injury treatment and prevention a new paradigm

Injuries have a profound impact on the performance of a professional athlete. They can be one of the most challenging physical and mental demands an athlete can face. Many players compete with injuries and only get intermittent treatment, which over time can lead to serious issues. Injuries shorten careers and prevent athletes from fulfilling their potential.

Evidence suggests injury risk is multifactorial. The traditional approach of treating your injured body part alone does not address the complex factors involved in creating the injury and limiting recovery.

We believe that our specific combination of cutting edge medical and rehabilitative services have a powerful effect leading to:

treatment model for the injured athlete: how are we different?

We have the experience you’re looking for. You need to eliminate your injury so you can be at your athletic best. We treat professional athletes from various sports and found that most athletes, when injured, are evaluated by sports physicians and therapists who utilize the traditional medical model that focuses on assessing and treating only the injured body part. Very often, this evaluation and treatment are completed at a tournament site where there is a limitation of time and lack of individualization. Additionally, extensive travel and interaction with different health care providers may compromise the continuity of care. While this can certainly be valuable for short-term improvement of symptoms, rapid pain relief and prevention of future injuries often do not occur. We believe that we can make a difference by providing continuity of care through our highly individualized approach throughout the season.

Our model consists of an innovative, eclectic and holistic approach to evaluate and treat professional athletes, which includes:

injury expertise

injury prevention model for the healthy athlete

Professional sports put high demands on an athlete’s body. Long hours of practice and competition, fitness training, travel, external pressures, environmental/surface changes are just a few challenges an athlete faces on a daily basis.

These repetitive stressors frequently lead to sensations of muscle tightness, joint stiffness, muscle aches, and pains which are very often early warning signs for more serious injuries that can occur. It is common for athletes and coaches to ignore these signals as they are often considered to be “part of the sport.” In fact, these warning signs closely correlate with abnormal movement patterns. Identifying these patterns in the healthy athlete is one of the most important strategies to prevent injuries from occurring.

Our program includes a comprehensive movement analysis supported by research and involves input from the player and coach in order to identify all risk factors. This program can be incorporated at any point in the season. Our recommendation is to do the initial assessment during the off-season and then utilize periodic re-assessments and interventions to achieve peak performance for major tournaments, events, and games.

championship package – signature services

This package includes a select number of services for annual membership fee.

À la carte services, which can be selected in any combination:

For further information about services & pricing, please contact Lisa Chase, PT, CFMM, OMPT, Astym Cert. at 727-362-6866.