Correct
Every care plan starts in the correct phase. Here we focus on getting you out of pain by using a comprehensive approach through movement screenings and diagnostic tools in order to best diagnose your condition. Once we figure out where the source and cause of the dysfunction is, we get right to work by increasing range of motion (ROM) and activating movement patterns and/or muscles/joints that may not be functioning optimally. This allows us a functional window to work within so that we can progress you in to our next phase of care, advance.
Key takeaways: Decrease pain, Increase ROM, muscle and movement activation
Advance
The advance phase is where we build upon the window of opportunity we created in the correct phase. During the advance phase, modifications will be made to movements in order to make them more mechanically and neurologically demanding. This allows us to not only build mobility and stability, but also develop necessary motor patterns that you will move in more confidently. This phase is crucial in creating more muscle and joint strength, so that we can prevent future injuries, or re-injuries from occurring.
Key takeaways: Building mobility and stability through more technically challenging movements while concurrently building more joint strength
Optimize
The optimize phase is where we separate ourselves from the pack. Majority of clinicians will release their patients in a version of the advance phase, but forget to help their patients return to the specific activities that landed them in our offices to begin with. Here, we take your newfound stability and mobility to integrate new movements and treatments that help you return back to parts of your life that your condition was preventing you from participating in at full capacity. This is the staple of what separates Rx Chiropractic & Performance from other clinics.
Ex: A weightlifter whose shoulder is painful during bench press. They’ve done 12 weeks of a shoulder strengthening program but did not once get under a bench press to see if the problem is now resolved, or was the stimulus just simply removed?
Key takeaways: Unique to Rx Chiropractic & Performance, takes your unique demands of every day life and develops a program to make sure you're strong in those patterns.
