What we treat · Masters Athlete Injuries
Stay in your sport for the next twenty years
You’re 45, or 55, or 65, and you have no intention of stopping. But the calf keeps going. The shoulder flares every ski season. The knee swells after long rides. You’re stuck in a cycle: train, break, rest, repeat — and each cycle costs you more fitness than the last. The cycle is breakable.
Why do the same injuries keep coming back?
Recurring injuries in masters athletes almost always come down to a capacity gap: the demands of your sport exceed what the tissue is currently prepared for, usually because rest — the standard prescription — heals the pain but shrinks the capacity. You return to sport weaker than you left, and the cycle repeats.
The fix is unfashionable and effective: progressive strength work that raises the tissue’s capacity above your sport’s demands, programmed around your training so you don’t have to stop doing what you love while we fix it.
Do you have to train less as you age?
You have to train smarter, recover more deliberately, and strength train — the evidence on that is unambiguous. Masters athletes who lift stay in sport longer, get injured less, and perform better. What you don’t have to do is accept "you’re just getting older" as a diagnosis. It isn’t one.
What does working together look like?
We assess the injury, the sport, and the training history — then build a plan that treats the current flare and closes the capacity gap that caused it. You keep training throughout, with modifications, because detraining is the enemy.
Most masters athletes work with me for 6–8 sessions, then keep a periodic check-in cadence through their season.
Common questions
I’ve been told I have arthritis / bone-on-bone. Is it over?
No. Joint changes on imaging correlate poorly with pain and function, and strength work reliably improves both — even in significant osteoarthritis. "Bone-on-bone" is a description, not a verdict.
Can I keep running / riding / skiing during rehab?
Almost always yes, in a modified dose. Total rest is rarely the answer, and keeping you in your sport is an explicit goal of the plan.
Is this personal training?
It’s rehabilitation that ends in performance. The strength work looks like training because it is — but it’s sequenced around an injury, a pain system, and return-to-sport benchmarks.
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