets closer, schedule a sports physical therapy assessment with Fick PT & Performance. We can help you determine what your body needs before game day asks the question for you.
๐ฑ (720) 480-2866
๐ www.fickptandperformance.com
09/17/2026
โI๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐.โ
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต.
โ ๏ธ If an athlete feels fine during the week but consistently notices pain, tightness, or soreness after competition, the issue may not be that something is wrong all the time. It may be that their body is reaching a level of demand it is not fully prepared to tolerate yet.
โGames ask more from athletes than most practices do. Sprint volume goes up. Cutting is sharper. Contact is less predictable. Fatigue builds faster. Movements happen at full speed, often without time to think about them.
๐ฆ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐.
โIs the athlete losing control as fatigue builds? Are they compensating around an old injury? Is their current strength or tissue capacity enough for the total workload? Are they recovering fully before the next session, or is stress simply accumulating from one week to the next?
That pattern matters because pain does not have to be constant to be worth paying attention to.
๐At Fick PT & Performance, sports physical therapy helps us look beyond the symptom and understand what happens when the athlete reaches higher levels of speed, force, and fatigue. That may mean assessing strength, mobility, movement quality, workload, or sport-specific demands to identify what still needs to improve.
๐ Sometimes the answer is treatment. Sometimes it is more recovery, better load management, or progressive exposure to the demands that are causing the issue.
๐ The important part is not assuming that โonly after gamesโ means โnot a big deal.โ
๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
๐ If the same pain or soreness shows up after every competition, schedule a sports physical therapy assessment with Fick PT & Performance and letโs figure out what your body is struggling to tolerate.
๐ฑ (720) 480-2866
๐ www.fickptandperformance.com
09/15/2026
โThey can practice. But should they practice normally?
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐ An athlete may be able to run, complete drills, and get through practice while still dealing with pain, swelling, reduced strength, or movement changes that become more noticeable as intensity increases.
๐ฃ๏ธ So when an athlete tells us, โI can still play,โ that is useful informationโbut it is not the only information we use to make a decision.
โ ๏ธ We also want to know how their symptoms respond during and after activity, whether they are moving differently, how their strength compares side to side, whether swelling or soreness is increasing, what their injury history looks like, and what the next several days of practices and games are going to demand from them.
๐ Sometimes the right decision is full participation.
๐ Sometimes it is practicing with a few temporary modifications, reducing certain drills, or managing total workload while we address the underlying issue.
๐ And sometimes the body is giving us enough information to say that continuing at full intensity is not the best choice that day.
๐ This is one of the gray areas of sports physical therapy that does not always fit neatly into โplayโ or โdonโt play.โ
๐ช The goal is to make the decision that gives the athlete the best chance to keep progressing through the seasonโnot simply to get through one more practice.
๐ At Fick PT & Performance, we look at the whole picture before deciding what comes next. Because being able to participate and being prepared to tolerate unrestricted participation are two different things.
๐ If pain, soreness, or an old injury is starting to affect how you practice, schedule a sports physical therapy assessment with Fick PT & Performance. We can help determine what you can keep doing, what may need to change, and what needs to improve to keep your season moving forward.
๐ฑ (720) 480-2866
๐ www.fickptandperformance.com
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