Ignite Physical Therapy and Sports Performance

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Kwanzaa from everyone at Ignite Physical Therapy and Sports Performance! We look forward to continuing helping all reach their athletic goals in the new year. #Physicaltherapy #PT #sportsperformancetraining #sportsperformance #happyholidays #merrychristmas #happyhanukkah #happykwanzaa #athlete #athletics #Chicago #westloop

New Ignite clinic inside Elite Volleyball Club! Excited to show off Ignite’s new space inside the Elite Volleyball club in Old Irving! This is a great space with high level equipment including Vertimax, Raptors, PowerPlate, plenty of strength racks and weight equipment, sleds, treadmill, bike, BFR, and more! Come rehab your injuries alongside elite youth athletes with 1v1 sessions to get you back to the court/field/gym/life better than ever! #physicaltherapy #fitness #elitevolleyball #PT #strengthtraining #sportstherapy #Sportsperformance #performancetraining #athlete #volleyball

Can you spot the difference? Yesterday is the best day to start working towards your goals. With the use of VALD Performance we can objectively measure your speed, agility, strength, symmetry, and put numbers to your athletic potential. Get testing and treatment that the pros get. #Physicaltherapy #PT #chicago #westloop #illinois #rehab #sportsperformancetraining #performancetraining #sport #gymnastics #dance #diving #kneepain #hippain #acl #aclrehab #acltear #returntosport #athletics #athlete

Near the end of any rehab stint comes the Return to Sport phase. The strength, power, endurance, and cardiovascular demands of the sport need to be simulated in the clinic. #Physicaltherapy #PT #rehab #football #offensivelineman #chicago #westloop #sportsperformancetraining #performancetraining #athlete #athletics #lowerbodyworkout #hippain #hipflexors #kneepain #jump #cut #workout #sports

Can you spot the difference in these 2 videos? Hint: hips don’t lie During this exercise, this patient was having difficulty extending her hip on her right side to generate power in her single leg hop. She had been experiencing right side lateral knee pain preventing her from running for 6 months and had tried all the typical PT exercises - clamshells, squats, band walks. But no one had looked at her single leg hop - a pivotal factor for distance runners. Isolated strength matters, but pretty soon we have to start looking at the patient’s sport specific movements to get them back to what they love. #assessdontguess #physicaltherapy #PT #sportsrehab #marathontraining #runningrehab #runner #chicago #kneepain #plyometrics #agility #strength #westloop #Sportsperformance #sports ##runnersofinstagram

Functional Fitness is a bit of a divisive term in the rehab/fitness community. There is a time and a place for it and late stage rehab is that time. Loading a movement this patient needs to do for breakdancing will help him more at this stage than uniplanar movements. Love using the Raptor from @vertimax as it allows for a variety of tensions and more degrees of freedom of movement. #PT #physicaltherapy #rehabilitation #rehab #hipstability #kneestability #kneepain #westloop #functionalfitness #functional #fit #fitness #illinois #chicago #athlete #athletics #lowerbodyworkout #strengthandconditioning #performancetraining #sportsperformance #stability #lowbackpain #lowerbodyworkout #corestability #breaking #breakdance

Don't live in fear, Ignite Physical Therapy is here! #PT #physicaltherapy #rehabilitation #rehab #anklepain #footpain #kneepain #shoulderpain #lowbackpain #functionalfitness #functional #fitness #westloop #illinois #chicago #athlete #athletics #lowerbodyworkout #performancetraining #strengthandconditioning #sportsperformance #westloop #review

Looking for some low back relief? Love this setup to help take tension out of the lower back and hips. IMPORTANT! Need to use some fairly hefty bands for A) Safety and B) To get a good enough tug to create the proper feeling. #Physicaltherapy #football #offensivelineman #chicago #westloop #sportsperformancetraining #performancetraining #athlete #athletics #lowerbodyworkout #hippain #hipflexors #kneepain #lowbackpain #decompress #sports

What's spookier than Halloween? Weak hamstrings and glutes! Here we challange one hamstring isometrically as it squeezes the Swiss ball while having the other hamstring and gluteus medius work to stabilize the stance leg. And of course we had to add a dual task to challenge the system. #PT #physicaltherapy #rehabilitation #rehab #hipstability #kneestability #kneepain #westloop #functionalfitness #functional #fit #fitness #illinois #chicago #athlete #athletics #lowerbodyworkout #strengthandconditioning #performancetraining #sportsperformance #stability #lowbackpain #lowerbodyworkout #corestability #breaking #breakdance

Ignite Physical Therapy and Sports Performance Just because you're in a boot, doesn't mean you can't work on other areas of the lower extremities. This patient is dealing with a post op ankle situation that won't allow for ankle loading at this time. We do want to still work on the other aspects of the leg. Using Owens Recovery Science, Inc we can put the strengthening process into overdrive (which creates global metabolite changes) while not stressing the ankle. Want to learn more? Just ask! #PT #physicaltherapy #rehabilitation #rehab #anklepain #anklestability #achilles #anklerehab #anklesprain #corestability #functionalfitness #functional #fit #fitness #illinois #chicago #athlete #athletics #lowerbodyworkout #strengthandconditioning #performancetraining #strengthandconditioning ##bfr #bloodflowrestrictiontraining #kneepain #westloop #sportsperformance