The Proof Behind the Progress
How Matt Redekopp, a Performance and Longevity Physiotherapist, stopped estimating and started measuring.
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Matt Redekopp
SETTING
Sports Physio Clinic • Longevity Clinic
Different Clinics, Same Gap
Matt Redekopp splits his week between two clinics in British Columbia - a sports physio clinic and a longevity clinic. While the patient profiles look completely different, the gap in his assessments showed up the same way.
SPORTS PHYSIO CLINIC
Patient profile:
22-year-old athlete
Goal: return to field after ACL reconstruction. Progress measured in movement symmetry and performance.
LONGEVITY CLINIC
Patient profile:
68-year-old patient
Goal: walk confidently after hip replacement. Progress measured in stability, confidence, and pain-free range.
Matt's clinical instincts are well-trained. But instinct isn't a number, and numbers are often what patients — and the coaches and kinesiologists around them — need to see.
“I can watch someone walk and sense that something is off. I can hear a foot slapping the treadmill belt and know that they are struggling with eccentric control. The issue is being able to show the patient in a way that they get it.”
What the Data Unlocked
“It’s not one number. It’s swing time, stance time, G-load, left versus right. There’s so much there.”
When Matt introduced Plantiga into his assessments, asymmetry data was the most compelling. Left-versus-right imbalances he'd been estimating were suddenly quantified — load through each limb, takeoff and landing metrics, individual ground contact times.
"I can show someone they're in the red and explain what that means — and then the next week, they come back wanting to see if it moved."
That visibility ripples outward. Practitioners around Matt — strength coaches, kinesiologists, exercise physiologists — take notice when patients start following programs. "They get fired up," he says. "Because everyone is speaking the same language."
What the Numbers Say
Two of Matt’s patients were RCMP officers recovering from complete ACL tears. Both hesitant. Both arriving with the weight of a long, uncertain recovery. They started with a simple walk test.
Each threshold reached became permission to progress. One officer returned to duty and broke the record on the RCMP's physical fitness test. The other was back on a physically demanding unit well ahead of schedule.
“Getting back sooner than anyone expected — that mattered to him enormously.”
Improvement, Made Visible
At the longevity clinic, there are different stakes. Matt works with a patient in their fifties who played junior hockey and soccer — and is surprised to find they can no longer hop on their toes.
“That’s not a failure. That’s the beginning of the conversation.”
Since Matt has integrated Plantiga into his workflow, he has been able to track the changes that occur with his treatments. The small weekly gains, the moment a number finally turns green, lands differently than encouragement alone ever could.
“They’re not just doing the work on faith. They can see what it produces, and that changes everything.”