Structural Balance and Performance By James Walker

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009  |  Posted in AE Articles  |  No Comments
Tagged: Football, Injury, Muscle Inbalances

Profile: Jace Summers

Jace came to AE December 18^th of 2002 with a desire to run and play semi pro football. He had been inactive the past 24 months due to a motorcycle racing accident that severely injured his foot and ankle. At the time of his accident doctors did not think he would walk without a limp let alone run.

We did a very comprehensive assessment to determine his strengths, weaknesses’, scar tissue, nerve inhibitions, and muscle-flexibility imbalances.

Over the next 33 workouts we reduced his weight from 221 lbs to 202 lbs, his body-fat from 21.8% to 11.5%, and increased his lean body mass from 172 lbs to 179 lbs.

On the strength side we had to correct muscle imbalances in the torso, hips, thighs, and mid-back so that he could squat correctly. We restored his lower core function from 60 to 100%, increased upper body pressing by 40%, upper body pulling by 150%, lower body pulling by 40%, and lower body pressing by over 300%.

Finally and equally important Jace could now run, tackle, change direction, play at a high competitive level, and became a explosive-devastating hitter, considering he wasn’t suppose to walk very well. Over those 5 months he improved his 40-yard from 5.49 to 4.76 seconds. I think that says it best!