The gap between rehabilitation and performance is bridged by Sue Falsone.

In Bridging the Gap from Rehab to Performance, physical therapist Sue Falsone walks the reader through the thought process and physical practice of guiding an injured athlete from injury through rehab and back to the field of play. She describes the path as her athletes move through pain and healing toward optimal function and advanced performance.

She will teach you about modern pain science, healing and motor control along the way. In this book, she will show you examples of how to create a successful return-to-play timeline for yourself, as she plans an extensive return-to-play timeline once her athletes move past the rehabilitation stage. She moves from fundamental performance to fundamental advancement and finally to advanced performance as part of the return-to-play plan.

You owe it to your patients and clients to understand Sue Falsone’s system of Bridging the Gap from Rehab to Performance.

Sue makes me think. It takes me a year to catch up to her thinking. Want to be smarter? Mike said to read her book.

From Sue to her readers.

When an athlete is injured, where does rehabilitation end? Is there a line between the medical model and the performance model that the athlete surpasses?

Absolutely not.

The process takes an injured athlete from the table to the field. A lot of healthcare and sport performance professionals are involved in the process.

No steps are missed if an organizational system is used to progress an athlete from injury to performance. The others are more important than the return-to-play process. To create an athlete-centered and comprehensive program, all parts of the system must be addressed.

Pain reduction, the sensorimotor system, psychology, strength training, and forward to athletic movement are just some of the things that need to be considered. You need an organizational system to make sure nothing is overlooked when returning to sport.

I wrote Bridging the Gap from Rehab to Performance because of that.

My goal is to provide the fields of sports rehabilitation and sports performance with a comprehensive organizational system where every professional is welcome.

The book is not a cookbook of how to return a player to sport. It is an organizational guide that will help you make decisions based on available evidence, patient values, and personal expertise.

We do it all with the athlete in mind. You can leave your letters at the door. Let’s bridge the gap between professions, let’s bridge the gap between professionals, and let’s bridge the gap between performance and rehabilitation.