Sport Specific Training

East Coast MPI offers the most comprehensive evaluation of the athlete.  From here we develop and properly progress a program tailored to that individual athlete’s specific motor recruitment and strength deficits which are contributing to the athletes’ movement deficits. Only when the athlete shows the strength and neuromuscular ability is he or she progressed to higher level activities. Strength measurements are compared to age related norms to appropriately determine the level of specific muscle strength.  All the information gained through this comprehensive evaluation is then brought together to determine if the athlete is ready to be progressed. After appropriate strength has been achieved the program transitions into skill acquisition through neuromuscular re-education and sport specific training.

Assessing the athletes’ ability properly by utilizing Movement Capture technology to help identify pathological/compensatory movements is the only way to objectively work to truly reduce the risk of re injury.  As part of the athletes’ evaluation surface Electromyography (EMG) is utilized to identify proper sequencing and if the athlete is properly activating the muscle groups necessary to perform those movements. A comprehensive and properly progressed program is then tailored to that athlete’s specific activation and strength deficits which are contributing to the athletes’ movement deficits. Strength measurements obtained using a computerized Isometric Dynamometer.  These measurements then are compared to age related norms to appropriately determine the level of specific muscle strength. Only when the athlete shows the strength and neuromuscular ability is he or she progressed to higher level activities. Force Plates are used to measure the forces the athlete applies to the ground.  These measurements allow us to determine proper body mechanics, forces the athlete generates and power. All the information gained through this comprehensive evaluation is then brought together to determine if the athlete is ready to be progressed. After appropriate strength and motor recruitment has been achieved the program transitions into skill acquisition through neuromuscular re-education and sport specific training.