Qualification
Exercise Testing Physiology
Objective physiological testing to guide training, recovery and return-to-sport decisions.
In short
Post-graduate training in exercise physiology and objective testing — strength, power, endurance and sport-specific benchmarks — to guide rehab and return-to-play decisions with data.
Key benefits
- Clear, objective criteria for return-to-run, return-to-sport and return-to-compete.
- Removes guesswork from big decisions after injury or surgery.
- Training and recovery loads tuned to what your body is actually doing.
Who it's for
- Athletes coming back from serious injury or surgery.
- Patients whose sport demands specific strength, power or endurance targets.
- Anyone who wants their rehab progress measured, not assumed.
Conditions Flora treats with Exercise Testing Physiology
- Post-ACL and other knee-surgery return-to-sport
- Post-shoulder surgery return-to-throw
- Return-to-run programmes after lower-limb injury
- Pre-season readiness screening
How Flora uses this in your treatment
For serious injuries and post-surgery cases, Flora sets return-to-sport criteria at the start of rehab — the numbers you need to hit before running, before pivoting, before competing.
Testing is repeated through the block so progress is visible on paper, not just felt. This is the same framework used in professional and Olympic sport.
Full detail
Post-graduate training in exercise physiology and testing gives Flora the tools to measure — not guess — how an athlete is responding to training and rehab. Testing may include strength and power benchmarks, endurance markers, and sport-specific return-to-play criteria.
Objective data removes the emotion from big decisions: is this athlete ready to run again, ready to compete, ready to load? It is the foundation of Flora's structured return-to-sport protocols.
Frequently asked questions
- What is return-to-sport testing?
- A battery of strength, power, endurance and sport-specific tests used to decide whether an athlete is physically ready to progress — for example, from rehab to running, or from training to competition.
- When is testing used?
- Most commonly after ACL and other significant surgeries, after long lay-offs, and pre-season for competitive athletes.
- Why not just go by how it feels?
- Feel is a poor predictor of readiness — most re-injuries happen in athletes who feel ready but haven't hit objective targets. Testing catches the gaps.