Sports Rehabilitation
The Current Rehabilitation System is Broken
You heard right, it’s broken. There isn’t enough effort being put into the rehab process that is working for the athlete.
It goes a little like this…
Injury > surgery (sometimes) > expensive physiotherapy for 6-12 weeks > grab your piece of rehab paper and do your mini-band exercises > return to training without some real strength training. Do this and run the HIGH RISK of re-injury.
But it’s not your fault… or the Physio’s fault…
ATP is here to change the game.
Let’s reframe it and show you how it SHOULD look…
Injury > surgery > accurate rehab with Physio > liase and work with strength coach (ATP) simultaneously > combine Physio, Gym and Field rehab over the coming moths > return fitter and stronger than pre-injury.
Which scenario do you prefer?
Of course the second, it’s a no brainer.
ATP will work with your Physiotherapist to ensure you get the best rehab to return with confidence. We will make sure you stay strong and health elsewhere (e.g. upper body for a knee injury), keep you fit with off-feet conditioning so you don’t fall behind when it’s time to return to training.
HOW DO WE MEASURE IT ALL?
Vald’s Hand Held Dynamometer (HHD) allows us to track both Strength & Joint Range of Motion through all planes of motion for all joints and actions.
HAMSTRING
We use the HHD to record Hamstring strength. Hamstring strength is one of the most vital part of an athletes performance, so why not make sure it’s operating efficiently. we do this by measuring the strength in 3 different angles; 10, 30 and 90 degrees. This gives us a look at each angle and if there are any deficiencies then compare between each side for any asymmetries.
SHOULDER
We also use the HHD to asses shoulder strength. It’s no lie that the shoulder is the most vulnerable joint in the body especially when it comes to high intensity sports. Making sure our internal and external strength is up to scratch, and our rotator cuff is strong enough to hold our shoulder in its socket.
JOINT ANGLES
By utilising VALD’s HHD we can also test joint angles. This cal give us a look into any joint restrictions you may have or assess against the other limb when returning from injury.
MYJUMP2
MyJump2 is an App technology that slows down a pre-recorded jump to measure flight and ground contact time.
It can measure vertical jump height, broad jump distance, drop jump reactive strength index, asymmetries in jumps, repeated jumps force-velocity profiling and many more.
For the purpose of keeping it succinct, we utilise it to measure; Squat Jump, Countermovement Jump & Drop Jump to get Eccentric Utilisation Ration and the Reactive Strength Index.