SPORTS PERFORMANCE TRAINING Spring 2013

SPEED, AGILITY, STRENGTH TRAINING

AFFORDABLE TRAINING AGES 8+

MEDICALLY SUPERVISED BY EXPERTS 

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT:

LEARNING TO TRAIN

Young athletes receive education and coaching in a fun and positive environment to develop a solid foundation of functional movements essential for athletic development.  Each session will focus on developing speed, quickness, agility, coordination, balance, footwork, relative body strength, and flexibility within a small group.  Athletes learn the proper traits of training to establish a foundation.

Open to all 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Grade Athletes

Monday and Wednesday: 5:30 to 6:15 pm

April 1st-May 8 : 12 Sessions for $175

                                                                                                                                    

SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE: SPEED & AGILITY

Athletes who desire to gain first step quickness, maximize acceleration and enhance lateral speed will benefit from specific training of sprint and acceleration mechanics.  Each session will challenge your body to move faster through dynamic warm-up, plyometric training, linear/lateral speed drills and appropriate strength training to meet your goals that you will feel on the field 

Open to all 6th, 7th & 8th Grade, High School Ages

Tuesday and Thursdays: 7 to 7 pm

April 2- May 16: 14 Sessions for $225  

                                                                                                                                     

PREMIER PERFORCE: TRAINING TO COMPETE

Competitive high school athlete receive coaching instruction for 90 minutes.  Athletes train with appropriate conditioning principles to gain speed, strength  agility, core stability, flexibility and energy system development. 

Each session begins with soft tissue work, movement preparation, neural activation and dynamic warm-up to prepare the body for plyometric and lateral/linear speed development.  Athletes spend 45 minutes developing functional strength, explosive power and core strength specific to their sport.  Energy system development (ESD) and flexibility training improves the body's capacity to respond to sport demands.

Each athlete receives an initial physical performance assessment by a sports physical therapist to determine performance goals for the athlete to compete at the highest level in their sport.

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 4 to 5:30 pm 12 sessions/monthly fee of $215

                                                                                                                                      

To register for a training program:

Call: 785-505-2719

OR

Email: adam.rolf@LMH.org

Core strengthening with foam roller

by Becky McClure (MPT) and Nami Stone (MPT)

Although recent studies on the benefits of core strengthening to an athlete’s performance have produced few findings, there is a direct link to improved balance, stability, and overall decreased incidence in low back in all populations. A study by Indiana State University in 2007 was unable to show any “significant” improvement in sports performance by healthy athletes who underwent specific core strengthening. However, it can be argued that the benefits to athletes with ongoing back pain can be significant. In order to have an effective core program, it is important for the individual to understand how to control the pelvis in a neutral, anterior, and posterior position.

Please see the following video as we explain and demonstrate how to achieve neutral spine, posterior pelvic tilt, and anterior pelvic tilt using a foam roller:

Once these three positions are understood, it is easier to add leg and arm movements while holding the spine in a neutral or posterior position. Examples of these progressive movements would be alternating arm lifts, alternating straight leg lifts, or alternating leg marches while maintaining neutral or posterior pelvic position.

The below video is a more advance exercise that demonstrates how to hold neutral spine while moving the arms and legs in what is called the “dead bug” exercise:

If you are interested in purchasing a foam roller, search for "foam rollers" at amazon.com. The 6” x 36” foam rollers by Exertools and Isokinetics are around $10 a piece. Gary Gribbles in downtown Lawrence has also been known to carry the 6” x 36” foam rollers.

In our next blog, we plan to demonstrate upper extremity, lower extremity, and trunk stretches as well as spine mobilization techniques utilizing the foam roller.

Aquatic Fit for Life:Knowledge to Keep you Fit

           
              Presents                  

Aquatic Fit for Life

Who:

LMH Therapy Services

What:

Aquatic Fit for Life is a program designed transition aquatic therapy patients to independent aquatic exercise. The program gives patients the freedom to continue individual exercise at their own pace.

Where:

Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center

4706 Overland Drive

When:

Monday and Thursday anytime between 8:30-10:30AM each week during the months of September through May

How:

$35 for 12 visits

Contact Lawrence Memorial Therapy Services at 785-505-2712 for more information

Why?:

Aquatic therapy was implemented 92 years ago into the physical therapy profession. However in the last 20 years it has developed and grown in to a specialty for therapists. Therapists are now trying to educate the public and health professionals that aquatic therapy is not just for rehabilitation, but also contributes to overall general wellness and fitness. Education of aquatic therapy can help acknowledge the fact that it is not something just anyone can do and patients aren’t just going to the pool and swim laps. They need help to implement an aquatic program that brings a wide range of exercises in the water. Using the resistance of the water to strengthen the body and relieve pressure on the joints is extremely important in some patient cases. Those which that can truly benefit from aquatic therapy are those that have weight-bearing limitations or weakness when moving on land. Others that make large strides quicker from aquatic therapy are those with chronic pain, arthritis, and back injury. A long list of other types of patients can benefit from aquatic therapy, but most see amazing gains in their every day function in no time at all. So get ready to take the plunge to increase overall physical fitness and overall health by joining LMH and get fit in the pool and have the freedom to come when you want.

Article composed by Daryl Green, University of Kansas exercise science intern at LMH South Therapy Services.