From Table to Field:

Return to Sport Considerations Following Lower Extremity Injury

April 18, 2026 | $299

Lenexa, KS

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Purpose

This education course is designed to equip physical therapists with evidence-based strategies to safely and confidently guide athletes from rehabilitation back to full performance. The course integrates current research, clinical reasoning, and practical application, focusing on return to sport following a lower body injury.

Knowledge the learner will gain

  • Treatment progressions from table to field

  • Movement quality assessment skills

  • How to assess readiness to return to sport with sport-specific considerations

  • How to determine components of an appropriate return to sport testing battery

  • Ways to reduce re-injury risk

  • How to optimize long-term athletic outcomes across a variety of sports and levels

Objectives

  • Describe the current evidence-based criteria used to guide return to sport (RTS) decision-making following lower extremity injury.

  • Discuss treatment progressions and guidelines for RTS readiness.

  • Identify key components of a comprehensive lower extremity RTS testing battery, including strength, power, balance, and movement quality assessments, differentiating which tests are appropriate for hip, knee or ankle recovery.

  • Analyze movement quality during dynamic RTS tests using observational or video-based movement assessment tools.

  • Discuss the role of psychological readiness using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and its relationship to physical performance in RTS testing.

  • Interpret performance outcomes from RTS tests to determine readiness and residual deficits in lower extremity function.

Schedule

Check-In

7:30 am - 8:00 am

Introduction

8:00am

Readiness to return to run

9:00 am

Lab - return to running readiness

10: 00 am

RTS test battery review

11:00 am

Lunch

12:00 pm

Lab - RTS testing

1:00 pm

Return to play considerations

2:00 pm

Lab - running to cutting to chaos

3:00 pm

Other RTS considerations

4:00 pm

Kendra Gage, PT, DPT, OCS

Meet the Presenters

Kendra earned her bachelor's degree in dance at the University of Kansas in 2003 and her Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2007 from Washington University in St. Louis. During her clinical rotations, she was able to study under industry leaders in performing arts medicine in New York City where her passion for dance medicine solidified. Prior to settling in Kansas City in 2014, Kendra worked as a physical therapist for Joffrey Ballet Company, Hubbard Street Dance Company and many other professional dance companies in the Chicago area. Currently, she is proud to be the lead physical therapist for Kansas City Ballet. She loves to educate patients of all ages on ways to continue their passions and hobbies, dance or otherwise, throughout their lives. Kendra is committed to lifelong learning in the field; she has earned an orthopedic certification specialty and completed an orthopedic residency with Evidence in Motion.

Meet the Presenters

Allison Davis, PT, DPT

Allison received both her Bachelor's of Science in Exercise Science and her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Puget Sound. After graduating from physical therapy school in 2013, Allison moved to Kansas City to further her career in sports physical therapy. She spent 8 years working in various clinics that focused on helping athletes of all ages. During that time, Allison was able to hone her sports therapy skills and learn what she was truly passionate about - treating ACL injuries in female athletes. Allison then spent 3 seasons as the team physical therapist for the Kansas City Current where she worked with other world class providers to support elite athletes as they tried to achieve maximum performance. At the beginning of 2024, Allison wanted to use all of the knowledge she had gained during her time in professional sports and bring that to the community so she opened her own clinic. Her goal now is to provide professional level care to athletes of all ages and abilities, with a particular focus on helping athletes who participate in pivoting sports recover from ACL injuries.

  • "Kendra and Allison have worked with the highest level of athletes and always get the best out of each patient. Their expertise in getting an athlete back to competition comes from real first-hand experience with all ages from professionals down to youth sports."

    Andrew DeBoest, PT, DPT

  • "Kendra gave me focused and compassionate attention from before surgery until complete recovery. I am stronger now than I have ever been because of the year of active training I spent with Kendra and her team. They are a crucial part of the care that gave me my life and career back."

    Cameron Thomas - Kansas City Ballet Dancer

  • "Kendra and Allison bring extensive experience working with athletes across all levels of sports and deliver the clinical frameworks clinicians need to confidently guide patients back to performance."

    Nathan Carlson, PT, DPT, USATF

Cancellation policy

A full refund (minus a $20 processing fee) will be granted to those that cancel 7 days prior to the event. If a cancellation should occur within 7 days of the event, credit will be transferred to a future course.

If you have any questions regarding the cancellation policy or otherwise, please contact gamechangerptkc@gmail.com.

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From table to field: return to sport considerations following lower extremity injury

April 18th, 2026

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

8 CEU’s provided (pending approval in Kansas)

$299 course fee

9900 Pflumm Rd, Suite 44, Lenexa, KS 66215

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