At Prototype Sports Performance, our priority is to encourage and facilitate clients in learning how to best self manage their body and mind. In order to achieve this optimal mind-body state, it is important that we lead our clients through a graduated exercise program where they always feel like they are in control of their body.
In addition to exercise training, there is often a role for manual therapy in each stage of the rehab process. For example, after an acute injury, physiotherapists will provide hands-on therapy to increase the range of motion in affected joints and prevent tissue or muscle restriction. After the patient has regained functional range of motion, therapists will then proceed to work on regaining muscle strength and joint stability in the affected area.
Lastly, after joint flexibility and strength has been restored, the therapist and client will focus on restoring whole body function via specific movement patterns and exercises that will challenge both the client’s balance and their proprioception (sense of body in space).
“Your treatment should be almost entirely based on exercise, and it should be indistinguishable from a workout at the gym.”
Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Chris Raynor
