The body is made up of an alternating pattern of stable segments connected by mobile joints. When that movement pattern is broken pain isn’t far away.
The SFMA is used to identify problems of poor joint mobility, muscle and tendon flexibility and poor quality movement within the body to determine hidden underlying musculo-neuro-skeletal problems away from the point of pain.
How do you find these non-painful problematic areas? It is easy really, have yourself assessed. North Shore Chiropractic have been performing selective functional movement assessments since 2010.
Having a blueprint of problematic areas allow reduced treatment sessions with your therapist by moving straight onto treating the root cause of the problem.
We take the guess work out of clients going back into training. Put simply the FMS is a ranking and grading system that documents your movement patterns that are key to how you move day to day.
The functional movement screen score is used to find and target problem movements and track progress. It identifies dangerous movements that can be addressed and it is linked to the most beneficial corrective exercises to reset good movement patterns.
Electric muscle stimulation (EMS) is delivered through our small device called the compex which sends painless electric impulses to your nerve fibres making your muscles contract involuntary.
The compex has proven to be effective following a treatment session to then activate “lazy” or “painful” muscles. Or used to strengthen weak muscles – causing problems that are hard to “switch on”.
The unit has settings so as it can also be used on the other side of the spectrum – to enhance a workout program. When we want more muscle unit recruitment, large muscle explosive strength and faster muscle recovery.
