Better Gains with Proteus Motion Upper Extremity Assessment
If you've ever walked into a high-end training facility lately, you've probably seen someone using the proteus motion upper extremity assessment and wondered if they were training for a sport or auditioning for a sci-fi movie. It looks a bit different than your standard cable machine or dumbbell rack, and that's because the technology behind it is fundamentally different from anything we've used in the past. For decades, we've relied on pretty basic tools to figure out if an athlete is ready to return to the field or if a desk worker's shoulder pain is actually getting better. We'd use hand-held dynamometers or just have a physical therapist push against a patient's arm and say, "Yeah, that feels like a 4 out of 5." ...