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Can my athlete and I mutually benefit from your services?

Yes. We encourage you to accompany your athlete to our laboratory. Being present during the session has numerous benefits. It will provide you with a closer insight into their “biomechanical form”, help us readily demonstrate and educate you on their biomechanical deficiencies, and allow us to provide you meaningful information in order for you to modify daily training techniques.

What information can I derive from your assessments to help my athletes?

Muscle efficiency is a by-product of repetitive movement patterns. Poor movement “form” in the “formative” years of running can reduce muscle efficiency, promote early fatigue, and prevent peak athletic performance. Moreover, as you know, running is largely a “self-taught” sport and as children, runners get minimal advice from either parents or friends on the importance of good “running form”. As a result, you frequently encounter athletes who are unable to maximize their training and have repetitive injury. Therefore, the importance of teaching “correct form” is pivotal to training habits, and consequently, peak athletic performance. We believe that the roots of athletic success are embedded in recognizing “disordered movement patterns” based on analyzing “individualistic differences” in “body types” during movements “specific to training”. Our unique assessments that are geared to analyze and correct movement “form”, will help you understand both biomechanical deficiencies in your athletes and the limitations to their training regimens.

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I just wanted to thank you for working with me yesterday. I had a great experience and more importantly, learned some valuable stuff about my mechanics. I'd recommend your services at the speed lab to anyone.

— Corey R.

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Principles of Injury Rehabilitation

The majority of running injuries are related to overuse. We do too much, too fast, too soon. Most injuries occur during a transition period-a period where our training is undergoing some type of change. Common examples include increasing mileage too quickly, changing intensity of training, such as moving from a base/distance phase to a strength or speed phase, changing the surface one trains on, or even changing the type of running shoes. Rarely do I see injuries in folks who train very consistently, unless they are in the middle of a transition phase. The transition, rather than the absolute amount of training, seems to be liked closely to injury.

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 Last modified on: October 25, 2007