Athletic therapy is a specialized medical field focusing on injuries to muscles, ligaments, tendons and bones while applying knowledge of biomechanics (physics of how your body moves and functions optimally), human physiology (what happens to your body on a cellular level), exercise physiology (what happens to your body on a cellular level when you exercise), sport psychology, principles of resistance training (helps the patient/athlete continue with progressions allowing that individual to transition smoothly from a controlled environment like the clinic to a dynamic environment field/ice/school/work with ease and confidence. Our role is to help patients/athletes be better and stronger than before their injury by educating the patient/athlete on their body and how best to prevent re-injury which allows that individual to regain independence.