Sometimes feeling better is only part of the picture.
You may be recovering from an injury, returning to sport, experiencing a recurring problem or simply want to understand your body’s strengths and weaknesses in more detail. Our Strength & Movement Profile combines expert clinical assessment with objective strength and movement testing to give you a clearer picture of how your body is performing.
Using specialist technology including force plates and handheld strength testing, we can measure aspects of your strength, power, balance, stability and movement that aren’t always possible to identify through observation alone.
Depending on your individual goals, your assessment can help us look at:
Your clinician will select the most appropriate tests for you rather than simply putting everyone through the same assessment.
You don’t need to be an elite athlete to benefit from a Strength & Movement Profile.
It may be particularly useful if you are:
One of the biggest benefits of testing is that it gives us objective information.
Returning to sport or activity isn’t always the end of rehabilitation. Sometimes people feel great, get back to doing what they love and then, two or three months later, either reinjure the original area or develop a problem somewhere else.
Why? Because being pain-free isn’t necessarily the same as being fully recovered.
There can still be subtle differences in strength, power, balance, stability or the way the body produces and absorbs force. These are things that can be very difficult — and sometimes impossible — to accurately see or feel during a traditional clinical assessment.
That’s where force plate and objective strength testing can give us another layer of information.
For example, two legs may look as though they’re working similarly during an exercise, but testing may reveal that one side is producing less force, absorbing load differently or compensating for a remaining weakness.
By identifying these deficits, we can make rehabilitation more specific and give you greater confidence that you’re not just ready to return — you’re better prepared to stay there.
Rather than simply working on getting “stronger”, we can identify what needs improving, where, and by how much.
The Strength & Movement Profile can also be repeated after a period of rehabilitation or training.
This allows us to see whether the areas we’ve been working on have genuinely changed and gives you objective evidence of your progress.
Whether your goal is getting back onto the pitch, returning to running, improving your gym performance or simply feeling stronger and more confident in your body, the Strength & Movement Profile helps us make the next stage of your programme specific, measurable and personal to you.
Ready to return. Ready to stay there.
To book online, please select a Sports Therapy appointment, and choose Sports Therapist, Kieran.
Your appointment will typically include:
You’ll leave with a clear understanding of your results and the next steps to improve performance or support rehabilitation.
Call now on 023 80653707 to discuss and to book an appointment.
All the costs can be found on the pricing section of our website.
No. Our therapists’ do not require a GP referral and are adequately trained to refer you to the appropriate Medical professional if we cannot help. However, your Private Medical Insurer may require you to see your GP prior to authorising your treatment, please check beforehand with your PMI before making your appointment.
Either call our experienced reception team on 023 8065 3707 or contact us through our website from our Contact form or e-mail directly on info@therapeutics-southampton.co.uk
We expect payment at the end of each treatment session. We accept all major debit/credit cards other than AMEX. We no longer except cheque payments other than in exceptional circumstances.
We are open Monday through Friday and the specific hours are found on the Home page of our website.
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