Capacity
capacity<load = injury
capacity<=load=rehabillitation
capacity>load = resilience and prevention
The Functional Range System tries to build capacity in the body’s joints no matter where on the spectrum.
In (1) and (2)the goal is to bring the client back to pre-injury status through 1 on 1 treatment and specific Functional Range Conditioning inputs at varying intensity and volumes.
In (3) the client is hopefully back to a state where they can go back to activity. In this phase, we further bolster resilience to try to bulletproof areas that will likely come under the most stress.
Where is your tissue’s capacity? Do your body’s joints meet the capacity of the load you put on it? If not you may be trending toward the injury side of things.
Unaware of your current state? That’s where an assessment like the Functional Range Assessment can take a global picture of where the current status of your own particular system is now. This can be helpful for your providers, coaches, and yourself to know if you meet the pre-requisites of your chosen activity.
Don’t have a particular recreational activity? That doesn’t mean pre-requisites don’t apply. As an Occupational Therapy Assistant one of the things we used to measure someone’s function during rehabilitation was their ability to perform ADLs or Activities of Daily Living.
ADLs can be like being able to put on shoes, use the restroom, bathe oneself, etc. All of these ADLs wil usually have a pre-requisite of joint mobility and function.
So if you don’t have the required function of the shoulder girdle to move in its available workspace you may not be able to wash your hair, put on a shirt, or wipe yourself.
Does your capacity allow you to live as a human?
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