OHS Assessment

At Real Fitness we believe in the need for an individual approach to exercise prescription. This all begins with our assessment process. In order to develop a solid program for clients, we take you through a complete assessment. 

It starts with your initial consultation, where we aim to find as much about ‘you’ as we can. Information regarding goals, injury history, exercise history, lifestyle, nutritional habits, likes and dislikes and potential roadblocks.

From there we take a deeper dive into our client’s physiological assessment, depending on the goals, we look at strength, performance, postural and cardiovascular status, weight, body composition and circumference measurements.

We expect our clients to help us identify their deficits and set a baseline to build their program from. One of these groups of assessments is dynamic movement assessments. 

The overhead squat is basically a dynamic movement assessment. It is the quickest way to estimate an overall impression of a client’s functional status. This assessment helps to evaluate one’s dynamic flexibility, core strength, balance, and overall neuromuscular frvr gggcontrol. A person’s posture changes with every activity they perform in life, it is important that we evaluate the ability to handle the stresses placed on the kinetic chain.

The overhead squat assessment is performed following a static postural assessment. The findings from the assessment should, therefore, further reinforce the observations made during the static postural assessment. In addition, faulty movements not revealed during the static postural assessment should be noted during the dynamic postural observations.

It has been shown to reflect lower extremity movement patterns during jump-landing tasks. Knee valgus during the overhead squat test is influenced by decreased hip abductor and hip external rotation strength, increased hip adductor activity, and restricted ankle dorsiflexion.