Complete Return-to-Sport Testing

Whether you've completed rehabilitation at Cascade or another clinic, our comprehensive Return-to-Sport (RTS) assessment provides an objective evaluation of your readiness to return to competition and high-level activity. Using advanced VALD technology and evidence-based testing, we measure strength, power, landing mechanics, movement quality, symmetry, and performance to identify deficits that may increase injury risk. You'll leave with clear, data-driven results and personalized recommendations to help you return to your sport with greater confidence and reduce your risk of re-injury.

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Why Return-to-Sport Testing Matters

  • Don't rely on time since surgery alone.

  • Identify strength, power, and movement deficits before returning to sport.

  • Identify impairments that are not perceivable to the eye

  • Reduce reinjury risk with objective performance testing.

  • Gives clarity to areas of weakness to focus your rehab

  • Allows for improved communication and decision making for your surgical and rehab team

What We are Measuring

  • Maximum strength of quadriceps, hamstrings,

    hip abduction, adduction, and gastrocnemius/soleus

  • Rate of force development (RFD)

  • Speed, agility, and change of direction

  • Explosive and reactive strength

  • Jump strategy

  • Eccentric force

  • Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia

After Testing & Next Steps

After the testing is completed, you will receive a summary of all metrics tested. General recommendations given on areas of weakness to continue to work to improve any impairments and get you back to your activity as soon as possible. This knowledge can be profoundly helpful in communicating with your care team to what is needed to return to sport.

  • Return-to-sport (RTS) testing is recommended for anyone recovering from ACL reconstruction who plans to return to activities that place high demands on the knee, including:

    • Running

    • Jumping

    • Cutting

    • Pivoting

    • Sports requiring quick changes of direction

    • Physically demanding occupations

  • Who Benefits?

    RTS testing isn't just for competitive athletes. It provides valuable objective data for:

    • Competitive athletes

    • Recreational athletes

    • Military personnel

    • Law enforcement officers

    • Firefighters

    • Anyone returning to an active lifestyle

  • Most athletes complete RTS testing during the final phase of ACL rehabilitation, typically 9–12 months after surgery, when they're preparing to return to unrestricted activity.

  • Our comprehensive return-to-sport assessment provides the objective data needed to:

    • Determine whether you're truly ready to return to sport—not just based on time since surgery

    • Identify any remaining strength or movement deficits

    • Guide final rehabilitation progressions

    • Support evidence-based return-to-sport clearance

    • Help reduce reinjury risk and improve confidence when returning to competition

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Current Patient

$149

✓ Access to VALD force plates and frame during rehab

✓ 40 minute one-on-one return to sport assessment

✓ Objective data of asymmetries and recommendations

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One- Time Patient

$215

✓ One hour comprehensive RTS test

✓ Objective data of asymmetries and recommendations

✓ Data to provider surgeon or physical therapist to guide your plan of care

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