01/06/2026
Disclaimer: This is based on players who usually have not been assessed in pitch rehab and feel they can sprint, run or perform exercises in an isolated environment based of a program their trainer sent them. I have treated many players who have re-injured or delayed recovery because they were just not exposed to footballing scenarios.
Football is not a controlled environment, so return to football should expose the current and future risks to an injury at the right timing.
Maximal exposure - Recovery - Maximal expose - Recovery - Maximal exposure - Recovery