Physical Therapy for the Crossfit or Weighlifting Athlete
At Arrow PT Seattle, you will receive customized, evidence-based, physical therapy intervention to facilitate a faster return to full training and performance.
As competitive athletes ourselves, we at Arrow PT Seattle fully understand the needs of the CrossFit population as well as the unique drive of these athletes to get back to training. In order to better serve this community, our clinic has all the equipment required to assess any movement in a WOD that is causing pain or inefficiency. We also know how to offer strategies for modification of movements as the patient gradually returns to sport. Our goal is to keep athletes working out in the box even when they are doing rehab with us.
As an active member of our local community, we offer injury screens and run clinics for the athletes that train at our neighborhood box, PushBox Fitness.
Stability, mobility and a dynamic application of these tools are crucial to the CrossFit or weightlifting athlete.
Being able to determine if a patient needs stability, mobility, or both and being able to help an athlete apply these concepts functionally through correct form is what sets Arrow PT Seattle apart from both a practitioner who does not understand the sport, and a CrossFit trainer or weightlifter with no physical therapy background. We can also help you to weed through all the online advice made available to the athletes and determine what techniques would be useful for your particular condition.
Some common CrossFit or weightlifting related conditions:
shoulder impingement with pressing overhead or snatching
shoulder labral tears or dysfunction which cause pain with kipping pull-ups or toes-to-bar
elbow and wrist pain with the front rack position or handstands
Achilles pain with box jumps
Plantar fasciitis pain with running or double unders
knee pain with lunges
hip impingement with squatting
low back injuries with deadlifts or cycling a barbell
thoracic pain or tightness with overhead squats
neck pain with handstand push-ups
muscle imbalance in the extremities and core
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your front rack position!
Do you have pain in the front rack position? Have you tried stretching and foam rolling with little success? Do you need help knowing what areas to focus on?
Upgrade your mobility by following this step-by-step digital guide to self-assess your front rack mobility. Then use the corrective exercises focused on soft tissue mobilization, end-range strengthening and global front rack strength and endurance to fix your mobility deficits. Your time is valuable! We have put together over 25 pages with 22 videos to help you find the areas that you should prioritize in order to improve your front rack mobility.
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