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COMMON SOCCER PAIN & MOVEMENT PROBLEMS
What’s Holding You Back?
Pain, tightness, or restricted movement can change how you run, cut, strike, land, and recover.
Your Pain May Not Start Where You Feel It
The painful area is only one part of the assessment.
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A stiff ankle can change how the knee and hip absorb force.
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Limited hip rotation can affect cutting, turning, and kicking.
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Reduced trunk mobility can change how force transfers across the body.
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That’s why I assess the movement chain—not just the painful spot. Select what you’re dealing with to explore what may be contributing :
Goalkeeper Recovery
Explosive diving, rapid recovery, overhead reach and repeated impact.
01 · What your position demands
Diving, jumping, lateral pushes, overhead reaching, quick transitions from the ground and repeated high-impact landings.
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02 · Where restrictions develop
Shoulders, thoracic spine, adductors, hips, trunk rotation and the tissues that absorb repeated diving and landing forces.
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03 · What you may feel
Shoulder tightness, groin restriction, hip stiffness, low-back tension, wrist discomfort or feeling slow getting back to your feet.
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04 · What I assess
Shoulder mobility, thoracic rotation, hip and adductor mobility, trunk control, lateral movement and how you load and recover from the ground.
05 · How your recovery is individualized
Treatment is built around your diving side, movement restrictions, training load and current symptoms so mobility and tissue recovery support the explosive demands of goalkeeping.
Competitive Youth Soccer Recovery
Support Their Development. Protect Their Ability to Keep Playing.
Growing soccer players face increasing demands from training, games, tournaments, showcases, travel, and physical development.
Elite Recovery provides age-appropriate, assessment-driven sports massage and soft tissue therapy for competitive youth soccer players to help address pain, mobility restrictions, recurring tightness, and recovery between training and competition.
Built Around Your Athlete
For Parents
Trusted, individualized care focused on your athlete's movement, recovery, and long-term development.
For Coaches
Recovery support designed to help players manage demanding schedules and stay available for training and competition.
For Athletic Trainers & Performance Staff
Collaborative soft tissue care that complements the athlete's existing medical, rehabilitation, and performance plan.
Who I Work With
MLS NEXT • ECNL • GA • Elite Clubs • Academies • High School • College-Bound Soccer Players
Every recovery plan considers the athlete's:
Age • Position • Training Load • Movement Restrictions • Current Symptoms • Recovery Goals
Your Athlete Has a Team. Recovery Should Be Part of It.
Whether your player is dealing with recurring tightness, limited mobility, a demanding tournament schedule, or increasing training loads, recovery should be built around their body and the way they play.
LOCATIONS & ON-SITE SOCCER TEAM SUPPORT
Elite Recovery provides sports massage and position-specific soft tissue therapy in Orange County, with convenient options for individual soccer players, traveling athletes, teams, and clubs.
Visiting Orange County for Training or Competition?
Recovery appointments can be coordinated for individual players and teams traveling throughout Orange County and Southern California.
