Mobility Issues

We do this through the use Functional Movement Systems (FMS) and the Select Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA). These movement screens have been developed by some of the best and most innovative experts in the field of movement analysis. They are used by most professional sports teams in America to evaluate their athletes for movement proficiency. These screens help us to break down body movement into individual parts to assess patients for normal range of motion requirements.

It doesn’t need to be said that you can run faster, jump higher, throw further if you’re not in a walking cast. While you may not notice a limit in your ankle mobility while doing daily activities, small losses in your range of motion will significantly limit your performance and likely end in injury.

Examining freedom of mobility through the most advanced screening methods and treating the found deficiencies in range of motion can help our patients return to normal and necessary range of motion.

Movement screens are important because they create a standard way of evaluating movement and defining what normal is. This is the same as defining a normal range for something like your blood pressure.

If it is too high or too low, that is a problem that should be addressed. Being an integrated healthcare facility, we look at movement the same way. Too little or too much movement must be addressed with proper treatment.