Dynamic Movement AssessmentTM: Prevent Injury and Enhance Performance

More than 2 million injuries occur in high school athletics every year. Over 45% of those that are non-contact occur in the lower kinetic chain--the knee, ankle, and foot. There are over 250,000 ACL injuries alone in the US every year. That equates to an annual health care cost of more than $5 billion.

Additionally, 20% of those who have an ACL reconstruction rupture it again within 2 years…79% have osteoarthritis within 12 years… and only 43% return to the same level of sport as before the injury. These staggering statistics explain why these injuries have received so much attention in recent years. Even so, we have seen only a 1.5% reduction in these types of injuries in the last 5 years in the US. Why?

Trent Nessler and Ella Haile Dunn, in their new book entitled Dynamic Movement Assessmentâ„¢: Prevent Injury and Enhance Performance, explore an area often overlooked in athletics and rehabilitation efforts today that directly impacts injury rates, return to sport and performance: human movement. They outline a startlingly effective new methodology to correct dysfunctional movement patterns in athletes that lead to injury and limit performance.
Review current research on movement showing the relationship between pathokinematic movement, decreased force attenuation and an increase in the likelihood of injury; and decreased force production, which limits athletic performance. Learn how to identify pathokinematics in your athletes, uncover their root causes and develop effective strategies to eliminate them. More than 450 corrective exercises are included.

This book will forever change the way you view athletes in motion.