What is Biomechanical analysis and how can it help my injury/condition?
Biomechanical analysis is the examination of various tasks that humans perform with particular attention to the mechanics of how the task is performed. Gait or walking is a frequently studied activity. Faulty movement patterns in dance or sport can be the cause of injury in the body and visa-versa. With an injury, there is often a mechanical compensation somewhere else to make up for any lack of motion (or too much motion), strength, balance, flexibility or co-ordination. Our staff specializes in biomechanical analysis of dance, sports movements and, of course, gait. We use the information from our biomechanical analysis to return the injured dancer/athlete to a healthier movement pattern that will keep you injury free. For example: faulty turnout may be the cause of a dancer’s hip pain and may have resulted in an abnormal position of the hip ball-and-socket joint and chronic inflammation of the surrounding tendons.
