Prepared to Play
ACL Program
Melbourne's accredited Prepared to Play ACL rehabilitation program. Evidence-based, objective, sport-specific — from surgery to full clearance.
Prepared to Play
ACL Program.
ACL rehabilitation is the most complex, highest-stakes injury in sport. Done without objective clearance testing, re-injury risk is significant. Done right — with structured, gate-by-gate testing — athletes return with data to prove they're ready.
Our ACL pathway, Prepared to Play, was developed by our director Chris Tandy — AI-powered movement profiling to build a personalised, evidence-based pathway from surgery to full return-to-play clearance.
Phase-by-phase milestones — no guessing
Every phase has objective criteria. You don't move forward until you've cleared the gate. No calendar-based guesswork.
Objective movement testing at each gate
Single-leg hop testing, force plate data, movement symmetry scores. You see the numbers. You know where you stand.
Developed by our director
Prepared to Play was developed by Chris Tandy — 11 years embedded at Melbourne Storm NRL. The same methodology that returned elite athletes now drives the program.
Objective return-to-sport clearance. Distance, symmetry, and load measured against sport-specific benchmarks — not a calendar date.