Rehabilitation Principles

A rehabilitation process dependent mainly on manual therapy risks omitting movement variability, strength, power, capacity, education, and independent self-management. Across rehabilitation contexts, the core clinical reasoning pattern is to define the goal, choose tools matched to that goal, avoid dependency-building explanations, and progress toward independent movement. Achilles tendinopathy management requires embedding local tendon treatment within load management and full-system rehabilitation addressing variability, power, and capacity.