Rehabilitation from a bone stress injury involves 5 distinct phases. The work completed in each phase helps to prepare you for the next phase. You cannot skip phases!

Although we need to respect bone healing timeframes, rehabilitation is primarily criteria-driven, not time-driven. This means that you will work towards meeting specific targets in each phase. If you don't put in the work in one phase, you will not be ready or able to move to the next. This process is proven to work and it ensures that we leave no stone unturned & that nothing gets missed during your rehabilitation.

I understand that being injured can be tough. There will be challenging periods throughout rehab, but I am here to guide you the entire way. It is important that you reframe your rehab as being an opportunity to come out the other side, physically & mentally stronger than your were pre-injury. Thankfully, you will be able to cross-train in the early stages of rehab, along with completing exercises targeted at muscles away from the injured bone site. 

Ultimately, the goal of rehab is not only to be back running or playing sport in a few weeks or months time, but to still be playing sport with healthy bones in 5 and 10 years time. Re-injury rates following stress fractures are high. With this in mind, I have refined my rehab process over the past 15 years, to ensure that you receive the latest evidence-based treatment & high quality exercise prescription. 

The 5 phases of bone stress injury rehabilitation are outlined below.