After my shoulder surgery you allowed me to feel comfortable with your approach to rehabilitation. Your empathy and courteousness was very much needed as I was uncertain and somewhat confused as to the process and effort involved. As a senior, I knew rehab could be extensive. Through your encouragement and professionalism, it has been a successful and gratifying experience. Thank you!
Performance Enhancement & ACL Injury Prevention Program
The off-season Performance Enhancement & Injury Prevention Program will help athletes reach their fullest potential, while reducing the risk of serious injury. The exercises taught and performed during the off-season program will carry over to in-season play. This carry over will help keep the athlete healthy, while enhancing sport performance.Research has established that 1 in every 100 high school participants will experience an ACL injury, and of those injuries 70% are non-contact injuries. Females are at a 4-6 times higher incidence of ACL tears than males. Specifically, female soccer players are 2.4 times more likely to experience an ACL tear than other female athletes.
Performance enhancement programs, like the one mentioned above, have been beneficial in decreasing ACL injuries in female athletes. The Performance Enhancement Program has been designed specifically for female athletes and has shown a 74% decrease in ACL injury incidents.
Our Performance Enhancement & Prevention Program is based on the latest research to help athletes of all ages gain speed, power, body control, and explosiveness; while decreasing the risk of serious injury from sport participation. An increased number of athletes are experiencing severe injuries to their knees, ankles and hips. This trend is due to muscular imbalance, improper body position while landing, incorrect neuromuscular firing patterns, and proprioception deficits. These factors all contribute to a decreased reaction time, vertical jump and acceleration as compared to the competition.
The program begins with an initial evaluation of each individual to determine specific athletic strengths and weaknesses. This evaluation will provide a baseline for program design. Each athlete will be screened using video analysis for landing, cutting and jumping techniques. Specific tests for speed, agility, vertical jump, and explosiveness will be measured to show improvements in sport performance. As these measurements continue to increase, we see a direct correlation of injury decrease.
Research suggests that programs consisting of 60-minute sessions, three days per week, for six weeks provides maximum benefit. Our program incorporates exercises to increase an athlete's overall strength, power, explosiveness, body position and neuromuscular control.
Our program is comprised of five components: dynamic warm-up, agility drills, strengthening, balance and plyometrics. Each one of these components is crucial to the improvement and decreased risk of injury to the athlete. The five components are described in further detail under the corresponding link.
