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Monday MAT Musings - Early stage ACL management and what are the key objective measurements assessment Jun 24, 2019

- ACL injuries do not always require immediate surgery. It is a major decision with many pros and cons.
- Surgery is not the only factor that needs to be considered, as the rehabilitation after surgery lasts a number of months and may take up to a year or longer to make a full recovery.
- Often the...

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What I learnt from the iMoveU #200 event? Communication and knowing your numbers gets you almost everywhere! assessment Jun 13, 2019
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Where Does An Exercise-Based Approach To Healthcare Fit With Modern Pain Science? assessment treatment Jun 04, 2019

- Pain is a multifactorial experience from the brain in response to a threat. It’s supposed to help and inspire us to take action to remove ourselves from the threat.
- Our role as health and fitness professionals is obviously to decrease that threat and help people.
- What we need to do is...

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Are you using a “WOW” assessment? assessment May 27, 2019

Are you using a “WOW” assessment? In this video, Andrew breaks down the importance of “WOW” assessment in answering the unknown and to determine the treatment:

 

- At MAT we believe a “WOW” assessment is an integral part in helping to engage your...

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Is manual therapy dead? Do you still use it? 😵🤔 assessment May 21, 2019

Is manual therapy dead? Do you still use it? In this video, Andrew breaks down the importance of using a one-on-one, hands on approach.

1. Manual therapy provides a really important start point to set us up for success.

2. Patient expectation is a huge aspect when it comes to delivering...

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Top Assessments for Running Injuries 🏃‍♀️ assessment May 15, 2019

Do you work with running injuries or help running athletes? In this video, Andrew breaks down the Movement Assessment Technologies approach to managing runners.
1. Running is one of the most common activities that give rise to overuse injuries.
2. When the time for adaptation is too short or the...

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How quick can you start testing with AxIT? assessment Mar 11, 2019

How quick can you start testing with AxIT? Let's join Andrew and Steve to find out!

Stop Guessing and Start Measuring. Pull your assessments to the 21st century.

To learn more about the AxIT system go to http://bit.ly/2RZENcJ

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Measure what your eyes can't see and stomp the uncertainty out of your assessment! assessment Mar 10, 2019

What's better than one purpose-built force plate device for health and fitness professionals? two of course!

AxITs Stomp-IT dual force plates come fully equipped to be able to start putting a number on fundamental movements that your clients perform every single day.

Measure:
- Squats
- Lunges
-...

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Thanks to this clever device that fits in your pocket, movement assessment has changed forever assessment Mar 05, 2019

The Pull-IT device is the assessment and training tool that you never knew you needed....but won't be able to live without!

This miniature, but extremely powerful device allows you to assess and quantify dynamic movements in a way like you never have been able to before.

It's unique design and...
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The future of assessment is here - Introducing the AxIT system assessment Mar 01, 2019
The future of assessment is here - Introducing the AxIT system 

Today the MAT have introduced a new company Strength By Numbers and a new approach to movement assessment that we hope will change the health and fitness industries forever and bring them into the 21st century.

The...
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Reassessment No. 1 assessment Feb 19, 2019

Today I determine the effectiveness of my first month of training with a reassessment of some of the key capacities and areas i was looking to improve in the first training block.

RESULTS (new results in red)

WBLT: L 12cm (13cm) R 8cm (12cm)

SEBT:

  • Ant L  64cm (65cm)...
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