Methods to Improve the Holistic Assessment of the Athlete
- Who: the unprepared running athlete and provider
- Running demands and athlete’s ability
- Addressing most variables that dictate running performance
- Why injuries or subpar performance occurs due to poor preparation
Assess the available tools to treat the athlete
- Tools needed to improve preparation for mobility, movement, stablitiy, posture, strength, power and rigidity
- When to use these tools
Strategies Designed to Improve Athletic Performance
- Review of current literature
- How do we fix, prevent, and improve with evidence based practice?
- The strategy needed to improve performance and decrease injury
- Improving the individual program design to improve performance and decrease injury specific to the athlete versus the team