Whether you are a runner, a cyclist, CrossFit athlete or someone who wants to get the best out of their body, CSPC offer a 90-minute Full Body MOT service.
Why have an MOT?
- Strength, flexibility, stability, joint mobility and proprioception
- Biomechanics
- Breathing
- Functional movement
- Technique (whatever that may entail for your sport).
A FULL BODY MOT CAN BE TAILORED TO MEET YOUR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND SPORTING ACTIVITY… ANYTHING FROM SQUASH TO BALLET TO THE AVID GYM GOER.
We offer the following full body MOTS:
GET ACTIVE FULL BODY MOT
We recognise the challenge of returning to or taking up exercise for the first time, so we have developed a ‘Get Active’ Full Body MOT to help people get back being active, without their body letting them down and preventing them from enjoying exercise.
WHERE DO YOU START?
At CSPC, we believe that exercise should be done healthily and with minimal adverse impact on the body. We believe that it should be enjoyable, putting a spring in your step and helping to improve confidence and self-esteem. We also realise that many people don’t exercise because they don’t know how to start, or are worried about doing themselves damage, or think that as it hurts, it can’t be doing any good.
Our Get Active Full Body MOT is designed with active, soon-to-be active, and recently active people in mind. We assess where you are now and help you work towards an achievable fitness level, whether it is a reduction in pain and improved function so you can run around with the children; improving strength and flexibility, to enable you to become fitter and to stay active healthily; or returning to earlier levels of activity.
During our MOT, the physiotherapist will ask you what your goals are, what any current issues are, and will tailor the assessment to your requirements. We look at movement of the spine, pelvis and other joints in the body. We look at general and specific strength deficiencies and requirements for what you want to do. We will also look at how you move. We then bring this together to produce a plan to help you to get fitter, healthier and stronger. This may include specific strengthening or stretching exercises, exercises to help you move better, or advice on how you can steadily build into the exercise you want to do. This may include advice on seeking further treatment for specific injuries or referral on to other specialists if required.
After your Get Active MOT, your physiotherapist will be able to prescribe a personal exercise plan.
Cost: A 90-minute Get Active MOT including assessment, treatment and a detailed report is £200 with a physiotherapist.
For more information, to check availability and book please call a member of the admin team on 0113 2750606
RUNNER’S FULL BODY MOT WITH RUNNING TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT
The physiotherapists at CSPC are experienced in assessing and treating runners on a regular basis, from the elite level to grass roots athletes. We have worked with runners from local running clubs in the area for a number of years, providing physiotherapy and injury prevention advice.
AREAS WE LOOK AT DURING YOUR RUNNER’S MOT:
- Head Carriage
- Posture
- Use of Feet
- Use of Gluts, Hamstrings and Calves
- Foot Striking Position
- Arm Swing
- Functional Stability
- Breathing Technique
- Foot Placement, Over-striding
- Spinal Mobility and Stability
- Ability to Move Well Trough the Spine
What happens after identifying areas of improvement?
You will be taught strengthening or stretching exercises or running drills tailored to your needs, which can start to address areas that will improve your running style.
Below is an example of one of the running drills that may be prescribed by one of our CSPC physiotherapists during your full body MOT with running technique assessment. The drill demonstrated activates the hamstrings and encourages a fast and correct foot strike.
Running Drills
Running drills are one way of changing and fine-tuning running technique, and can also be used for warm up or for rehabilitation after an injury. Running action can be broken down into its component parts and built into “drills”, or exercises which can be used as active warm up exercises designed to help you run more smoothly. This may also prevent loss of form at the end of a race, potentially enhancing your competition performance, even when tired. They also help to prevent deterioration of technique as athletes get older and get injured. At CSPC we also use drills to rehabilitate runners and athletes back from injury, and they can form a session in themselves.
We have seen sprinters and endurance runners alike achieving PBs by adding in drills to their program, or by fine-tuning the drills they are already doing.
Cost: A 90-minute Runner’s Full Body MOT with running technique assessment including assessment, treatment and a detailed report £168 with a physiotherapist and £200 with a director.
Four ‘Running Bugs’ visited the clinic for a Runners Full Body MOT with Running Technique Assessment. Watch how they got on…
For more information, to check availability and book please call a member of the admin team on 0113 2750606
CROSSFIT FULL BODY MOT
The physiotherapists at CSPC are experienced in assessing and treating CrossFit athletes on a regular basis.
CrossFit is a unique sport in that it uses various movements and exercises which are executed at high intensity and high load. The physiotherapists at CSPC understand the demands that CrossFit WOD’s (Work Out of the Day) and competitions place on the body and are passionate about injury prevention and helping each athlete perform at their best on a daily basis.
During the CrossFit MOT, the physiotherapist will look at your body from head to toe assessing strength, flexibility, stability, proprioception, biomechanics, breathing, functional movement and lifting technique. The physiotherapists recognise that ensuring correct lifting technique during CrossFit workouts from the first rep to the last is essential to prevent injury. Their keen eye can see when your lifting technique or movement pattern is not up to scratch. Poor technique is often a result of reduced flexibility, which prevents the correct movement being performed even when the strength is there. Those are the little things that can cause injuries in the future or maybe holding you back on your PBs.
During the session the physiotherapist will assess the key movements that you are required to perform during CrossFit sessions, focusing on the areas you may be struggling with and analyse your technique, strength and conditioning. Video analysis of your lifting techniques may also be used during the CrossFit Full Body MOT session to ensure nothing is missed and technique can then be reviewed. It may also be helpful to bring some videos of yourself during a WOD when you are working at max effort to show the physiotherapist what happens when you are not so fresh.
Areas we look at in your CrossFit MOT
After your CrossFit MOT, your physiotherapist will be able to prescribe a personal exercise plan and advice on how to improve technique.
Cost: A 90-minute CrossFit Full Body MOT including assessment, treatment and a detailed report £168 with a physiotherapist.
For more information, to check availability and book please call a member of the admin team on 0113 2750606
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