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.
Motion Therapy blueprints are weekly programs created to correct and assist in eliminating movement dysfunction. Movement Dysfunction is a movement or movements that are commonly performed with errors and flaws that can lead to injury, pain, or subpar performance.
Each blueprint contains additional resources and tools that can assist in the restoration process. These blueprints can be used as stand-alone or along side of your current performance training program.
- Foot and Ankle
- Knee
- Hip/Pelvis
- Low Back
- Spinal Decompression
- Shoulder
- General Body
- Aquatic
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.
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.