Alignment is very important to performance, not just for your automobile,
but for your skeletal system as well. If you are out of alignment, you are
working harder and are wearing out faster. You may be out of alignment to
such an extreme that even attempting to perform is painful, or simply just
not possible.
One of the assessment tools used at CenterIMT is the Lower Extremity Biomechanical Checklist. This Checklist measures your leg and foot restrictions, and alignment issues. Areas that are too tight are addressed with Structural Integrative Manual Therapy. Areas that currently are too loose, too weak, or simply do not have sensory awareness, may require the addition of alignment strategies. Structurally weak joints may need protection during Functional training, both during your Center-based program and your home-based program.
Working or playing ‘out-of-alignment’ is not in your best interest.
Protection and a progression of placing your structures back into alignment
may take various forms throughout your personal treatment progression. For
example, posting your foot with a tiny amount of tilt may be all you need
to balance your foot. Athletic taping, and other specialized taping, may be
a beginning strategy. Some clients require the more sturdy solutions of splinting
with low temperature plastics, or a definitive device made from high temperature
plastics (Orthoses). Whatever strategies you require, we are ready!