Knee Assessment

ACL Rehab

A Team Approach to Recovery

The Ottawa Orthopaedic Centre takes a team approach to help our clients on their journey to recovery and return to activity. After a detailed assessment and analysis a customized program is built for each phase of your recovery.

Recovery Phase 1

After your surgery, we focus on regaining your motion and beginning the first steps to restore your strength and conditioning. Our team of surgeons and physiotherapists all work under one roof and communicate about your progress to ensure you progress optimally.

Recovery Phase 2

Getting you back to your sport and reaching your goals requires a customized approach. Our team at the Ottawa Orthopaedic Centre works closely with a number of high performance strength and conditioning centres across the city. Together with your strength and conditioning coach we can design a custom program to optimize your recovery. Our key partners that we work with include Canadian Strength, FitQuest and Titans Performance Centre.

State of the art technology and evidence based testing

Throughout this phase the Ottawa Orthopaedic centre monitors your progress using state of the art technology and evidence based testing to ensure you are reaching the appropriate milestones. Using our Vald Force Decks force plates and our Vald Dynamo Strength testing system we collect detailed information about your progress by analyzing your strength, power, balance, asymmetry, and movement.

Recovery Phase 3

After you pass your return to sport test at the Ottawa Orthopaedic Centre and receive the final approval from your surgeon we then help our clients transition back to their sport. We recognize that getting back into action can be daunting. To help in this process we can work with your coach on a return to play plan to ensure a successful return to sport.

In certain cases, our athletes may also benefit from a mental performance or mental health review. The staff at the Ottawa Orthopaedic Centre can refer our athletes to the Canadian Centre for Mental Health and Sport (CCMHS) – an organization dedicated to a collaborative team approach to restore and optimize mental health, performance, and wellness.