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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Soccer Injury Rehabilitation

The Johns Hopkins Soccer Rehabilitation Program offers comprehensive evaluation, testing and therapies for soccer players of all ages and experience levels, from beginners to professionals. Our therapists work with athletes on rehabilitation and training strategies to prevent injuries, improve performance, recover from injuries and return to soccer safely. We have experience working with such organizations as the Soccer Association of Columbia and Baltimore Armour, partnering on sideline medical coverage and working with coaches, parents and players on injury prevention education. We also work with semi-professional teams such as the USL-2 and USL-W Christos FC teams.

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Physician referrals are not required before your first appointment expect for appointments at Sibley Memorial Hospital.

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Soccer Rehabilitation: Why Choose Johns Hopkins 

We Speak Soccer

Our team includes current and former soccer players, which means they have insight into soccer techniques, athletic performance and risk factors.
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Personalized Care

We work with players one on one to evaluate their unique strengths and weaknesses, which helps us build a tailored injury prevention or rehabilitation plan.

Advanced Technology

Our clinics and gyms are equipped with the latest assessment tools and rehabilitation technologies to help us match each player with the right exercise.

How We Help

Specialized Expertise and Technology

Reactive Agility Training

Reactive agility training is a type of neurocognitive activity that challenges your brain and body to improve your ability to change direction in response to visual cues. This helps develop body control, speed, agility and quickness needed on the soccer field. One of the technologies we use is a network of wirelessly connected targets that light up in variable sequence to increase the activity’s complexity and to prepare the soccer player for the game’s cognitive and physical demands.

Patient using reactive agility training technology, dodging back and forth between lights on the floor.

Eccentric Hamstring Testing

Hamstring strength is important in many sports, such as soccer, that include high speed running and sprinting. We use a unique piece of technology that is the gold standard for hamstring injury prevention, assessment and treatment. This device measures the strength of both legs and provides real-time feedback about an athlete’s muscle performance. Information from this testing protocol helps inform your treatment plan and will help you return to the field at full speed.

Therapist helping a patient with a eccentric hamstring test, patient kneeling on machine.

Muscle Performance Assessment

We regularly assess a soccer player’s muscle performance using force plates and hand-held dynamometers. These devices measure the force output of muscles involved in running and kicking. They also measure the ground reaction forces related to jumping, cutting and landing. These assessments offer insights to help reduce injury risk and help you progress to full performance on the field.

Patient using muscle performance assessment technology, standing on a plate and squatting in front of a screen reading out measurements.

Strength and Power Training

All of our clinics are equipped with traditional weightlifting equipment as well as state-of-the-art, innovative technologies that allow our therapists to customize strength and power training to meet each soccer player’s needs.

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Soccer Simulator

Using our high-tech soccer simulator is a fun and engaging way to introduce and practice soccer-specific movements such as passing and shooting in your rehabilitation program. Our soccer simulator space is a great place to fuel your competitive drive and perfect your ball striking ability through diverse and challenging simulation experiences.

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Our Soccer Rehabilitation Experts 

Several of our physical therapists are recognized as preferred providers by the U.S. Soccer Association.

Depending on availability, you may see one of our other sports therapists not listed below who are also experienced in caring for soccer players.

Nicole Clark | Physical Therapist

Certifications: Board-Certified Sports Physical Therapist
Expertise: orthopedics, running analysis, sports rehabilitation
Location: Lutherville
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Camille Grace | Physical Therapist

Certification: Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Expertise: sports rehabilitation
Location: White Marsh
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Jimmy Hoyt | Physical Therapist

Certifications: Board-Certified Orthopedic Physical Therapist, Board-Certified Sports Physical Therapist, Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy Certified, Certified Exercising Expert for the Aging Adult, Exos Performance Specialist, Certified in Emergency Response for the Athlete
Expertise: orthopedics, orthopedics - neck and spine, sports rehabilitation
Location: Columbia
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Cameron Kapec | Physical Therapist

Certifications: Board-Certified Orthopedic Physical Therapist, Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Expertise: orthopedics, running analysis, sports rehabilitation
Location: White Marsh
Cameron Kapec

Nate McClain | Physical Therapist, Sports Physical Therapy Residency Program Director

Certifications: Board-Certified Sports Physical Therapist
Expertise: orthopedics, sports rehabilitation
Location: White Marsh
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Michael Kolosvary | Physical Therapist

Expertise: orthopedics, running analysis, sports rehabilitation
Location: White Marsh
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John Shipley | Physical Therapist

Certifications: Board-Certified Sports Physical Therapist
Expertise: orthopedics, running analysis, sports rehabilitation
Location: Columbia
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Jillian Stinson | Physical Therapist, Team Coordinator

Certifications: Board-Certified Orthopedic Physical Therapist, Selective Functional Movement Assessment Certified
Expertise: orthopedics, running analysis, sports rehabilitation
Location: Odenton
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Matt Weber | Physical Therapist

Certifications: Board-Certified Orthopedic Physical Therapist
Expertise: orthopedics, sports rehabilitation
Location: Timonium
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Sports Medicine Primary Care

Our soccer rehabilitation experts are a part of our sports medicine comprehensive care team and work alongside sports medicine primary care physicians who assess, diagnose, treat and educate athletes and active people of all ages and experience levels.

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