ATHLETIC TRAINING SERVICES PROVIDED BY AIRE:

Therapeutic and Corrective Exercise

Manual Therapies

Graston Technique

Sports Performance Dry Needling and Cupping

Normatech Pulse 2.0 Compression Recovery System

Exercise Prescription

Functional Movement Progressions

Return to Sport Rehabilitation

Pre-hab for pre-surgical patients (go in stronger, come out stronger!)

Corrective and Supportive Taping Techniques for Recovery or Performance

How can AIRE help YOU!?

Are you someone who wants to move without pain?  Do you want to learn how to prevent injury from occurring?  Are you facing surgery and need pre-habilitation to come out strong and ready to take on your post-operative care?  Have you had a joint reconstruction or injury which requires rehabilitation and have an active lifestyle you want back?  Are you a middle or high school athlete who is looking to move better, get stronger, prevent injury or recover from a chronic condition?  Then YOU need an athletic trainer!  Services provided by AIRE are varied and assist those with physically active lives RETURN to activities with less pain and dysfunction.  Healthy movement patterns are promoted as well as self-assisted programs to give you more consistent management strategies.

Often insurance payments will run out before you have returned to full function. This is precisely where a flat-fee provider can come into play. We will continue your rehabilitation in a safe, progressive manner which allows you to further your goals after injury, reconstruction or during your return to activity journey.

ORTHOPEDIC CONDITIONS

Athletic trainers are skilled in the evaluation process of musculoskeletal and basic general medical conditions.  We utilize a thorough process to identify areas of weakness, tension or pain and dysfunction with validated methods of assessment and special testing.  

ACUTE AND CHRONIC INJURY MANAGEMENT

Whether your injury just happened or has been there for years, we can work together through the assessment and evaluation process to determine the cause of the injury and pain.  Treating the signs and symptoms of injury can help you in the short-term, however finding and determining the cause of your pain and dysfunction is the key.  At times the cause is very obvious and at others it may take some work to determine what needs to be corrected.  The athlete is a part of this process and the at-home work needs to be done as well as the time spent during treatment to facilitate full recovery and progression to meet your goals.

Custom and Off-Shelf Orthotic Recommendations

AIRE can help you make an appropriate decision regarding the use of inserts, whether they are custom or off-the-shelf. There are many options out there. How do you choose? Let’s talk today about how to make this work best for you!

American Red Cross Licensed Provider

AIRE AT/Meg Frens serve as a licensed provider for the American Red Cross. Certifications as a Professional Rescuer or Lay-person can be obtained through AIRE/Meg Frens. Please contact Meg for pricing/dates and options to have you, your family or your business certified today! You really can save a life by knowing these simple steps.

Therapeutic and Recovery techniques

Each athlete will have needs for therapy and treatment specific to their pain and conditions.  Selections for these will be made with each client, during EACH session, and will be based on your GOALS for EACH session.  Manual techniques such as myofascial release (John F. Barnes) muscle energy, assisted soft tissue stretching/mobilization, Graston Technique, Sports Performance Dry Needling and Cupping are all potentially useful depending on the athlete's needs.  Graston is a specialized soft tissue mobilization technique, useful for a variety of conditions.  It is both diagnostic and therapeutic and we can often find areas where you didn't even know a restriction existed!  And then fix it!  Dry needling and cupping for orthopedic conditions can be helpful for managing pain, tightness, chronic and acute pain and swelling as well as myofascial restrictions and movement dysfunctions.  Conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome, patellofemoral joint conditions, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, osteoarthritis, degenerative disc and spine conditions, surgical scars with restrictions and pain from acute/chronic musculotendinous injuries have responded positively to dry needling and cupping modalities. A Normatech Pulse 2.0 recovery unit has been added to the clinic to assist with recovery, reduce pain and swelling, increase joint range of motion and overall musculoskeletal health and nutrition with circulation assistance. Ask today about using this modality before or after a session or to come in for a 20-30 min session.

PERFORMANCE THERAPY:

REHABILITATIVE AND CORRECTIVE EXERCISE 

Programs are designed for each client based on their goals, current condition and history of injury and pain.  Together, a plan is designed and explained so each step of the way the client understands why we are doing certain exercises and movement patterns.  Validated tests and assessments are used to determine where needs are in the body as well as using the client's own goals for activity and progression.  Whether needing acute rehabilitation for injury/surgery, chronic condition management or pre-surgical strengthening, AIRE can provide a wide range of plans including frequent one-on-one sessions for performance therapy, gym-facilitated programs at your own gym or an extensive home program to meet your needs.

Each client comes with their own set of movement restrictions due to postural and movement patterns based on activities.  Through our assessment process, we will work together to give you a reasonable home program as well as facilitated and corrective movement during our time together to make sure you can feel how the "new" and "better" movements help you.  These will enhance your daily activities as well as your activity goals.

Occasionally AIRE will host workshops catered to a specific athlete's sport or the general population.  Each workshop will focus on mobility and functional movement as well as strength and maintenance to avoid physical burnout for an athlete who's sport demands repetitive motion, intensity and duration.  Tangible methods for recovery will be discussed as well as self-treatments for various musculoskeletal conditions and injuries.

PRODUCTS I RECOMMEND!

Tune Up Fitness!

Occasionally I find a product that is just so helpful for so many reasons…THESE are some of them and I almost on a daily basis suggest clients purchase one or many of them to add to their home gym/mobility tools. If you want to give the gift of mobility to a friend/family member, these are JUST the thing! I use one or more daily in my own maintenance practice and feel that YOU would benefit too. Consider purchasing and if you need help learning how to use them, let me know! Happy to help!

LMNT - Recovery and Maintenance Drink Supplement

I am a salty sweater - you might be too if you know what I mean by saying that or if you don’t, it just means I put out a lot of salt and lose electrolytes when I sweat. Replacing those electrolytes can be tricky if you are choosing a drink off the shelf. Many have names of things you cannot pronounce or too much sugar or sugar substitute I don’t like the taste of. LMNT is one that I have found to keep me going. Here is an article on electrolytes and links to purchasing this product if you would want to give it a try!