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The Performance Doc The Performance Doc provides the BEST results in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Performance Doc was opened in 2016 by Dr. Leon Knight in Charlotte, NC.

As Performance physical therapists, our mission is to help you eliminate your limitations and get you back to doing what you love! The Performance Doc is different from traditional physical therapy practices as they provide full-hour sessions of individualized one-on-one care. They provide spine care, sports rehab and recovery, women's health physical therapy, manual therapy, and pre-op and post-op surgery therapy.

10/17/2026

Want to learn how to progress athletes through every phase of rehab instead of guessing what comes next?

Comment CHALLENGE and I’ll send you the details for Next Phase.

Intro to rotational movements.

This is another piece of ACL rehab that often gets overlooked.

Running, jumping, and landing in a straight line ≠ being ready to pivot and rotate.

Rotational movements demand transverse-plane control, single-leg stability, and the ability to absorb and produce force in multiple directions.

And just like cutting, rotation isn’t something you introduce with one advanced drill.

It’s a progression.

Start controlled. Build capacity. Increase speed, complexity, and eventually reactivity.

The goal isn’t just to introduce rotation. It’s to prepare athletes for the rotational demands of their sport.

🔥 Comment JOIN and I’ll send you the details for my 15-Day NEXT PHASE Challenge, where I’m teaching you the exact clinic...
10/15/2026

🔥 Comment JOIN and I’ll send you the details for my 15-Day NEXT PHASE Challenge, where I’m teaching you the exact clinical decision-making process I use with my patients.

Give me your most complicated orthopedic patient, and this is EXACTLY how I’d approach their rehab. 👀

Not by immediately picking exercises.

Not by blindly following a protocol.

And definitely not by waiting 4 weeks to find out if my treatment is working.

I start by asking:

1. What phase of rehab are they actually in?
2. What objective criteria do they need to meet to progress?
3. What’s their biggest limiting factor RIGHT NOW?
4. Which interventions will address that limitation?
5. How am I going to know if my plan is working?

Then I reassess, adjust, and repeat.

Because the goal isn’t to throw every treatment technique I’ve ever learned at a patient.

The goal is to know WHAT they need, WHY they need it, and WHEN they’re ready for what’s next.

And it’s exactly what I’m teaching inside the 15-Day NEXT PHASE Challenge, starting November 9.

You’ll learn the PRO Method:

🔥 PROTECT
🔥 RESTORE
🔥 OVERLOAD

PLUS, when you enroll while doors are open, you’ll get 25 diagnosis-specific Rehab Roadmaps with assessments, exercise progressions, and downloadable PDFs.

These roadmaps are ONLY available when you enroll while challenge doors are open.

Stop guessing. Start making more confident clinical decisions.

👇🏽Comment JOIN and I’ll send you the details!

10 years and I still “Can’t Let Go” 🤞🏽❤️Happy Anniversary Carrie Knight
10/14/2026

10 years and I still “Can’t Let Go” 🤞🏽❤️

Happy Anniversary Carrie Knight

Comment WAITLIST to get early access to the 15-Day Next Phase Challenge and the opportunity to save $100 before public e...
10/14/2026

Comment WAITLIST to get early access to the 15-Day Next Phase Challenge and the opportunity to save $100 before public enrollment.

I’m gonna say something that might upset a few people in the PT world… 👀

More education doesn’t automatically mean better clinical decision-making.

And I’m speaking from experience.

Within my FIRST YEAR after graduating PT school, I took SIX continuing education courses.

I was hungry to learn.

I wanted to become the best clinician I could possibly be.

And those courses taught me a TON of valuable tools.

But here’s what I was missing…

A SYSTEM that helped me understand which tools to use, when to use them, and how they fit into the bigger picture of getting my patients back to doing what they love.

Because knowing 100 exercises doesn’t automatically mean you know which one your patient needs TODAY.

And knowing a post-op timeline doesn’t automatically mean your patient is READY to progress.

That’s why I created the 15-Day Next Phase Challenge.

Starting November 9, I’m teaching you the PRO Method:

🔥 PROTECT
🔥 RESTORE
🔥 OVERLOAD

One framework designed to help you make better clinical decisions, progress patients using objective criteria, and stop second-guessing every step of rehab.

PLUS, when you enroll, you’ll get 25 diagnosis-specific Rehab Roadmaps with assessment videos, exercise progressions, and downloadable PDFs.

These roadmaps are ONLY available when you enroll while challenge doors are open.

It’s time to stop collecting more tools and start building the SYSTEM that tells you when to use them.

10/12/2026

Just because your patient is already strengthening doesn’t mean they’re ready for progressive overload.

This basketball player came in with quad tendinopathy after his progress had plateaued.

He was already doing wall sits, leg extensions, step-ups, and leg presses.

But when I tested him…

❌ Step-ups: 4–5/10 pain
❌ Lateral step-downs: 6/10 pain
❌ Forward step-downs: 6/10 pain
❌ Single-leg squats: 8/10 pain

Based on his pain levels and inability to pass these assessments, I’d place him in Phase 1 — Protection.

And here’s what I want you to understand…

The exercises your patient is doing don’t determine their phase of rehab. Their current abilities and objective testing do.

That’s why having a framework is so important.

You need to know:

1. What phase is my patient actually in?
2. What should I prioritize in this phase?
3. What criteria do they need to meet before progressing?

This is EXACTLY what I’m teaching inside NEXT PHASE.

It’s a 15-day challenge where I’ll teach you the PRO Method (Protect → Restore → Overload) a repeatable clinical framework to help you make more confident, consistent rehab decisions across orthopedic diagnoses.

You’ll also receive 25 diagnosis-specific rehab roadmaps that show you how to apply the framework, including the criteria patients need to meet to progress through each phase.

🔥 These roadmaps are ONLY available when Next Phase enrollment is open.

🚨 Comment WAITLIST and I’ll send you the details to get exclusive early access for $197 ($100 OFF) before the public price increases to $297.

We kick off LIVE November 8, and the 15-day challenge begins November 9.

Stop guessing what comes next in rehab. Start making decisions based on criteria.

🚨 The NEXT PHASE waitlist is officially OPEN! Join now to get an exclusive launch discount. Comment ‘JOIN’ to get on the...
10/11/2026

🚨 The NEXT PHASE waitlist is officially OPEN! Join now to get an exclusive launch discount. Comment ‘JOIN’ to get on the list!

I recently asked PTs how they learned to make clinical decisions when things don’t go according to plan…

And 78% said they either learned through trial and error or are still figuring it out. 😅

And honestly, I get it.

PT school gives you a TON of information. Continuing ed courses give you more knowledge, systems, and tools.

But knowing how to put it all together for the patient standing in front of you? That’s a whole different skill.

That’s exactly why I’m creating NEXT PHASE.

I wanted to build the resource I wish I had when I first graduated.

Here’s exactly what you’ll get👇🏽

🔥 25 diagnosis-specific rehab roadmaps breaking down what to prioritize at each phase of rehab, what to test before progressing, and video exercise progressions and regressions.

🔥 A 15-day clinical reasoning challenge where I’ll teach you the exact system I used to build all 25 roadmaps.

Because I don’t just want to give you a plan to follow.

I want to teach you how to think through rehab, understand WHY you’re making certain decisions, and confidently adapt when things don’t go according to plan.

The framework AND the application.

If you’re a new grad or early-career PT who wants more clarity, structure, and confidence in the clinic, I built this for you.

Your next phase starts here. 🚀

Comment ‘JOIN’ to get on the waitlist to lock in your exclusive launch discount!

10/11/2026

Part 3 of 4.

1 month. 4 visits.
Re-eval time.

The good:
✅ Step ups improved
✅ Step downs improved
✅ SL squat to box improved

The not-so-good:
❌ Knee extension: no sustained change

We’d gain range in the session.
She’d come back the next visit and it was gone.

That tells me something.

Gaining extension in the clinic isn’t the problem.
Keeping it is.

And that matters, because extension was the priority.

So we pivot.

Same criteria.
Different approach.

Part 4: exactly what I changed to make the extension stick.👇🏽

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