What its all about ...

Sports Science is about knowing as much as there is to know about the human body, from bones and muscles to skin and tissue.  It traditionally incorporates areas of physiology, exercise physiology, psychology (sport psychology), anatomy, biomechanics and biochemistry.  

Gaining an understanding of how sport and physical activity promotes health from a cellular to whole body perspective.   Sport scientists are growing in demand, with the ever-increasing focus within the sporting world on achieving the best results possible.  

OUTCOMES ...

• Keep fit and healthy.
• Prevent future injuries.
• Improve performance.
• Rehabilitate their injury.
• Educate themselves about the human body.
• Understand the biomechanics of human body.

BENEFITS ...

• Enable better sitting, standing, walking or running.
• Release contracted muscles, tendons, and fascia.
• Mobilize joints, increase joint and muscle flexibility.
• Improve motion, muscle strength, endurance and motor control.
• Muscle training or neuromuscular re-education.
• Maintenance of range of motion (ROM).
• Improve circulation.
• Improve cardiovascular endurance and respiratory function.
• Improve posture, balance, and coordination.
• Promote relaxation and relief of tension.
• Improve or maintaining exercise performance and functional capacity (endurance).
• Preventing and recovery from injury or surgery.
• Improve health and well-being.

What it can do for you ...

It can be described as an approach to physical activities designed and prescribed for specific therapeutic goals.  The purpose being, to restore normal musculoskeletal function or to reduce pain caused by diseases or injuries.  It is repetitive and intensive in nature, requiring time and dedication on the part of the patient/client and therapist.

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What its all about ...

Biomechanics is quite simply described as the Physics of Sports.  In biomechanics of the human body, the laws of mechanics are applied in order to gain a better understanding of athletic performance through mathematical modelling, computer simulation and measurement.  The area of physics involving analysis of the actions of forces - statics, which is the study of systems that are in a state of constant motion either at rest (with no motion) or moving with a constant velocity; and dynamics, which is the study of systems in motion in which acceleration is present, which may involve kinematics (the study of the motion of bodies with respect to time, displacement, velocity, and speed of movement either in a straight line or in a rotary direction) and kinetics (the study of the forces associated with motion, including forces causing motion and forces resulting from motion).

CLINICAL APPLICATIONS ...

• Scoliosis
• Scoliotic malpositions
• Pelvic positions
• Cranio-mandibular dysfunctions (CMD) 
• Kyphosis / Lordosis
• Back pain patients
• Differences in leg length
• Foot malpositions
• Functional & Dynamic Measurements
• Motion Asymmetries

BENEFITS ...

• Radiation-free method
• Immediate measurement results
• Can be repeated as often as desired
• Immediate recommendation of therapeutic options
• New measurement method with expanded information

Diers 4D Motion Lab ...

The DIERS 4D Motion System is the leading technology in the field of 3D spine and surface topography.  For the first time it is possible to visualize the complex motion pattern of the spine and pelvis during walking and to monitor the results.  This technological breakthrough is based on the innovative software and an advanced camera system. 

The 4D Motion System for dynamic spine measurement is the key technology for the development of the DIERS 4D Motion Lab. This motion laboratory allows the synchronized measurement of the whole musculoskeletal system in a small amount of space and with easy preparation.

3 Measurement modalities in 1 compact System:

DIERS 4D motion (Dynamic Spine & Posture Analysis)

DIERS leg axis (Video Gait Analysis)

DIERS pedogait (Dynamic Foot & Gait Analysis)

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Sports Massage ...

Sports massage therapy …  is to help alleviate the stress and tension, which builds up in the body’s soft tissues during physical activity, due to injury or life's stresses.  Minor injuries and lesions occurring, due to overexertion and/or overuse, sports massage can break them down quickly and effectively.  And above all, it can help prevent those niggling injuries that so often get in the way of performance and achievement, whether one is an athlete, focused keep-fitter or a once a week jogger.  This treatment is not just for the sports person, anyone can benefit from sports massage, including people in physically demanding jobs and those not quite so obvious stresses (occupational, emotional and postural stress may produce many similar characteristics to sports injuries).

Sports massage tends to be deeper and more intense (therefore knowledge of muscles and human body is essential).  It often incorporates a combination of other techniques involving stretching, compression, friction, toning, and trigger point response techniques.  Sports massage techniques are specifically designed to aid in the maintenance of healthy muscles.

BENEFITS ...

• Relaxation
• Anxiety reduction
• Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness Prevention
• Rehabilitates Injured Muscles
• Reduces Chronic Pain
• Improves Blood Pressure
• Increased tissue permeability
• Break down scar tissue
• Improve tissue elasticity
• Opens micro-circulation
• Pumping and activating lymphatic system

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Understanding PEMFT ...

(Pulsed Electro Magnetic Field Therapy)

The human body produces a subtle electromagnetic field generated by chemical reactions within each and every cell.  The entire planet is permeated by magnetic fields that are generated or affected by the earth's molten iron core, solar storms, weather systems as well as man-made electrical sources.  These external magnetic fields affect the function of the body in both positive and negative ways.

Pulsed Electro Magnetic Fields influence cell behaviour by inducing electrical changes around and within the cell.  When the cells in our bodies are shut down, either because of injury, stress, toxins or aging, they can't receive nutrition/oxygen, they also can't expel toxins, but more importantly, they can't communicate with one another.  This creates the perfect environment for illness.

Essentially, PEMFT brings every cell in the body into better magnetic resonance.  Once the cells are in this resonant state, the cells now can receive nutrition/oxygen, turn it into energy, expel toxins and most importantly, they can communicate with each other again.  Thereby, performing the functions that they are meant to do, whether it is of a metabolic, muscular, neurological, or circulatory nature.  So, with these improvements, the body can essentially begin to activate and regenerate cells, thus healing it naturally.

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