A too-early return to playing one’s sport after an injury can result in an even more difficult and possibly a career-ending situation. It is through objective fitness tests that the uncertainty is lifted and accurate decision-making is facilitated for this highly critical point in the process of recovery and rehabilitation.
What Does Fitness Testing Involve?
The purpose of fitness testing is to measure physical attributes such as your strength, speed, balance and stamina to evaluate your readiness for full athletic activities. Fitness testing sessions in Chiswick are made up of a series of standardised exercises for us to spot your remaining deficits or imbalances. This type of sports fitness testing is grounded in quantifiable data, so, unlike simply relying on your self-perception, which is often misleading during the recovery period, it will enable us to make objective decisions.
Why Is a Return-to-Sport Assessment So Important?
This particular type of return-to-sport plan involves comparing your current level of performance with either an established benchmark that was based on your pre-injury level or a sporting skill-related benchmark. This step is an essential ingredient of any sports rehabilitation programme that not only helps to ensure injury recovery but also helps keep the door locked for a re-injury that might otherwise come when you begin training or playing the sport again.
If you bypass this stage, you will have a lot higher risk of re-getting injured. When combined with continuous sports injury treatment and physiotherapy Chiswick support, fitness testing offers you the assurance needed that your return to sport is a safe one.
We at Clinic4Sport have designed our test procedure so that you will know, based on objective criteria, whether you are ready to return to the sport or not, rather than the absence of pain alone.