{"id":920,"date":"2018-10-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chirocure.com.au\/blog\/functional-muscle-assessments-are-now-available-at-chirocure-clinic\/"},"modified":"2018-10-01T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T12:00:00","slug":"functional-muscle-assessments-are-now-available-at-chirocure-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chirocure.com.au\/blog\/functional-muscle-assessments-are-now-available-at-chirocure-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Functional Muscle Assessments are now available at ChiroCure Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"wsite-image wsite-image-border-none \" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center\"> <a href=\"\/functional-movement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/blog\/functional-movement-assessments.png\" alt=\"FMS appointments\" style=\"width:auto;max-width:100%\"> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;font-size:90%\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><font color=\"#0a0303\"><strong>What is Functional movement screening<\/strong>?<br \/>A <a href=\"\/functional-movement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">functional movement screening<\/a>&nbsp;(FMS) is an appointment that involves using a&nbsp; pre-participation&nbsp;screening&nbsp;tool, that is designed to identify compensatory&nbsp;movement&nbsp;patterns, that are indicative of increased injury risk and inefficient&nbsp;movement&nbsp;that causes reduced performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the <a href=\"\/functional-movement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">functional movement screen tests<\/a><\/strong>?<br \/>The&nbsp;FMS&nbsp;helps identify muscle asymmetries, tightness, weakness and other risk factors for injury by examining the mobility and stability of the hips, core, shoulders, knees, spine and ankles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The FMS consists of 7 movements<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font color=\"#0a0303\">Deep Squat<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#0a0303\">Hurdle Step<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#0a0303\">Inline Lunge<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#0a0303\">Shoulder mobility<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#0a0303\">Rotary stability<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#0a0303\">Trunk stability Push ups<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#0a0303\">Straight leg raise<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font color=\"#0a0303\"><strong>The scoring<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font color=\"#0a0303\">Each movement is scored from 0-3 &#8211; <\/font><font color=\"#0a0303\">This provides clear information on the client\u2019s functional limitations and thus risk of injury.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#0a0303\">Score will form the direction and pathway for corrective exercise programming or functional re-training.<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font color=\"#0a0303\"><strong>Focus <\/strong><br \/>Its role is to pinpoint areas of movement pattern <a href=\"\/injury-rehabilitation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">limitation and asymmetry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4X4 Matrix Posture assessment areas:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font color=\"#0a0303\">Supine\/prone<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#0a0303\">Quadruped<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#0a0303\">Kneeling<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#0a0303\">Standing<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <font color=\"#0a0303\"><a href=\"\/our-practitioners.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our practitioners will use a 4 by 4 matrix to try and fix the problems that have been shown in the FMS test.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joint by Joint theory. <\/strong><br \/>Our practitioners are trained to use Joint by joint theory to try and fix the pain and dysfunction. They can also perform a gait analysis to assess and improve your weight bearing and posture whilst walking and moving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taping<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"\/massage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our remedial therapists will apply kinesiology tape to areas that are prone to injuries and to offer also posture corrective support for the core muscles and surrounding ligaments and joints. Our therapists are also trained to use ridged tape for specific muscle groups to encourage stability and support.<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div style=\"height: 10px; overflow: hidden;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 10px; overflow: hidden;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wsite-image wsite-image-border-none \" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center\"> <a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/blog\/lung-function-improves-with-chiropractic-care-poster-rf8894db9d10c4e80b04d3b1f6092d67f-wv3-8byvr-1024.jpg\" alt=\"functional movement assessments\" style=\"width:auto;max-width:100%\"> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;font-size:90%\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Functional movement screening?A functional movement screening&nbsp;(FMS) is an appointment that involves using a&nbsp; pre-participation&nbsp;screening&nbsp;tool, that is designed to identify compensatory&nbsp;movement&nbsp;patterns, that are indicative of increased injury risk and inefficient&nbsp;movement&nbsp;that causes reduced performance. What are the functional movement screen tests?The&nbsp;FMS&nbsp;helps identify muscle asymmetries, tightness, weakness and other risk factors for injury by examining the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1043,"url":"https:\/\/chirocure.com.au\/blog\/we-welcome-dr-megan-to-our-chiropractic-team\/","url_meta":{"origin":920,"position":0},"title":"We welcome to our chiropractic team!","date":"13 January 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr Meg is our new associate chiropractor here at ChiroCure. She is a graduate of RMIT, where she graduated with Distinction. 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