Sore or Injured? How to Tell the Difference as a CrossFit Athlete
Every CrossFit athlete knows the feeling. You finish a tough WOD, head home feeling accomplished, and wake up the next morning struggling to get down the stairs. Your quads are sore, your shoulders feel heavy, and sitting down is suddenly a workout of its own. But what happens when that soreness feels different? Maybe your…
Running Injuries: Why Runners Get Hurt and How to Reduce Your Risk
Written by Dr. Josh Funk, DPT Most running injuries are not caused by bad luck, the wrong shoes, or skipping a stretch. They are caused by load: asking your body to absorb more than it has been built to handle. A 2021 systematic review in the Journal of Sport and Health Science found roughly 40…
Rediscovering Purpose in Physical Therapy: Dr. Drew’s Story
For Dr. Andrew Bucknor, known to his patients and teammates as Dr. Drew, becoming a physical therapist started with a simple motivation: helping people become better versions of themselves. “I care about people. That’s kind of like why I got into the profession,” he shares. But after approximately nine years with his previous company, including…
Lamar Jackson’s Ankle Injury: What We Know, What We Don’t, and What Recovery Looks Like
R2P Injury Breakdown | Week of October 12, 2026 | By Dr. Zach Baker, DPT, SCS Jackson is not an R2P patient. This breakdown draws on public reporting and describes how ankle sprains typically present and recover, not his specific diagnosis or care. Lamar Jackson injured his left ankle on the final offensive play of…
ACL Return to Sport: What Passing the Test Doesn’t Tell You
Written by Dr. Josh Funk, DPT If you’ve had ACL reconstruction and you’re working your way back to sport, passing your return-to-sport tests is the goal. It isn’t the whole story. Paterno and colleagues followed young athletes for two years after ACL reconstruction and return to sport, reporting in the American Journal of Sports Medicine…
Dislocated Again: Jayden Daniels’ Elbow Injury, Recovery, and Re-Injury Risk
R2P Injury Breakdown | Week of October 5, 2026 | By Dr. Zach Baker, DPT, SCS Jayden Daniels dislocated his left elbow for the second time in under a year when he braced a fall against the Cowboys in Week 2. Imaging showed no fracture or ligament damage, so he is rehabbing without surgery. Elbow…
Hamstring Strain Return to Sport: Why the Second Injury Is Usually Worse Than the First
Written by Dr. Josh Funk, DPT If you’ve strained a hamstring before, you already know the real risk isn’t the first injury, it’s the second one. Hamstring strains have among the highest reinjury rates of any sports injury. Erickson and Sherry, reviewing hamstring rehabilitation and return to sport in the Journal of Sport and Health…
Ankle Sprain Return to Sport: Why “It Doesn’t Hurt Anymore” Isn’t the Same as Ready
Written by Dr. Josh Funk, DPT If you’re asking when you can get back to sport after an ankle sprain, the honest answer is that pain-free and ready are not the same thing. Ankle sprains are one of the most common injuries in sport, and in a prospective study of first-time sprains published in the…
Bone Stress Injuries and Stress Fractures: Recovery Time, Symptoms, and Return to Running
Written by Dr. Josh Funk, DPT A bone stress injury is damage to bone from repeated loading without enough recovery. It runs on a spectrum from a stress reaction to a full stress fracture. More than 9 in 10 athletes return to their sport. Recovery time depends on which bone is injured and how advanced…
Returning to Sport After Injury: How to Reduce Your Risk of Getting Hurt Again
Written by Dr. Josh Funk, DPT If you’re asking when you can return to your sport after an injury, the honest answer is that the calendar is the wrong question. The 2016 international consensus statement on return to sport, from sports medicine and physical therapy experts convened in Bern, established that readiness should be judged…