I’ll bet you schedule annual medical physicals, dental exams/cleanings, routine mammography, colonoscopy and dermatology check-ups too.
If your goal is to move well-move often, then why not prioritize an annual musculoskeletal/functional movement assessment? -Especially when it’s FREE!

Your body is unique. So are your past experiences, injuries and compensated movement patterns. Remember that bad ankle sprain? Does your back occasionally “go out”? Are you regularly getting adjustments or massage only to have those aches and pains persist?
Here’s an idea: Treat the problem- not just the symptom!

The  Functional Movement System (FMS) does just that by:
-Identifying your greatest opportunities to improve
-Helping you move and feel better daily
-Reducing your overall risk of potential injury

Functional movement screens/ assessments were developed by pioneers and are used by the top experts in the health, fitness and wellness industries. FMS is the gold standard across the globe to assess performance/identify movement limitations that affect the way people perform. This is why it is trusted by professional/ collegiate sports organizations, the military, public safety departments, and sports medicine facilities around the world.

Why is Musculoskeletal Health (MSK) important?
MSK health determines whether or not you can sit at a desk, run a marathon, ski, excel at pickleball without injury or just get in and out of bed without aches and pains. Research tells us that injury risk is multifactorial – the more factors you stack on top of each other the higher the risk is for injury. FMS evaluates and considers multiple research-validated factors simultaneously, while accurately identifying/ categorizing individuals who are at greatest risk.

Consider this:
-80% of chronic conditions can be prevented with lifestyle changes
-28 days – the number of missed workdays each year due to MSK conditions
-One in two adults are affected by MSK conditions in the US
-People identified as at risk by FMS are 3-4 times more likely to sustain a 
non-contact injury
-Among MSK disorders, low back pain causes the highest burden with a prevalence of 568 million people worldwide
-MSK dysfunction significantly limits mobility and dexterity leading to lost wages

The risk is in not knowing.
FMS is beautiful in its simplicity: Training movement can fix muscles… but training muscles rarely fixes movement. Since all sport is movement, the FMS approach is outstanding in its effectiveness!

EmPower Physical Therapy is unique in that we offer this FREE dynamic movement assessment to help identify limitations/dysfunctional movement patterns that are contributing to pain as well as mitigating potential risk factors for injury. We empower clients through education and retraining movement patterns specific to you!

The FMS isn’t going to give you a list of health secrets or supplement regimens. The real takeaway is that you shouldn’t be afraid of risk-meaning identifying something bad before it happens. Risk is knowledge that gives you the opportunity to make the right choice. Schedule your FREE Movement Assessment and let me help you identify areas for potential growth/change and guide you to reach movement goals through optimization of your movement patterns.

Move Well – Move Often
Kim
(208) 309-0281