Made 2 Move ACL Performance Lab

Huge respect to Lindsey Vonn. Also, my athletes, please do not bring me this energy this week.

I’ve seen a lot of strong opinions about her choosing to compete.

Here’s what I keep coming back to: return to sport is almost never a simple yes or no. It is a decision made in the gray area, with real risk, real uncertainty, and real stakes.

Informed adults, especially athletes at the highest level, are allowed to make hard choices. Even choices we might not make for ourselves.

That doesn’t mean the risk isn’t real. It means the role of good rehab and good medical guidance is not to eliminate risk entirely, but to help athletes understand it, prepare for it, and make decisions with clarity and support.

We do not have to agree with someone’s decision to respect that it was theirs to make.

Judgment is easy. Guidance is harder. And it matters more.

Wishing her nothing but the best in her recovery. 🎿🩼

Broken record alert.

Living with knee pain years after surgery isn’t normal.

It’s common.

And it’s often a sign rehab was incomplete, not that your knee is broken.

We’re seeing more and more athletes who assumed this was “just how it is.”

If this sounds like you, send us a DM.

Before the comments turn into “what about the mental side”

yes, psychological readiness matters.
But it doesn’t exist in a vacuum.

Progressive loading, exposure, and objective progress give the nervous system real evidence.

When that evidence is there, mental readiness is much easier to access.