SPORTSMETRICS
PT Northwest is a Certified Clinical Site providing Sportsmetrics training to athletes. Sportsmetrics is a nationally recognized sports rehabilitation program.
Injury Prevention & Performance Enhancement
Sportsmetrics is the only training program scientifically proven to significantly reduce the risk of serious knee injury in female athletes.
Serious knee injuries are sidelining athletes at an alarming rate: 1 out of every 100 female high school athletes and 1 in 10 female collegiate athletes will suffer a knee injury this year. These serious, often season-ending, injuries occur in females at a rate of 2-10 times more than they do in males. Many are caused by non-contact injuries in sports such as soccer, basketball, and volleyball which involve jumping, pivoting or cutting.
Sportsmetrics specialized progression of jump/plyometric drills teach athletes safe techniques for jumping and landing and has been proven to:
- Significantly reduce the risk of serious knee injuries in female athletes (ACL injuries and MCL injuries)
- Increase vertical jump height, up to 4 inches
- Improve hamstring to quadricep muscle strength ratio
- Improve jumping and landing mechanics
- Improve symmetry in right-to-left leg strength, reducing side-to-side movements at the knee
Is Sportsmetrics for Females Only?
NO. Recent research indicates while females have a higher prevalence for non-contact ACL tears, males also demonstrate reduced risk of injury as well as increased vertical jump height with the sportsmetrics training protocol.
Sportsmetrics as a Return to Play Training Program
Optimize your rehab and recovery from a knee injury by undergoing Sportsmetrics, which will improve strength, balance, proprioception, and jumping and landing techniques.
Sportsmetrics is a 6wk training program 3x/wk and incorporates 4-5 components:
- Dynamic warm-up
- Jump training
- Strength training
- Flexibility
- Speed & Agility (optional)
Sportsmetrics research has achieved the Excellence in Research Award from the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine. Sportsmetrics has been featured in numerous media stories across the country: Health, The New York Times, ESPN Wide World of Sports, and on Good Morning America.
Learn more about Sportsmetrics by contacting: Luke Kohley, MSPT at 503.769.7131 or email Luke.
Important Forms:
Athlete Consent Form
Release of Records
Sign-up & Data Collection Form
Sports Activity Scale
Waiver of Liability
