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Overview
About our program
Spectrum training is for people from any healthcare system who have had ACL reconstruction or other lower-extremity injuries. It is designed to give athletes functional strength and sport-specific drills to return to sport activities. These classes are led by physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who specialize in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and lower-extremity rehabilitation.
Our classes:
Focus on teaching and retraining movements required for sport skills
Help build strength, flexibility, agility/coordination, endurance and sports skill
Develop the ability to respond to unanticipated movements and overcome fatigue, which is crucial for injury prevention and returning to sports after injury
Provide the psychological support of a group of people who have suffered and returned from similar injuries
Who is Spectrum for?
The class is primarily designed for patients who have had ACL reconstruction, but is beneficial for all lower-extremity injuries.
Get started
How to access Spectrum programs
To get started with Spectrum, begin by requesting a Spectrum Evaluation. This evaluation will help identify which Spectrum phase (see descriptions below) is right for you. After your evaluation, a Sports Rehabilitation physical therapist will provide Spectrum registration information.
Payment and reimbursement
Spectrum is a self-pay program. It is not part of physical therapy charges, so is not billed to insurance. Participation in the program does not count against your authorized individual physical therapy visits.
Spectrum programs
Phase I: Return to fundamental movement (basic)
The key to bridging the gap between rehabilitation and sports is to return to basic movement skills, including postural awareness exercises, balance activities, proprioceptive challenges, coordination activities and basic functional strengthening drills.
Cost
$120/month
Meeting dates
Mondays and Wednesdays
Time: 4:30-5 p.m.
Location: Science Dr Medical Center Sports Rehabilitation Clinic
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Time: 4:30-5 p.m.
Location: East Madison Hospital Sports Rehabilitation Clinic
Phase II: Return to impact (intermediate)
As athletes relearn to control their strength and coordination, they need to apply coordination to running, jumping, hopping, skipping, leaping and catching before advanced athletic movements can be achieved. Activities in Phase II add components of speed, impact and change of center-of-gravity, and combine more than one movement and more than one direction or plane of movement. They also continue to work to rebuild their strength.
Cost: $160 per month
Meeting dates
Mondays and Wednesdays
Time: 5-5:45 p.m.
Location: Science Dr Medical Center Sports Rehabilitation Clinic
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Time: 5-5:45 p.m.
Location: East Madison Hospital Sports Rehabilitation Clinic
Phase III: Return to sport (advanced)
In Phase lll, rehabilitation is specialized to individual sports and trains in agility, plyometrics, speed, strength and power exercises. After completion of Phase lll athletes are prepared to resume full sports participation at pre-injury level or beyond.
Cost: $192 per month
Meeting dates: Mondays and Wednesdays
Time: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Location: East Madison Hospital Sports Rehabilitation Clinic
Phase III+: Return to performance
In Phase lll+, now that you have returned to sport, rehabilitation is specialized to returning to performance and re-injury prevention. The training will include unanticipated movements, cognitive load movements, power, speed, landing mechanics and leg core stability.
Cost: $192 per month
Meeting dates: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Time: 6:40-7:40 a.m.
Location: East Madison Hospital Sports Rehabilitation Clinic
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