Football & Soccer Physiotherapy in Johannesburg

Football produces a predictable injury profile: hamstring strains in the sprint, groin and adductor problems from repeated change of direction, lateral ankle sprains, and the knee injuries that end seasons. Luke currently works as physiotherapist to TS Galaxy FC in the Premier Soccer League, and the protocols used in that environment are the protocols used here.

That means a hamstring is loaded early and progressively rather than rested until it feels better, a groin is tested with an adductor squeeze rather than assessed by feel, and nobody returns to competitive football without meeting objective criteria. The reinjury rate in amateur football is high precisely because clearance is usually a date on a calendar rather than a set of numbers on a page.