Dr. Sean Sheridan: Keys to Return to Sport in Any Clinic: Small-Space Training & Risk Reduction

Welcome to the True Sports Physical Therapy Podcast. In this episode, Dr. Yoni Rosenblatt sits down with Dr. Sean Sheridan, the clinician behind Return to Sport DPT, for a deep dive into what return to sport actually looks like when you strip away the fancy equipment and wide-open turf.

 

Sean breaks down his movement taxonomy for field and court sport athletes: acceleration, sprinting, deceleration, change of direction, and jumping/landing. He walks through how each pattern can be trained in a 500 square foot clinic using bands, medicine balls, metronomes, and creative positioning. The conversation covers his four-position framework for distilling athletic movement into limb relationships, Derek Hansen's A-run progressions for mimicking top-end speed in place, and how band resistance replicates deceleration forces without needing a runway.

 

One of the most practical sections tackles objective testing on a budget: why a $200 dynamometer pays for itself over a career, how to use Planet Fitness for 10 RM limb symmetry data, and which functional tests actually require nothing more than a tape measure and a phone.

 

Whether you're a new grad intimidated by return to sport, a travel PT working in general clinics, or a clinic director outfitting a space on a tight budget, this episode delivers. Tune in.

 

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