The goal is not simply to make pain quieter. It is to understand what changed in your movement, training load, recovery, or tissue capacity so you can return to the activity that matters.
Book an Appointment Free 15-Minute Phone Consult Call or Text 303-351-0744A runner, CrossFit athlete, cyclist, skier, lifter, and weekend hiker can all have hip pain for different reasons. The evaluation must connect the symptom to the demand.
Mileage, vertical, repetitions, weight, or frequency increased faster than the tissue adapted.
The first reps look clean. The painful pattern appears when load or exhaustion changes movement.
A stiff ankle, hip, upper back, or shoulder forces another area to create extra motion.
Training pain, weekly volume, competition date, and the exact movement you need back shape the visit.
Squatting, hinging, single-leg loading, reaching, rotating, or hopping can reveal compensation.
Dr. Allen separates a joint restriction from a muscle, tendon, nerve, or capacity issue.
The same movement is repeated after care so the plan can be adjusted quickly.
You receive practical guidance on what can continue, what should be modified, and what signs mean stop.
Adjustments may be used when restricted motion is changing mechanics or shifting load.
Soft tissue work, dry needling, or cupping may address relevant guarding and strains.
Exercise rebuilds range, control, speed, strength, and volume in stages.
Running, squatting, descending, and cycling can expose hip-control, ankle-motion, and load issues.
Pressing, pulling, swimming, and overhead work require the shoulder blade, upper back, and cuff to share load.
Running stride, deep squats, hiking, and cycling can reveal mobility and capacity limits.
Foot pain often involves calf capacity, ankle motion, footwear, surface, and mileage.
The tissue has to tolerate length, contraction, speed, and fatigue again, not only become pain-free.
Lifting, riding, running, skiing, and hiking can expose hip, core, disc, nerve, and load-management issues.
Movement stays comfortable, mechanics remain controlled, and symptoms do not meaningfully increase.
Pain is mild or mechanics change. Reduce range, load, speed, volume, or frequency.
Sharp pain, weakness, instability, numbness, or worsening symptoms mean stop and get evaluated.
Not always. Many cases can be managed by changing load, range, speed, or exercise selection while the problem is treated.
No. Athlete care is for anyone returning to regular exercise, recreational sport, or an active Colorado lifestyle.
Tell us what movement is failing and what activity you are trying to return to. The evaluation will connect the pain to the actual demand.
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