In this video, Coach Johnston speaks about the importance of motion therapy and it’s correlation with solving root issues that can be causing pain and nagging injuries.
What is Motion Therapy?
Motion Therapy is the prescriptive or “answer,” to many of the assessments and offerings Aruka Performance offers. Our foundational training principle at Aruka is simple.
“Improve and maintain an athlete’s or citizen’s Movement Efficiency – which is their Movement IQ.”
Motion Therapy is designed to restore and rebuild what has been lost, injured, or never learned in terms of movement. Another way of stating the above is that Motion Therapy corrects biomechanical flaws and poor movement patterns and then provides prescriptive exercises and therapeutic recommendations to correct them.
Who needs Motion Therapy?
Aruka Motion Therapy is for healthy and injured athletes. It should be included as a part of any fitness or sports performance program. Motion therapy should be a part of all people’s exercise regime regardless of whether the pursuit is leisure, recreational, or competitive.
Why Athletes Need Motion Therapy
Almost all athletes have developed compensatory patterns of movement due to some injury or lack of correct movement training. A loss in movement efficiency results in a loss of athleticism to the athlete. A loss in movement efficiency results in a loss of productivity for the fitness enthusiast. In many cases, movement inadequacies are drivers of injury later in life. All of us need to learn to move properly. Many of us developed poor quality of movement over the years due to not being taught properly. Building block movement skills like running, skipping, hopping, and catching are rarely taught. Other reasons for poor movement quality are age, injury, overtraining, and inactivity.
How does Aruka administer Motion Therapy?
We start by assessing the athlete with our Injury Risk Analysis exam which comprises Aruka Shield. Using the exam, we then detect the potential red flags that exist and provide prescriptions to eliminate these movement deficiencies. We then apply our unique prescriptive model, which addresses the 5 components of good movement, to correct any movement dysfunction. Key drivers of each of the 5 components include balance, proprioception, amortization, proper mechanicsand technique, and stability.