Project: physio

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Many thanks to Fiona Scott for the very kind review.

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Project: Physio | Redesigning Health, Wellness and Performance

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Welcomimg home project: run supported athlete Omar from college in Atlanta with some work around hip and pelvis.

Strong hip flexor capacity is a cornerstone of elite sprinting because these muscles drive rapid thigh recovery, optimise front‑side mechanics, and directly influence step frequency.

When sprinters produce high‑velocity hip flexion, they’re essentially “resetting” the limb for the next stride, and the athletes with the fastest, most forceful recovery tend to maintain superior horizontal projection.

Isometric hip‑flexor work is particularly powerful, fixing the joint angle and forcing the athlete to generate maximal tension without movement, we create a high‑threshold environment that recruits more motor units, especially in the deep stabilisers like iliacus and psoas.

For more on Omar and the other project: run athletes head to www.projectphysio.net/project-run or to the LINK IN THE BIO

Project: Physio | Redesigning Health, Wellness and Performance

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Volleyball player Paul rehabilitating a hip injury.

Key that we rebuild strength and function around the hip and pelvis in largely non-provocative positions.

The rehab targets the musculature around the hip to provide dynamic stabilization, compressing the femoral head into the socket, so limiting harmful shearing or sliding forces during movement.

Muscle weakness can alter the forces and loads within the hip joint in a detrimental way, shifting excessive stress onto the anterior aspect of the joint, the labrum, and the cartilage. Rebuilding strength ensures that Paul has adequate neuromuscular control to absorb loads and protect vulnerable tissues before engaging in high impact activities like volleyball.

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Project: Physio | Redesigning Health, Wellness and Performance

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runner and supported [email protected] in the clinic looking at reactive strength using the Kinvent Official Delta Force Plates.

Reactive strength utilizes the Stretch-Shortening Cycle (SSC). When your foot lands, tendons stretch (absorbing energy) and then rapidly recoil (releasing energy). Improving this ability can ultimately improve run economy, allowing Alastair to run faster or further while using less effort.

The 10/5 test and drop jump provide us with a Reactive Strength Index (RSI): with our runners in clinic we measure this by tracking how high an athlete can jump immediately after dropping off a box or with continuous hopping. A higher jump with a shorter ground contact time equals a superior RSI, which highly correlates with elite distance running performance.

The Exxentric flywheel provides a strong strength stimulus for the lateral hip. Carried out in the rack makes the execisce stable so allowing for more focus on strength rather than balance.

For more on Alastair and the other project: run athletes head to www.projectphysio.net/project-run or to the LINK IN THE BIO

Project: Physio | Redesigning Health, Wellness and Performance

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800m Team East Lothian AC runner Jamie in clinic building hip function.

The Exxentric flywheel allows for through range strengthening of these essential stabilisers (piriformis, gemelli, obturators, and gluteus maximus/medius fibers). Isolation with the continuous feedback of the flywheel forces rapid neuromuscular adaptations, teaching the brain to fire the deep stabilizing rotators precisely.

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Mountain runner Ifan in clinic looking at single leg force production.

Because running is essentially a series of unilateral (single-legged) bounds, evaluating how Ifan generates, absorbs, and transfers force on one leg at a time gives you us a highly specific window into his mechanics.

Using the data provided by the Delta Force Plates we can then highlight areas for improvement, in this case his deceleration/braking phase on the left leg. We can then prescribe exercise to overload and train this skill.

For more on project: run head to www.projectphysio.net/project-run or to the LINK IN THE BIO

Project: Physio | Redesigning Health, Wellness and Performance