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We find what the arm cannot do yet.
Sports Rehabilitation in Vancouver, WA.
Go back trusting the arm instead of babying it. We rehab the shoulder, elbow, wrist or hand, then load it the way your sport loads it, and we do not sign off until it holds up under that.
What It Is
Cleared and ready are two different dates.
Your surgeon clears the tissue. That is a statement about healing. It is not a statement about whether your wrist can take a bar, a bat, a paddle or a mat, at speed, on the fifth rep of the third set. Most re-injuries live in the gap between those two sentences.
Sports rehabilitation is the work that closes it. We treat the injury first, then rebuild grip, forearm, elbow and shoulder capacity against the demand your sport actually puts on the arm. Then we test it. Return criteria come from what the arm can do, not from what week it is.
One thing to be straight about: this is a hand and upper extremity clinic, not a general sports-medicine gym. Shoulders, elbows, wrists and hands are what we do all day, one-on-one with a licensed Occupational Therapist, several board-certified in hand therapy (CHT), every visit. You are the person everyone expects to tough it out, which is exactly why an arm you play through stops being a small problem. If your issue is below the waist, we will tell you and point you somewhere better.
Testing, not the calendar
What It Helps
Where sports rehabilitation earns its place.
If any of these is the reason you are reading this page, you are in the right spot.
What A Session Looks Like
Three steps, and no surprise loading.
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We load it in your sport’s positions.
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We test it before we advance it.
Why It Works
Four reasons it earns its place.
An arm that holds up in the third set.
A return date you can defend.
Confidence to stop babying it.
A plan your coach can actually use.
Pairs Well With
Sports Rehabilitation rarely works alone.
Questions, Answered
What athletes ask first.
We start where the arm is, not where the sport wants it to be. The Pain phase comes first for a reason: settle the tissue, keep whatever still moves easily, and earn the right to load. Sessions should feel like work, not like a flare. If something spikes, we change it that day instead of telling you to push through it.
Nobody can honestly put that number on a website, because it depends on your tissue, your sport and your position. What you get at your evaluation is a plan with an endpoint and the criteria that end it. The four phases are Pain, Prime, Perform, Prevent, and you move up by passing what each one asks of the arm, not by waiting for the calendar. That is also the version worth handing to a coach.
Most athletes reach us through a physician or surgeon referral, and some plans require one on file before we can bill. Tell us who you are with and we will help you work out what yours needs. The plans we work with are listed on our insurance page. We check your exact benefits before your first visit and tell you what we find, straight. Call us at (360) 989-1200 if you want that started today.
Book Your Visit
Ready when you are.
Request a time and a real person from our front desk calls you back to get you scheduled. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.
- Hours Mon–Fri 7:00am–5:00pm · Sat–Sun closed
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- One-on-one with a licensed Occupational Therapist, every visit
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Care this good, this close.
Gabbert Clinic
- 7710 NE Greenwood Dr # 150, Vancouver, WA 98662
- (360) 989-1200
- Fax: (360) 583-3442
- admin@gabbertclinic.com
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Mon–Fri 7:00am–5:00pm
Sat–Sun closed