Movement Assessment

Integrating Trigger Point Performance Therapy into you daily training routine will make your workouts more effective and efficient while speeding recovery and preventing injury. Whether it's a dynamic group fitness class, or an intense circuit training session, taking the time to prepare the muscle tissue with Myofascial Compression Techniques will ensure you get maximum results while avoiding compromise in movement.

First we feel you need to understand that every movement has a purpose, so how better than to get a better ideas on how your body moves through a pattern. Position yourself in a mirror or have someone assist you in the processes of understanding how Fluid your movement is.

Movement Assessment #1: Ankle Dorsiflexion

Purpose: To assess ankle range of motion through passive dorsiflexion to determine bio-mechanical efficiency of the lower leg.

Ankle Dorsiflexion Coaching Instructions: Sit up with legs fully extended in front of you. Be sure the ankles and feet are completely relaxed before testing. Assessing one ankle at a time gently apply pressure to the subject's forefoot pushing the mid foot back towards the shin passively dorsiflexing the ankle until you feel restriction. Visually assess the range of motion in relation to the foot and lower leg. If you do not have a partner take foot through same range of motion next to the opposite foot to get a good range of motion.

What are we assessing?

  • Range of motion in the ankle
  • The ankle's ability to properly dorsiflex
Ankle Dorsiflexion

Movement Assessment #2: Deep Squat

Purpose: To assess functional movement efficiency and potential in the bio-mechanical chain through a deep squat analysis.

Deep Squat Coaching Instructions: Stand tall with feet hip to shoulder width apart and toes pointing forward. Lightly place a dowel rod on top of your head adjusting the hands until the arms form a 90-degree bend at each elbow. Extend the arms overhead locking out the elbows.

In a controlled movement slowly lower yourself into a squat until you thighs pass just below parallel keeping the dowel extended overhead making sure the entire foot stays in contact with the ground. Perform a deep squat viewing subject laterally.

What are we assessing? Distribution of weight throughout the bio-mechanical chain starting with the foot when subject is in the bottom of the squat and the movement potential.

  • Weight distribution and foot load?
  • Pelvic alignment?
  • Torso and shoulder position in relation to body?
Deep Squat

Movement Assessment #3: Knee Raise

Purpose: To assess fluidity of bilateral and sagital plane movement while elevating one knee.

Knee Raise Coaching Instructions: Stand tall with a on top of the TP Block (This is an unstable platform, please make sure you are capable of standing on the block without falling otherwise please use a hard surface.) Step up with one foot onto your TP baller block. Elevate the opposite knee as high as you can and pausing at the top.

What are we assessing?

  • Weight distribution and foot load. Where is the block being compressed?
  • Pelvic alignment
  • Torso position in relation to lower body
  • Head position
Knee Raise

Movement Assessment #4: Straight Leg Raise

Purpose: To assess active lower leg elasticity and movement efficiency along with pelvis stability and alignment.

Lower Leg Raise Coaching Instructions: Lie supine with palms up at your sides. Keeping your foot at 90 degrees and with a fully extended knee lift one leg as high as you can while maintaining floor contact with the head, shoulders, hips, and opposite leg. Assess the flexed hip's and hamstrings range of motion and overall body mechanics of the body.

What are we assessing?

  • Pelvic and hip alignment
  • Active lower lev mobility
  • Ankle alignment
Toe Touch

Learn how to Release Your Strength by preparing your body to tolerate the various demands it will experience. Using Trigger Point Performance tools and Myofascial Compression Techniques, you can enhance performance by creating strong, elastic muscles that can produce, reduce, and stabilize force in multiple planes of motion.

Soleus

Releasing Soleus using TP Footballer & Baller Block

Freeing the foot from unwanted rigidness will enable your foot to stay on the ground the least amount of time, yielding an incredible performance whether it is tennis, football, running or soccer. The longer your foot stays on the ground, the more opportunity there is for error. The Footballer is used to address the soleus, creating elasticity and freeing the foot from unwanted rigidness. The foot now spends less time in contact with the ground resulting in an increase in overall performance while reducing the opportunity for error.

Soleus/Gastroc

Release Soleus/Gastroc using 2 TP Massage Balls

The muscles in the lower leg create an incredible amount of explosive force through multiple plains of movement. By freeing the muscles to move efficiently, a greater range of foot functionality and increased performance will come out of the lower limb, allowing performance at the highest level.

The Double Ball manipulation targets the soleus and gastroc region to create explosive force through multiple planes of movement. Freeing up dysfunctional tissue in this region restores foot functionality and creates explosive strength.

Quadriceps

Release Quads using TP Quadballer

Creating elasticity through Myofascial Compression Techniques within the quads will result in the ability to maintain structural integrity through multiple plains of movement. The Quadballer is used to create elasticity and fluidity in the quadriceps region improving overall biomechanics and force production.

Psoas

Releasing Psoas using TP Massage Ball

This manipulation is one that is incredible when applied properly as it has the ability to release the muscles within this area which ultimately helps open up the diaphragm, relieve aches and pains of the lower back, and provide structural integrity for prolonged periods of movement. The TP Massage Ball is used to target the psoas which ultimately helps open up the diaphragm and provide structural integrity for prolonged periods of movement.

Piriformis

Release Piriformis using TP Massage Ball

The TP Massage Ball is used to systematically address this key muscle in the gluteal region. Restoring tissue tolerance in the piriformis allows you to optimally transfer force through the hips resulting in greater movement efficiency and force production.

Pec Major/Minor

Release Pec Major/Minor using TP Massage Ball

Addressing pec major/minor will allow the shoulders to rotate back naturally, enabling the body to efficiently breathe while at the same time, freeing the arm to move in multiple plains without the unwanted restrictions created by loss of tissue tolerance.

The TP Massage Ball is used to free up dysfunctional tissue in the pectoral region allowing the shoulders to rotate back naturally. This creates a stronger, more stable shoulder and allows the arms to move freely while opening up the chest, enabling the body to take in oxygen more efficiently.