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IMPROVE YOUR PERFORMANCE + MINIMIZE INJURY RISK
with
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
made just for gymnasts
ASSESSMENT
1:1 training starts with an assessment. We'll chat about your goals, the skills you're training, and what about your gymnastics you want to improve upon. Then, we'll go through a strength, mobility and movement screen to see where you're at.
PERSONALIZED PROGRAMMING & GUIDANCE
Based on your assessment, injury history, and where you're at in your season, a program is developed to tackle your weaknesses and supplement your training to help you achieve your best. Dr. Sarah is only a text/email away in between sessions for any questions or encouragement.
ONE-OF-A-KIND COACHING
Dr. Sarah has 16 years of gymnastics experience, a decade of strength training, and a decade (plus) of studying and practicing as a Doctor of Physical Therapy. She's helped not only gymnasts but all levels of patients and athletes come back from injury, get stronger, and MOVE BETTER.
Anyone who knows a gymnast, knows they are a perfectionist. Dr. Sarah is keen on the little details because they matter. As a gymnast, she was not taught how to perform basic movement patterns such as a squat or deadlift/hinge. Turns out, these movements are absolutely needed and used by gymnasts, probably over a hundred times at practice on a daily basis. Landing a dismount or a tumbling pass is a squat. Taking off for a switch leap or landing an aerial is a single leg hinge. Learning how to perform these movements properly helps gymnasts better absorb their landings and strengthen the body to be able to do so over and over again. It minimizes injury risk and improves their performance. Dr. Sarah has seen this time and time again how if gymnasts have a solid training base with good movement patterns, a lot of injuries could probably be avoided. Hence, her desire and reason behind her passion to offer this service.
Below you can see Dr. Sarah carefully performing a drill to help instruct a patient through the proper positioning of a single leg hinge. Going through the motions is not enough. Everything is important from keeping the core engaged and in a neutral position, to maintaining proper knee alignment through firing the glutes and having a proper arch.
Training with Dr. Sarah means training with proper form, learning the WHY behind movement patterns, and translating them back to gymnastics.
Frequently Asked Questions
1) My daughter does conditioning at practice. Is that the same thing?
This strength and conditioning service is meant to help your gymnast address their specific weaknesses to build a more robust athlete. This may include strengthening, increasing their power, or their cardiovascular endurance. Furthermore, it helps teach them how to move better.
Every gym is different in terms of what/how much conditioning they give. Similarly, every gymnast is different in what they respond to. For some gymnasts, that may be all that they need. However for many others, it may not be enough. If your gymnast struggles to get new skills, is hypermobile, or struggles to complete his/her conditioning, they may be a great fit for extra supervised training programs.
2) Doesn't lifting weights make you bulky and harder to flip?
It can... over the course of MANY YEARS if you weight train for hours a day at a very high intensity and eat a high calorie diet. This service is NOT that at all.
Gymnasts don't need to lift heavy. They simply need to gradually provide a challenging stimulus to their body in order for it to adapt and get stronger. This will not produce any significant weight gain that will affect their ability to flip. In fact, it should make it EASIER to flip. See next Q&A below.
3) Isn't lifting weights dangerous? Why does my gymnast need that?
Lifting weights incorrectly can be dangerous. However, with over 10 years of strength training and expertise as a physical therapist, rest assured that Dr. Sarah prioritizes proper form and ensures your gymnast moves safely while lifting.
Gymnasts face significant stress on their body during practice, which can be beneficial! However, if they are not strong enough, this can lead to injuries. Weightlifting offers a gradual way to progressively overload the body, helping it adapt and grow stronger. This increases the body's capacity to handle the demands of advanced skills and long practices. The results can be a lower injury risk, greater power on vault, floor, and beam and a greater ease of learning new skills.
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