Blog · Deborah Bateson · 24 September 2024
Rehabilitation
Return-to-sport tests
Hopping in clinic is not humiliation — it is how Deborah Bateson decides you are not guessing.
Symptoms and what they can mean
You feel ready. Your other leg disagrees. Asymmetry is how people re-tear things on a wet pitch.
What we can do in clinic
Strength numbers, hop tests, and a plan for the first match that is not 90 minutes of heroics. I will be unpopular and correct.
Red flags and when to see your GP
If you never had a diagnosis, we should not “return to sport” from a mystery limp.
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