Baldi Movement Group

Baldi Movement Group Maximize athletic performance and reach your full potential. Incomplete injury rehab leading to recurrent injuries. The best part?

Dr. Charles Baldi PT, DPT
Sports Physical Therapist | Former D1 Gymnast
🏋️‍♂️ Injury Prevention | Treatment | Empowerment
đź“Ť Lansdale, PA
🌍 Virtual Sessions Anywhere
đź”— https://linktr.ee/baldimovementgroup Through one on one injury treatment programs, performance and injury prevention screens, and providing the education athletes need to take control of their health. Have you ever experienced:

Medi

cal professionals who do not understand sports and the athletic mindset. Failure to educate athletes on self treatment. If so you’re not alone

When you work with Baldi Movement Group you can expect to:
-Minimize lost training time.
-Take away fear of injury while training.
-Have help reaching your maximum potential. BMG is mobile, which means appointments take place wherever best supports you. Whether it’s at home or at a sports’ club! Book a phone consult to answer any questions or schedule an appointment at baldimovementgroup.com

You can also give us a call or text at (610) 484-4487.

Improve Stability Throughout the Entire LegKnee hypermobility often does not exist by itself. Hypermobile athletes often...
09/04/2026

Improve Stability Throughout the Entire Leg
Knee hypermobility often does not exist by itself.

Hypermobile athletes often also have
increased movement at the ankles, hips, or lower back.

As a result, these athletes often struggle with single-leg stability. They frequently lock their
knees to create an artificial sense of support, in addition to their knees knocking together on
landings or collapsing inward from poor hip control. This becomes important in sports because athletes spend a significant amount of time on one
leg. Running, cutting, jumping, landing, kicking, and changing direction all require the body to
control force through a single leg.

Rehab should challenge the athlete’s ability to maintain a stable foot, knee, hip, and trunk.
These exercises should gradually become more difficult and more similar to the demands of the
athlete’s sport.

09/03/2026

Why do athletes with hypermobile knees often stand on one leg with the knee locked
backward?

Helping the athlete recognize and control the position of their knee.Many athletes do not realize that they are standing...
09/02/2026

Helping the athlete recognize and control the position of their knee.

Many athletes do not realize that they are standing with their knees locked backward. And they
may not have made the connection between locking out their knee and worsening pain. They
may need to relearn how to stand with a small amount of knee bend while keeping the muscles
around the joint active.

Rehab should emphasize hamstring strengthening to help the athlete gain better control as the
knee approaches full extension. The goal is not to prevent the knee from ever straightening. It is
to prevent the athlete from repeatedly collapsing into the end of their available range without
muscular control.

Early in treatment it's often a good idea to use tape behind the knee to provide helpful feedback
and temporary support. Athletic tape can offer firm restriction to complete block end range of
knee extension. This is important when an athlete has significant instability. A less restricting
form of taping is the use of KT tape. This tape is stretchy and allows for full knee extension
while assisting the hamstrings in their effort to add control to the position. Taping should be
selected and applied based on the individual athlete—it is an aid, not a replacement for
strengthening and movement training.

09/01/2026

What are the most common signs that an athlete’s knee pain may be related to hyperextension
rather than patellar tendinopathy or Osgood-Schlatter disease?

Why the Hamstrings MatterThe hamstrings bend the knee, but they also help protect the knee from moving too far intoexten...
08/31/2026

Why the Hamstrings Matter

The hamstrings bend the knee, but they also help protect the knee from moving too far into
extension. They provide muscular control instead of allowing the athlete to depend on the joint’s
passive structures for stability.
For a hypermobile athlete, simply having flexible joints is not necessarily the problem. The
bigger concern is whether the athlete has enough strength and control to manage that extra
range of motion.
Effective rehab typically needs to address three important areas.

08/31/2026

Let’s go Devon Felsenstein !

Front-of-Knee Pain Can Be DeceivingWhen an athlete reports pain near the kneecap or patellar tendon, they may be diagnos...
08/29/2026

Front-of-Knee Pain Can Be Deceiving
When an athlete reports pain near the kneecap or patellar tendon, they may be diagnosed with
patellar tendinopathy. Younger athletes with pain near the top of their shin may be told they
have Osgood-Schlatter’s disease.

These are legitimate causes of anterior knee pain, but the location of the pain does not tell us
the entire story. An evaluation should also look at how the athlete stands, walks, lands, changes
direction, and controls their knee.

In my experience if an athlete has a tendency for instability in single leg stance or landings and
has a habit of locking out their knee for stability, then hypermobility is likely related to their knee
pain.

Traditional treatment often emphasizes strengthening the quadriceps which is important for
many types of knee pain. But this is not a good idea for someone who frequently straightens
their legs too much.

When hyperextension is contributing to the problem, rehab should instead focus on the
athlete’s ability to control the knee with the hamstrings.

08/27/2026

What should the final stages of rehab look for an athlete for parents to compete again?

08/26/2026

Why isn’t being pain-free the same as being ready to return to sport?

Wishing all the students and athlete's a safe healthy as successful school year from the Baldi Movement Group!!!! ...
08/25/2026

Wishing all the students and athlete's a safe healthy as successful school year from the Baldi Movement Group!!!!

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