Functional Movement Screens
What It Is:
A functional movement analysis is a full-body screen that looks at how you move -- not just what hurts. It evaluates mobility, stability, strength, coordination, and movement patterns during everyday and athletic tasks. The goal is to find the root cause of limitations, compensations, or inefficiencies.
These sessions can be anywhere from 30-45 minutes, depending on the client's goal.
How It Works:
You'll perform a series of movements (squats, lunges, reaching, balance tasks, gait, etc.) while your clinician assesses muscle activation, joint mechanics, and overall movement quality.
Using video analysis (AiKYNETIX), biomechanical principles, and hands-on testing, we identify how your body is currently performing and where breakdowns are happening.
We then use those findings to build a personalized corrective plan -- mobility work, strength strategies, neuromuscular training, and performance-focused drills.
Benefits:
- identifies the real cause behind your pain, tightness, or movement limitations
- improves strength, mobility, and techniques with targeted programming
- reduces injury risk by addressing imbalances before they turn into problems
- enhances performance -- your lifts, runs, swings, jumps, and daily movement feel smoother and stronger
- helps bridge the gap between traditional rehab and functional fitness
Who It's For:
Anyone with nagging tightness, recurring injuries, or performance plateaus.
People learning new movement patterns or returning to workouts.
Athletes wanting to refine mechanics and optimize strength/power.
Anyone who wants to move better, feel better, and train smarter.
Return To Sport Assessments
What It Is:
A return-to-sport assessment is a comprehensive evaluation designed to determine if you are truly ready to return to your sport safely and confidently after injury. It moves beyond "pain-free" and focuses on whether your body can handle the demands of your sport at full speed.
These sessions can last between 45-60 minutes in duration.
How It Works:
We test strength, power, agility, speed, landing mechanics, balance, and sport-specific movement patterns.
Objective tools (video analysis, strength ratios, hop testing, force control, fatigue testing) help identify asymmetries or remaining deficits.
We compare your performance to evidence-based criteria, your sport's demands, and your pre-injury baseline (when available).
You receive a clear "go/no go" readiness score with recommendations and targeted programming if further progression is needed.
Benefits:
- reduces re-injury risk by ensuring your body is truly ready for high-level demands
- restores confidence by showing objective progress and performance
- helps you transition from rehab to training to full sport participation safely
- identifies lingering weaknesses or asymmetries before they become a setback
- enhances overall performance through sport-specific movement refinement
Who It's For:
Athletes returning after injury, surgery, or time away from sport.
Individuals finishing physical therapy but still lacking confidence or power.
Youth, recreational, and competitive athletes in any sport.
Anyone who wants to return to activity at 100% -- not "almost".