For the athletes that need it most
A Functional movement program built for youth athletes, designed by a Doctorate of Physical Therapy with advanced training in Applied Functional Science.
Lead by Greg Gillum DPT, FAFS - 10+ years of clinical experience working with athletes of all ages, backgrounds and sports. Building programming that is geared to you and your sport or activity.
Many athletes that have been dealing with pain for months, and some years, are made to believe that is it part of the training and growing up process. "Your body is growing and you are having growing pains." "You will become more coordinated when you get older". "That injury was bad luck, and there was nothing that could have been done".
But what if there is something we can actively do to help reduce our kids and young adults risk of over-use injuries and minimizing their risk of developing some of these chronic issues.
ReHab Principles Applied ProActively
Let begin teaching our youth athletes, and their parents, the importance of select rehab principles and how they can be applied to regular training programming.
Let's be ProActive with how we train and trying to minimize risk of injuries, rather than being reactive to injuries when they arise.
Applying science backed strategies to improve movement quality, tissue health, strength & durability, and performance.
Things Such as
Working to promote better and more functional movement patterns and exercise strategies that our kids can carry with them as they age. Minimizing risk now, but also later in life with other activities they participate in.
The foot and how it interacts with the ground is the one commonality I can think of that covers all activities - either during there training phases and/or performance. So being aware of its strengths and weaknesses is paramount to an athletes success.
Building resilient tissues isn't just about building stronger muscles. But this also includes specific training for connective tissue, joints, the spine and nervous system to help promote a more well rounded and robust athlete.
Challenging the body and the tissues that comprise it in a way that both mimics the activity demands being asked of it, but also slightly past the demands. Moving in and out of movement patterns, loading demands, and environmental constraints that are as close to the real scenario as possible to help ensure we are well equipped for the expected, but also incase the unexpected stresses arise.
Building a program that can be done almost anywhere. Leaving out the excuses of not having gym access, weights at home or certain equipment. Working with those things are very important as well. but can we also develop alternative training strategies that mimic sport demands but the training can still be done while away from the gym and weights.
Putting together tracking measures to help keep you motivated and aware of the progress you are making. Strength, endurance, power & balance are ways that we can track progress, and again testing can be done just about anywhere, any time.
Youth athletes of any sport
Individual athletes, small groups or full teams/organizations
Parents looking to be ProActive
Coaches and Program looking to reduce injury risk
Local Roots in Central Washington
Im locally born and raised in central Washington, played a variety of sports growing up, and now have kids growing up here and participating. I have 10+ years experience as a physical therapist working in Outpatient Orthopedics and have worked with people of all ages and usually see them after injury has occurred, or a chronic condition has arisen.
I believe that through proper training strategies and addressing these things early we have an opportunity to both reduce real time set backs, as well as educate our kids on how to take better care of themselves moving forward through the principles I have learned as a physical therapist and that I implement for myself and my patients/clients now.
I believe that if we want better healthcare and outcomes for our kids, then we have to start now in how we educate and practice these principles, so by the time they are adults making their own decisions, these things are just second nature and the normal things to do. Take care of ourselves and body in a way that is ProActive and not always ReActive.
And along the way teach and progress them with functional movement patterns applicable to their sport or activity in a way that supports and encourages them to be the best version of themselves.
Contact me at - GregGillumPT@gmail.com