Return Dates
How injury return dates are set: rehab science, week-by-week timelines, the reinjury trap, bounce games and the true cost of season-ending injuries.
Metatarsal Fractures: Football Return Timelines Explained
Avulsion, Jones, shaft and stress fractures heal at different speeds. The absence each usually carries and why dates slip.
2026-10-18
Season-Ending Injuries: Insurance and Squad Cost
A season-ending diagnosis is a sporting blow and a balance sheet event. How clubs price a year on the treatment table.
2026-09-02
Behind-Closed-Doors Friendlies: A Fitness Guide
Before the stadium comes the empty training pitch game nobody reports. How bounce matches bridge rehab and the real thing.
2026-08-31
Coming Back Too Early: The Reinjury Trap
The cruellest injury in football is the same one twice. Why comebacks fail and who pays for the rush.
2026-08-28
Hamstring Return Timelines, Week by Week
From ice baths to 95 percent sprint speed: the six-week map a torn hamstring has to travel before team training.
2026-08-24
How Clubs Set Injury Return Dates
A return date is a range built from data, not a promise. Inside the testing that decides when a player is ready.
2026-08-18