Hockey Injury Physical Therapy & Recovery
The skating stride is a groin-and-hip masterpiece performed a thousand times a game — and hockey's injury list reads accordingly. We treat the stride, the contact, and everything the season leaves behind.
Common hockey injuries we treat
Between the stride's demands and the boards' opinions, hockey produces a distinctive injury list. These lead it.
Groin & adductor strains
The skating stride is powered by the adductors, making groin strains hockey's signature soft-tissue injury — and its most recurrent. Adductor strength work is the proven fix, in-season and off.
Hip impingement (FAI)
Hockey hips are famous in sports medicine — the deep, repetitive flexion of skating is linked to impingement. Pinching in the front of the hip on strides or in the low stance deserves early evaluation.
Shoulder separations (AC joint)
Boards and open-ice contact produce AC sprains constantly. Most rehab well without surgery; restoring shooting power is the real benchmark for return.
MCL & knee sprains
Leg-on-leg contact and caught edges strain the inside of the knee. Skating often resumes earlier than field-sport cutting — a well-managed return keeps players on ice through recovery.
Low back pain
The bent-over skating posture plus rotational shooting loads the lower back relentlessly. Hip mobility is usually half the answer.
Wrist & hand injuries
Slashes, blocked shots, and falls into the boards. Small-joint rehab that restores stick handling, not just motion.
How we get you back on the ice
Assessment, recovery, and strength plans from doctors of physical therapy — we work with you until the problem is resolved and you're back at peak performance.
Assess
A full evaluation of your injury and your sport-specific movement — we find the cause, not just the sore spot.
First visitRecover
Hands-on treatment and a plan to calm pain and restore motion. Injury care is typically covered by insurance with a referral.
Insurance-basedRebuild
Progressive strength and mobility work targeted at what your sport demands — so the problem doesn't come back.
Either trackReturn
A graded return to play, with optional performance training to come back better than before the injury.
Direct, cash-basedWhy hockey players come to us
Hockey’s two defining injuries — groins and hips — are both strength-and-mobility problems, which makes them our home turf. And with co-owner Dr. Gabe Theurer (DPT, CSCS, and a hockey player himself) leading athletic development, the off-season plan comes from someone who knows what the stride costs.