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10/02/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†.

๐Ÿ’ญ Think about everything your body has been through since preseason.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Weeks of practices. Games. Lifting. Sprinting. Travel. School. Early mornings. Late nights. Soreness that comes and goes. Maybe an ankle youโ€™ve been managing or a knee that feels a little different after games than it did in August.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ.

โš ๏ธ By this point in the season, weโ€™re not only interested in where an athlete started. We want to know how their body has responded to everything that has happened since.

โ“Is 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?

๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด.

๐Ÿ”Ž They give us context.

๐ŸŒŸ 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.

โ—Thatโ€™s why in-season sports physical therapy shouldnโ€™t rely on how an athlete looked in August. We need to make decisions based on the athlete standing in front of us today.

๐Ÿ›‘ Because the deeper you get into your season, the more important it becomes to understand what is actually holding up when it counts.

๐Ÿ‘‰ 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. Letโ€™s figure out what has changed and what you need to keep performing through the rest of your season.

๐Ÿ“ฑ(720) 480-2866
๐ŸŒ www.fickptandperformance.com

10/01/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต.

โœ”๏ธ Maybe youโ€™ve noticed that soreness is lasting longer than it did early in the season.

โœ”๏ธ Maybe an old injury only shows up after games.

โœ”๏ธ Maybe your body feels completely different on Friday than it does on Monday.

โœ”๏ธ Maybe youโ€™ve 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.

๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

โš ๏ธ Because a season isnโ€™t 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.

๐ŸŒŸ At Fick PT & Performance, sports physical therapy is about helping athletes make sense of that information.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต, ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

โ—The important part is knowing what your body is telling youโ€”and responding before the decision gets made for you.

๐Ÿ‘‰ A successful season doesnโ€™t mean your body never feels sore, tired, or challenged.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

๐Ÿ‘‰ If this season has revealed pain, limitations, recurring soreness, or changes in performance that you havenโ€™t addressed yet, schedule a sports physical therapy assessment with Fick PT & Performance and letโ€™s figure out what comes next.

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๐ŸŒ www.fickptandperformance.com

09/29/2026

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜. ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†.

โ—When an athlete is dealing with pain or recurring soreness, the instinct is often to back off completely.

๐Ÿ‘ And sometimes that is exactly what the body needs.

โš ๏ธ But other times, the bigger issue is that the athlete simply isnโ€™t prepared for the amount of force, speed, or repetition their sport is asking them to tolerate.

๐—œ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ.

๐Ÿ‘‰ 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.

๐Ÿ’ซ Thatโ€™s 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.

๐Ÿ›‘ Because the goal isnโ€™t to avoid stress.

โœ… Itโ€™s to build a body that can tolerate the right amount of stress at the right time.

๐Ÿ‘‰ 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.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€.

๐—ข๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

๐Ÿ‘‰ 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. Letโ€™s figure out whether your body needs protectionโ€”or better preparation.

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๐ŸŒ www.fickptandperformance.com

09/28/2026

๐Ÿšจ WEโ€™RE HIRING A SPORTS PHYSICAL THERAPIST ๐Ÿšจ

๐™๐™€๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™” ๐™๐™Š ๐™‹๐™๐˜ผ๐˜พ๐™๐™„๐˜พ๐™€ ๐™‹๐™ ๐˜ฟ๐™„๐™๐™๐™€๐™๐™€๐™‰๐™๐™‡๐™”?

If youโ€™re 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 weโ€™re looking for an exceptional Sports Physical Therapist to join our team in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

Why Fick PT & Performance?

โœ… One-on-one patient care
โœ… Sports & orthopedic rehabilitation
โœ… Return-to-sport and performance training
โœ… Work with motivated athletes and active adults
โœ… Clinical autonomy
โœ… Advanced rehab & performance technology
โœ… Collaborative, growth-focused team
โœ… An environment built around outcomesโ€”not 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.

Weโ€™re 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 loveโ€”not to race from patient to patient.

Be a rebel and come practice PT differently!

๐Ÿ“ Highlands Ranch, Colorado
๐Ÿ“ฉ DM us to learn more or email your resume and cover letter to [email protected] to apply.

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09/25/2026

โš ๏ธ Parents, โ€œIโ€™m fineโ€ isnโ€™t always the whole story.

โ—Athletes often minimize what theyโ€™re feeling because they donโ€™t want to miss practice, lose playing time, or feel like theyโ€™re falling behind. That doesnโ€™t mean theyโ€™re hiding something seriousโ€”it just means parents may need to pay attention to more than the words.

๐Ÿ”Ž 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?

๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ.

๐Ÿ›‘ 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 bodyโ€”or their confidence in itโ€”is not handling the demands of the season the way it normally does.

๐Ÿ‘‰ The goal isnโ€™t to analyze every ache or assume every sore muscle is an injury. Some soreness is part of sport.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป.

๐Ÿƒ 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.

๐ŸŒŸ 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.

๐Ÿ‘‰ If youโ€™ve 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.

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09/24/2026

โ—The right plan for an athlete last week may not be the right plan this week.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

๐Ÿ‘‰ 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.

โš ๏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.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ-๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.

๐Ÿ“ 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.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„.

โ“Are 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?

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜.

โœ”๏ธ Sometimes progress means adding more.

โœ”๏ธ Sometimes progress means doing less for a few days so the athlete can adapt and keep moving forward.

โ—The plan should respond to the athleteโ€”not force the athlete to fit the plan.

๐Ÿ‘‰ 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 letโ€™s make sure your treatment, training, and recovery still match the demands of your season.

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09/22/2026

โ“You rested. It felt better. You went back to your sportโ€ฆand the pain came right back.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜.

๐Ÿ‘‰ 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:

โ—Why can your body feel good at rest but struggle when the demands return?

๐Ÿค That's where the conversation changes.

โš ๏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?

๐ŸŒŸ 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.

๐Ÿ’ฏ 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.

๐Ÿ›‘ Rest can calm a problem down. It doesn't always prepare the body for what caused the problem in the first place.

๐Ÿ“ 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.

๐Ÿ‘‰ 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 seasonโ€”not just what makes it feel better when you're doing less.

๐Ÿ“ฑ(720) 480-2866
๐ŸŒ www.fickptandperformance.com

09/18/2026

๐Ÿˆ Game-day warm-ups should confirm readinessโ€”not discover whether youโ€™re ready.

โ—By the time an athlete gets to competition, their body should already have been exposed to the demands theyโ€™re about to face.

๐Ÿ‘‰ That means sprinting at higher speeds, cutting with intent, decelerating, jumping, landing, and repeating those movements under increasing levels of fatigue.

๐Ÿ•› 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.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ.

๐Ÿ“ 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?

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜.

โš ๏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.

๐ŸŒŸ The goal is not to eliminate every variable before an athlete plays. Sport will always be unpredictable.

โœ”๏ธ The goal is to prepare the body well enough that game day is not the first real test.

๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ.

๐Ÿ‘‰ If youโ€™re 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.

๐Ÿ“ฑ (720) 480-2866
๐ŸŒ www.fickptandperformance.com

09/17/2026

โ€œI๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€.โ€

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต.

โš ๏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.

โ—Games 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.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜†.

โ“Is 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.

๐Ÿ“At 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.

๐ŸŒŸ Sometimes the answer is treatment. Sometimes it is more recovery, better load management, or progressive exposure to the demands that are causing the issue.

๐Ÿ›‘ The important part is not assuming that โ€œonly after gamesโ€ means โ€œnot a big deal.โ€

๐—œ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

๐Ÿ‘‰ If the same pain or soreness shows up after every competition, schedule a sports physical therapy assessment with Fick PT & Performance and letโ€™s figure out what your body is struggling to tolerate.

๐Ÿ“ฑ (720) 480-2866
๐ŸŒ www.fickptandperformance.com

09/15/2026

โ—They can practice. But should they practice normally?

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

๐Ÿƒ 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.

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ So when an athlete tells us, โ€œI can still play,โ€ that is useful informationโ€”but it is not the only information we use to make a decision.

โš ๏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.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Sometimes the right decision is full participation.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Sometimes it is practicing with a few temporary modifications, reducing certain drills, or managing total workload while we address the underlying issue.

๐Ÿ‘‰ And sometimes the body is giving us enough information to say that continuing at full intensity is not the best choice that day.

๐ŸŒŸ This is one of the gray areas of sports physical therapy that does not always fit neatly into โ€œplayโ€ or โ€œdonโ€™t play.โ€

๐Ÿ’ช The goal is to make the decision that gives the athlete the best chance to keep progressing through the seasonโ€”not simply to get through one more practice.

๐Ÿ“ 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.

๐Ÿ‘‰ 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.

๐Ÿ“ฑ (720) 480-2866
๐ŸŒ www.fickptandperformance.com

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