Whether you're a high-school athlete, a weekend warrior, or a competitor chasing a personal best, sports therapy at Norfolk Physical Therapy is led by Doug Junge — a Board-Certified Sports Clinical Specialist (SCS) and Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist. We don't just treat the injury; we rebuild the movement, strength, and confidence that put you back on the field.
Athletes don't just need pain to go away — they need to trust their body again at full speed. Sports physical therapy starts with a detailed look at how the injury happened: your sport, your position, your training load, and the movement patterns that may have set it up. From there we build a plan that moves from calming the injury, to restoring motion and strength, to sport-specific drills that look and feel like your game.
Doug's background as a former Husker student athletic trainer, certified athletic trainer (ATC), and Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) means the strength work is real strength work — not a sheet of rubber-band exercises. Before you're cleared, we use objective return-to-sport testing (strength comparisons, hop and agility tests, and sport-specific tasks) so the decision to go back is based on data, not the calendar.
No. We treat athletes of every age and level — youth sports, high school, college, adult rec leagues, runners, golfers, pickleball players, hunters, and anyone who wants to stay active. If your activity matters to you, we treat you like an athlete.
The Sports Clinical Specialist (SCS) credential is awarded by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties after advanced clinical practice and a rigorous exam. Doug Junge earned it in 2005 and is the only SCS in Northeast Nebraska.
It depends on the injury, but our goal is to get you back as fast as is safe. You'll get a realistic timeline at your first visit, and we use objective strength and movement testing — not just the calendar — before clearing you for full play.
“Treat all patients as individuals and formulate treatment plans to reach your goals.”
— Doug Junge, PT, ATC, SCS, CSCS, Cert. MDT
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