Whether you’re a member of a competitive sports team, runner or a weekend warrior, you need the right techniques to protect your body and performance from injury.
Lighthouse Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine in Spokane and Spokane Valley employs the Bulletproof Method to encourage injury prevention for active athletes like you. Learn more about how we can help you manage your passion’s physical demands while keeping your body safe.
What exactly does injury prevention entail? You can incorporate it into your regular workout routines, practices and similar activities by following this injury prevention checklist:
In other words, injury prevention for athletes helps fitness and sports enthusiasts recover more effectively, avoid soreness and prevent injuries that could take them out of the game.
Lighthouse Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine in Spokane encourages our patients to practice our Bulletproof Method.
This four-step approach allows our clinicians to examine how you move and what your movement patterns mean. Your sports medicine therapist can use sport-specific training techniques to enhance your performance, increase your stamina and help you proactively protect your body throughout practices and sessions.
The Bulletproof method begins with a DorsaVi Assessment to analyze how you intuitively move. An athlete’s natural movements increase their risk of sustaining significant injuries. Your clinician will identify flawed biomechanical movements that may threaten your performance and safety.
Next, you undergo biomechanical retraining, which corrects those flawed movements. For example, you subconsciously twist your kneecap to turn your body in a particular direction rather than redirecting your entire body. This movement increases your risk for knee injuries.
Biomechanical retraining helps you relearn these movements. You’ll habitually turn your whole body rather than pivot at the kneecap, protecting both knees and legs.
You’ll undergo sport-specific training to put your biomechanical habits into action. Like other professional or amateur athletes, you want to ensure your training translates into your preferred sport. Otherwise, you might consciously maintain the biomechanical retraining during your sessions but revert to the dangerous habits that could lead to painful injuries and slow recoveries.
Finally, you’ll undergo another DorsaVi Assessment to track progress. If one of our clinicians thinks you need more improvement, they’ll continue working with you for further correction. They might also recommend other tweaks to perfect your performance and increase your active protection.
While injury avoidance means more playing time, it also enhances other aspects of your athletic performance. The Bulletproof Method and other injury prevention habits can benefit your athleticism by:
A large part of injury prevention for athletes involves a deeper understanding of how the body communicates. Let Lighthouse Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine translate your body’s language with our popular Bulletproof Injury Prevention therapy.
Book an appointment by calling 509-928-3443 or fill out our contact form to get started!
Dr. Ryan Zumwalt is the owner of Lighthouse Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine and a licensed physical therapist specializing in orthopedic and sports rehabilitation. A former Division I wrestler and Seattle Mariners medical team member, he is passionate about helping patients recover and return to peak performance.
