Research-backed
I use current sports medicine research and translate it into clear, practical decisions athletes and families can use.
I’m Jeremy O’Keefe, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS — a residency-trained sports physical therapist at Training HAUS in Eagan, MN with a focus on hockey rehabilitation, injury prevention, performance, and return-to-sport decision making.
My interest in hockey rehab started through my own path in the sport. After playing junior hockey, I spent three years doing video coaching with the University of North Dakota women’s hockey team and worked at a sports performance gym connected to Ralph Engelstad Arena before beginning physical therapy school.
Those experiences gave me a front-row view of what hockey demands from the body — and what injuries can do to an athlete’s confidence, development, season, and career. I also worked for a high-level skills acquisition coach, which helped me gain a deeper understanding of the game, how athletes develop, and the opportunities players have to protect themselves through better movement, preparation, and decision making.
I saw how often athletes were left trying to piece together rehab, training, return-to-play decisions, and performance goals as separate parts of the process.
Integrated Performance was built to help bridge that gap. My goal is to connect clinical care, performance training, hockey-specific demands, and athlete education so players have a clearer path from injury to return, and from return to better long-term durability.
The best rehab plan should not only calm symptoms. It should build the capacity, confidence, and physical qualities athletes need for the demands of their sport.
I use current sports medicine research and translate it into clear, practical decisions athletes and families can use.
Testing, strength benchmarks, symptom response, and sport-specific progressions help guide the return-to-sport process.
Skating, deceleration, contact, repeated shifts, hip and groin demands, and workload all matter when building durable hockey athletes.
Integrated Performance is both a professional platform and an education hub for hockey players, parents, and coaches. The goal is to make sports medicine and performance information easier to understand, easier to apply, and more useful for real decisions during the season.
Through resources, articles, and The Hockey Health Brief, I’ll share practical guidance on injury prevention, recovery, return to play, and performance development for the hockey community.