Course Description:

Psychological responses matter when athletes are returning to sport after injury.
Athletes say they value psychological support while completing rehabilitation and
planning their return to sport and when making the transition from the rehabilitation
room back to the sporting arena. Yet rehabilitation practitioners, including physical
therapists and athletic trainers, typically feel ill-equipped to implement strategies to
support athletes in maintaining, building, and extending their psychological (mental)
readiness to return to sport after injury. In this session, sports rehabilitation
practitioners (e.g., physical therapists and athletic trainers) who work with youth and
adult athletes from recreational to elite level will learn both how to test and monitor
psychological readiness to return to sport after ACL injury and how to implement simple
strategies during rehabilitation and beyond to support athletes so they feel
psychologically ready to return to sport and reach their performance goals.