Corrective Exercise

Sport Specific Corrective Exercise

Corrective exercise is a great way to restore function and return to activity pain-free. Many people assume that only those who underwent a recent surgery need to participate in physical therapy treatments. At UNITE.rehab.perform, that is hardly the case. Performance physical therapy focuses on athletes who are limited in their sport because of pain or an injury. There are also a multitude of benefits for anyone wishing to restore their strength, endurance, flexibility, or stability. This even includes athletes that are not in pain!

Have you ever struggled with a performance training plateau? This means that you’ve reached the ceiling in your progress, whether it’s trying to improve your 5k pace time or breakthrough your 1RM in a powerlifting meet. Our performance physical therapists are trained to detect movement faults and strength deficiencies that can be blocking your progress. Once these faults are identified, we design a training program with corrective exercises specific to you to help you overcome your plateau. Come see our Thornton, CO sports physical therapy team to learn how to become a strong, balanced athlete.

For more information on how corrective exercise may benefit you, contact UNITE.Rehab.Perform Physical Therapy and Sports Performance today!

How Can Corrective Exercise Help Relieve My Pain?

It is a common misconception that one should only rest when they are in pain. However, this antiquated thinking will actually put you into an injury cycle. Once you return to the sport or working out, the underlying cause of why the injury happened in the first place is still there and will cause you to get reinjured. Prolonged rest can actually cause your muscles to weaken during the healing process, which can lead to decreased functionality and more pain in the long run.

Our Thornton, CO sports physical therapists are movement experts, trained in improving strength, range of motion, and overall function of the body. Our sports physical therapist will design an individualized treatment program for you equipped with the corrective exercises you need to alleviate your pain, strengthen the weak areas of your body, promote the healing process, and restore function.

At UNITE.rehab.perform, our goal is to help you live a pain-free life with even greater strength and endurance than you had before doing the activities you love most.

The Many Benefits Of Corrective Exercise

Exercise programs are aimed at improving health, so you can feel better than you did beforehand. Corrective exercise is similar in this way; however, it also implements targeted activities that are aimed at relieving pain and restoring you to your optimum level of physical function.

Corrective exercise can also be used as a way to prevent additional impairment or disability when facing certain physical risks. There is a wide variety of corrective exercises and each one has a unique purpose. These include:

Performance Exercises

Increasing power, endurance, and muscle strength are vital to improving overall performance. These exercises will aim to enhance motor control and stability regardless of your athletic demands. Strengthening exercises are an excellent way to improve and maintain bone and joint health. Resistance and endurance exercises are designed to increase muscle strength and endurance without injury.

Sport-Specific Exercises

Often at physical therapy, it’s difficult to see the connection of how some exercises will get you back to your sport. This is where your performance physical therapist at UNITE.rehab.perform will change the game. Basketball players need to incorporate cutting, running, sprinting, and ball handling techniques into their rehab program. Runners will be focusing on opposition, single leg stabilization exercises, and actual running to improve proper muscular recruitment patterns. Tennis players will hone into the strength it requires to return a powerful serve by focusing on pillar and trunk stability and strength in rotational patterns. Our Thornton, CO sports physical therapy team will use your goals to create a program that seamlessly transitions you from rehab to sport.

Balance & Coordination Exercises

Every time you stand or sit, bones and muscles work in conjunction with one another to help you remain upright. Add sprinting, cutting, jumping, and squatting into the mix and expect your coordination demands to multiply! Your ability to move with intention and precision depends on the brain’s ability to communicate with your muscles and joints. Take running for example: a coordinated movement between upper body, lower body, and your core/trunk all while propelling forward. If any one of these pieces of the puzzle are off or lagging, you can expect to find form abnormalities in your form. If not addressed, these can possibly lead to injury down the road! That is why balance and coordination exercises are so important, especially after an injury.

Area-Specific Exercises

It’s easy to think of exercise as something we do with our muscles, but exercise can also help our body’s other systems. Area-specific exercises target breathing and circulation to help speed healing, improve blood flow, or lower stress on the body.

Posture Exercises

Hours spent at desks, bent over keyboards, poor muscle tone, or simply poor posture habits can all lead to pain or injury. What you may not realize is that posture has a direct impact on muscle strength, balance, and risk of injury. Posture exercises are aimed at correcting poor posture, not just when you exercise, but also in your daily life activities to alleviate aches and pains.

Range Of Motion Exercises

These exercises are aimed at increasing the range of motion in your joints and soft tissues. This may be done through active, passive, or assisted stretching activities designed to help your joints move better, without pain.

Use Corrective Exercise To Improve Your Life!

If you want a life with less pain, greater strength and endurance, request an appointment today, servicing Thornton, CO, and Denver metro area, to find out how corrective exercise can help you reach your physical goals and allow you to live the life you want!

Don’t leave it to chance.

Let Denver’s premier team of sports physical therapists and performance coaches lead the way!