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Hockey Performance

Improve Your Performance

Hockey has unique demands placed upon the body each time you step on the ice. The muscles in your hips, quads, adductors, hamstrings and abdominals work together to transfer power from one leg to the other while skating. These can be referred to as you “hockey muscles”. When there is a breakdown in any of these critical muscle groups, the muscles will compensate in order to protect you. This creates a drag on the fascial tissues. This drag can lead to tightness, inflammation, muscle spasm and lack of range of motion. Regular myofascial massage can help you by eliminating the tightness, restrictions and muscle imbalances. It can aid in the recovery from training or after games. The overall objective of using a myofascial approach is to maximize your optimal training potential by:

Reducing the chance of injury
Improve range of motion and flexibility
Shorten recovery time between workouts and games
Promote healthy muscle tissue
Improve muscle performance
Restore muscle balance
Improve posture

Hockey Performance System

The hockey performance system is designed to improve your performance for athletes of all ages in a positive and safe environment. The plan will include:

Comprehensive postural analysis
Movement analysis
The range of motion assessment
Orthopedic muscle assessments
Customized treatment sessions

This performance system can be a powerful tool that can improve your Total Power, Total Movement and Overall Performance.

GOALIES
From the crease…
Be confident in your movements!
Your hips are the foundation of good movement and posture. The hips and the myofascial tissue help absorb shock from the constant up and down movements in the butterfly or hybrid styles. If the foundation is not balanced, pain and dysfunction can soon follow. Movement and flexibility is the key. Repetition helps you react to certain conditions. The body can develop compensation patterns from these movements. Tight muscle tissue and postural imbalances can create dysfunctional patterns within the movements. Common conditions treated are:
- Groin strain
- Hip flexor strain
- Hamstring strain
- Low back strain
- Knee pain
- Muscle tightness
Within your treatments sessions, we will address soft tissue injuries and conditions specific to your goaltending style. The sessions will be customized to your specific needs in order to get the best results possible. How do we make this happen? We will look at:
- Overall posture
- Assess for muscle and fascial imbalances
- Movement analysis with squats and plank/push-ups for over & underactive muscles
- These can lead to decreased flexibility and spasm
Muscle groups addressed include:
- Hip flexors / iliopsoas / TFL
- Gluteals
- Hamstrings
- Low back / lumbosacral
- Adductors (groin)
- IT bands
- Gastrocnemius (calfs)
- Neck
  Shoulders
Myofascial therapy can:
- Increase flexibility of muscle and tendons
- Improve leg recovery from skating stride
- Increase stride length
- Increase power to your drive leg
- More efficient trunk and hip rotational movement
SKATERS
As a hockey player, the most important muscles are your “hockey muscles”. These primarily consist of the iliopsoas and quads, glutes and hamstrings as well as abs and core muscles. 40% of the time on the ice you are gliding on two feet. This means your hips and trunk stay flexed and the muscle tissue becomes short and contracted. Over time this can lead to muscle imbalances. This can then decrease stride, decrease power and increase the potential for injury. Common conditions treated include:
- Groin strain
- Hip flexor strain
- Hamstring strain
- Low back strain
- Knee pain
- Muscle tightness
Throughout your sessions we will address soft tissue injuries and conditions specific to your playing style and position. The sessions will be customized to your specific needs in order to get the best results possible. How do we make this happen? We will look at:
- Overall posture
- Assess for muscle and fascial imbalances
- Movement analysis with squats and plank/push-ups for over & underactive muscles
- These can lead to decreased flexibility and spasm
Common muscle groups addressed include:
- Hip flexors / iliopsoas / TFL
- Gluteals
- Hamstrings
- Low back / lumbosacral
- Adductors (groin)
- IT bands
- Gastrocnemius (calfs)
- Neck
- Shoulders
Myofascial therapy can:
- Increase flexibility of muscle and tendons
- Improve leg recovery from skating stride
- Increase stride length
- Increase power to your drive leg
- More efficient trunk and hip rotational movement

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Our Location

11670 Fountins Drive
Suite 213
Maple Grove, MN 55369