Functional Movement Screen

In my post on the overhead squat, I mentioned how this exercise is often used as part of a screening process to help determine whether an athlete requires any corrective exercise in their programme.

The overhead squat has the ability to determine the general location where certain issues may lie. For example, an athlete may be unable to squat low enough whilst maintaining good technique for any number of reasons. However, if we put a small block under the athletes heel (to elevate the heel slightly) and his depth and technique both improve, we can be confident that he has an ankle mobility issue.



The most well known and popular screen is the functional movement screen, devised by Gray Cook. This screen contains a number of other exercises in addition to the front squat. I will take a look at each of these in future posts.

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