RAMP Optimal Performance & Wellness

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!
The weight of this world is too much for any one person to carry, but that gets hard to believe when we see Mommas like YOU everyday! 🫵🙂‍↕️

Whether you’re coming in to work on your goals, or coming in to make sure your loved one gets to their bag, we know how much thought and love goes into every action

TO ALL THE MOMMAS! The moms who keep pushing, and the ones who need a break. The moms who show up for their people, and the ones who “forgot” about themselves.
Today may have the Title, but Every Day is your Day.

LOS MARTES SON PARA LAS PRUEBAS! Y FELIZ CINCO DE MAYO!! It’s a special edition TEST DAY TUESDAY for the holidays! 🥳🎉🇲🇽

- Make sure your Amigo is standing tall, Feet about hip to shoulder width apart, chest out & shoulders back!
- Proceed to Play “La Chona” by Los Tucanes de Tijuana
- Look out for any sudden movements or signs of busting move

If your friend starts vibing out, there’s a chance they got some Mexican spice to them 😉

And ShoutOut to the amazing .rios & .rosas for sharing your culture with us today 🫶🏽

POSTERIOR DRAWER TEST FOR TEST DAY TUUEESSDAAYY 🧪🗣️👀

The Posterior Drawer test allows you to test for any potential injuries in the Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) and Posterior Knee Instability🦵🪢
Whenever you do this test make sure you test both legs in order to compare and contrast each side!🦿🦿👁️

Have your Patient relax & lie down flat on their back!
• Get your subject in position by bringing their Hip into 45° Flexion and the Knee into 90° Flexion
• Stabilize the Foot & Grasp the Tibia, with Pointers at the top of the Calf + Thumbs at the top of the Tibia by the Joint Line
• Once you have a comfortable hold, push the at an angle towards the patient + bring it back towards yourself

POSITIVE TEST➕✅: if patient feels Pain when test is performed ; If there is increased backwards movement of the Tibia compared to the uninsured Leg
Positive Tests can Imply Sprain or Torn PCL 💔🤕

TEST DAY TUUEESSDAAYYY 🗣️🧪📝
Today is the ABALAKOV JUMP which is a little different than we’ve been showing yall! 👁️👄👁️ Instead of a Physical Exam we’re coming at you with a Strength Test we perform on our ForceDecks!🏋️

The Abalakov Jump is a CMJ (Countermovement Jump) that involves the arms! 🦵💪 You start standing tall with your arms raised straight up, and go into a quick downward movement (Countermovement) while swinging the arms back, before leaping up as high as you can & swinging the arms up with you! 🆙🆙🆙
The Abalakov and other CMJ’s are very fundamental movements in Sports, Training, and Return to Activity, that offers wide perspectives into a persons Strength, Neuromuscular Efficiency, and overall Functional Capacity 🧠🙆
Not only do we use this as a measure of performance, but also as a tool to help with potential diagnostics!🤕VALD systems allow us to be able to read tons of metrics like Power, Force Asymmetry, & Movement Strategy 🤾‍♂️⛹️‍♂️ Tools like the ForceDecks give us numerical data that highlights Nuanced Force, Time, and Displacement Characteristics, giving us insight into hundreds of trackable metrics that lets us personalize your programming even further! 📊📈📉👨‍💻

YOURE A GE**ER 👶🫵🏽😤 IF YOU DONT WATCH TEST DAY TUESDAY! 👀🧪📝

Because today we have Gerber’s Lift-Off Test! ✌🏽😜

Take this one step-by-step 👣 and make sure that you’re examining for Range of Motion, Scapular Winging, any Compensations, and Comparisons from both sides! 🧐👁️

1. extend the arm and place it behind the back, lumbar height, with Palm facing OUT
2. If Range of Motion is Good, the subject should then lift their hand away from their back
3. If subject can Lift-Off, apply resistance to the hand and have them fight it off

‼️⚠️ ANY PAIN OR COMPLICATIONS with Range of Motion, Lift-Off, or ability to fight resistance and we may have an issue!! ⚠️‼️

FADIR TEST MAKING AN APPEARANCE FOR
TEST DAY TUUEEESDAAYYY 😈🗣️

FADIR Stands for Flexion, ADDuction, and Internal Rotation!🦵💪

Have your friend relax and lie on their back to start. Test should be performed Bilaterally, making sure the subject is relaxed, which makes the test easier!! ✅

Bring the hip that’s being tested into a HIP LOCK to put it into FLEXION. Push the knee Towards/Across the body to initiate ADDUCTION. And Pull the ankle Away/To the Outside of the body to INTERNALLY ROTATE the leg.

IMPLICATIONS 📝✍️🧑‍💻
- PAIN in the ANTERIOR HIP can indicate
Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAl).
- PAIN in the GROIN can indicate possible labral pathology.