Sports Medicine
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Exercise Physiology
The exercise physiologists at MeritCare Sports Medicine have Masters-level training in Exercise Science related fields. In addition to designing workout plans, they educate, answer questions and motivate clients to achieve what they set out to do.
Services
- Individualized exercise prescriptions
- Individualized fitness instruction
- Comprehensive fitness evaluations
- Body composition analysis
- Prevention of toe, foot, and ankle injuries and finger, hand and wrist injuries and modification of risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease and other illnesses through a properly prescribed exercise program.
Sports-Related Fitness Center Amenities
- A 13,500-square-foot gym
- Two 40-meter sprint training tracks (straight-aways), including one with a 1.5 percent grade for appropriate over-speed training
- A 6,000-square-foot grass training area
- Harnesses, towing sleds and pulleys for proper speed enhancement
- An automatic speed timing system to ensure accurate testing results
- An electronic timing mat to help determine the training loads necessary to maximize power output
- Biomechanical video analysis of a client's performance technique
- A reinforced medicine ball wall for power development
- Three Olympic lifting platforms and 30 pieces of free-weight training equipment
- More than 75 pieces of top-of-the-line strength training and cardiovascular equipment
- A portable pitching mound and netting system
- A staff that includes certified strength and conditioning specialists, certified Olympic lifting instructors and former collegiate coaches