Skate Smart for Figure Skaters and Hockey Players
Skate Smart is a program designed to help you improve your performance, led by a team of medical professionals with experience in figure skating and hockey. Through this comprehensive assessment and training program, our experts will teach you to increase your flexibility to enhance on-ice performance and decrease risk of injury, as well as incorporate strengthening principles into your training regimen on and off the ice. We can also help improve your jump-landing and take-off control, and boost agility and speed work.
Program Services
- Figure skating or hockey evaluation, including in-boot and out-of-boot assessments and video analysis
- Education on body mechanics and physiologic opportunities for improvement
- Injury risk reduction coaching for in-season and return to season
- Minimizing off time after an injury
- Personalized rehabilitation and advice on reducing the risk of re-injury
Skate Smart addresses many common skating injuries including:
- Ankle sprain and instability
- Hip flexor and hip joint injuries
- Lower extremity muscle strain
- Knee pain
- Low back pain