How Can a Movement Screen Help Me?

Throughout our day to day life, we tend to develop habits and repeated patterns of movements. This repetitive motion is intensified with athletic training through added loads and stress. These repeated movements compound over time and small, initial asymmetries can add up to cause significant muscle imbalances. These imbalances in turn can create movement limitations and functional deficits related to joint stability, proprioception, and mobility. 

A movement screen can help you identify these imbalances and restrictions before they become painful and activity-limiting. Movement screening can also help to optimize movement patterns and improve your overall performance. 

Here at Refuge Physiotherapy, we are not limited by insurance. This gives us the freedom to treat your whole body, not just certain body parts. We can use your initial treatment session as a movement screen for injury prevention in order to maintain optimal function and overall health. 

Strength imbalances and lack of muscle flexibility lead to compensatory patterns of movement and increase your risk for injury or re-injury. Once these risk factors are identified, we can proactively address them through individualized exercises before injury and set-back occurs. The improved strength, mobility and symmetry that you gain will improve your overall function and resilience to keep you doing what you love. 

Everyone’s body is different and has its unique way of movement. We all have different areas of vulnerability that make us susceptible to injury and wear-and-tear. 

Here at Refuge Physiotherapy, we strive to empower you to be the best version of yourself and help you build resilience and overall health. One way to do this is by placing more value in prevention over a cure. Injuries happen, and you will find relief and recovery through physiotherapy. Oftentimes however, injuries can be prevented by addressing the areas of vulnerability and weakness that are the root cause of injury. 

There are many people in our Refuge community who are committed to health and wellness and take a proactive approach to their health. This gives them the advantage of training their bodies while they are still feeling good and eliminating the time spent in recovery trying to regain the function they had before injury. By skipping this, they move directly to addressing the root causes of weakness, instability, tightness, imbalance to improve their movement patterns. 

Let’s choose to be proactive. Let’s avoid the pain of injury and save time required for recovery by strengthening your weak areas before injury occurs. 

Through our movement screenings, our team can help you address your areas of weakness and compensation. We will take the time to inform and educate you how you can take corrective action and improve the efficiency of your training. 

Take advantage of the benefits of injury prevention in order to stay active and pain-free and enhance your efficiency of movement. Contact Refuge Physiotherapy today to schedule your initial assessment with us!