FMS with MU Mens Soccer Continued

Over the weekend I conducted two more Functional Movement Screening videos of my fellow teammates and roommates. While videotaping them perform the 7 exercises I was able to notice imbalances in both of them along with a few asymmetries. However, in the end their scores were not all that bad. One of my roommates ended up scoring a 17 while the other got a 16. My next step is to have them work on the corrective exercises that will help them fix their imbalances and asymmetries. Looking forward to my next blog about me videotaping and making still shots of the corrective exercises for me to give to my clients as a handout!

More FMS with MU Mens Soccer

This past week during my internship I spent part of my time uploading the video I had taken of some fellow soccer players performing the 7 exercises and teaching a new fellow intern on how to use dartfish. For one day I sat and taught my new intern Kurt Kelly some of the basics on how use dartfish and all its features. I also explained to him the purpose of this internship and where Dr. Combs wanted us to take it. For the rest of the week I worked on using dartifsh analyzer to break down the film of the soccer players performing the 7 exercises so I could give them the proper evaluation. During my analysis of the players performing the tasks I noticed many had asymmetry and lack of mobility in their hips and knees. The highest of the scores that any of the players received was 17 out of 21. My next task or duty to do is film the corrective exercises for the players to do so they can fix their asymmetries and imbalances in their bodies. The purpose of doing this is to hopefully prevent any future injuries and once they are re-evaluated after a few weeks score higher on the test. Look forward to hearing about my results after re-evaluating the players! Kurt and I are hoping to get some of the baseball players involved in this since he is part of the team and will help spread the word around campus.

Soccer Team Using FMS

Over the weekend three other soccer players and I got together and were videotaped performing the 7 exercises. After doing the 7 exercises myself and watching my fellow teammates perform the exercises I could notice right away some imbalances in everyone including myself. Knowing this would be very beneficial to all of us because it would help us improve as athletes. This knowledge could possibly help prevent any future injuries. During the week I uploaded the video and began to analyze the four of us to see what imbalances and asymmetry were noticeable and needed corrections. Right away I could notice that the majority of us had asymmetry on our left sides because we were all right sided dominant. We all seemed to lack flexibility and motion in our left hips and knees. My next assignment was to shoot a video of me performing all the corrective exercises to fix these problems. So look forward to my next blog about that!

My First Project

At the start of this week Dr. Combs presented me with my very first assignment, which was to analyze one of his clients. Dr. Combs videotaped the gentleman using “FMS”. I had no idea as to what “FMS” was so Dr. Combs gave me a link to read up on exactly what “FMS” is and the reasoning behind it. “FMS” has a person perform 7 exercises: Deep Squat, Hurdle Step, In-Line Lung, Shoulder Mobility, Straight Leg Raise, trunk Stability Push-Up, and Rotational Stability. Later on in the week after reading up on “FMS” I began to analyze the video that Dr. Combs had taken of this particular client. The purpose of analyzing the video is to evaluate the person performing the 7 exercises and scoring them on how well they perform those specific tasks. The exercises point out any imbalances in the body whether that is functional limitations and/or asymmetries. After going through and doing my first evaluation I knew that it was not an easy task because I had to constantly go back and watch the exercises over and over in order to give a fair and accurate score. I soon realized that with practice and analyzing more film that I would become better at it. For the next week Dr. Combs wanted me to take my own video of student athletes performing the 7 exercises.