April, 2024
All throughout Westchester, year-round, athletes of various different sports are going to personal trainers and doing programs to improve their performance. Personal trainers will create programs including specific exercises that target and enhance different aspects of athletic ability, from structural integrity to sprinting and agility. These programs typically increase speed, coordination, body awareness, and agility.
However, there are a lot more concerns that come into sports performance besides just athleticism. One big issue that people see that collides with their athletic performance is poor posture and scoliosis. These days, kids are stimulated with technology as a means of learning and entertainment. Working with technology will continue to grow as a part of everybody’s daily life, and this is one of the main causes of poor posture. When people are looking down at their phones or hunched over looking at their computers for a long time, posture issues are bound to happen.
When people come into REP Athletics with concerns about poor posture or scoliosis affecting the way they play, we treat it with ELDOA, the most effective exercises for normalizing spinal deviations. In most cases, young athletes with spine issues do not need acute treatment, so they can be corrected through the ELDOA. These exercises focus on creating balance in the spine’s surrounding tissues, improving mobility and strength, allowing the athletes to perform better. What they also do is create a better awareness of posture so the kids can have a good understanding of what good posture is.