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Clinical Exercise
It can be frustrating when an injury or significant illness impacts your physical abilities. Whether you’re in pain just trying to do housework or can’t play your favorite sport anymore, a clinical exercise program with a corrective exercise technique can help you return to your activities or protect against more severe injuries.
About clinical exercise
Clinical exercise is an ideal way to work out if you are recovering from an injury or have a health condition. If you have noticed physical challenges due to obesity, cancer, dementia, Alzheimer’s, osteoporosis, cardiovascular issues or other health conditions, a clinical exercise program may help restore your previous function or lessen pain.
Additionally, if you have completed physical therapy after a serious injury but are still not performing your best, you may want to take advantage of one of our bridge programs. We offer these for ACL injuries, upper extremity injuries and concussion recovery, among others. Even if you don’t use a formal bridge program, working with one of our fitness and exercise specialists can help you continue to make progress after physical therapy ends.
Clinical exercise offerings
Our approach is rooted in corrective exercise. Corrective exercise is a technique that examines your movement patterns, balance, posture and strength. Corrective exercise is particularly helpful to increase your flexibility, stability, balance, coordination and strength. It is a relatively new way to assess and train.
Our specialists can design a program that will decrease stress on your body and reduce the risk of injuries. Your program will be highly customized and include medically based training.
To schedule a free assessment, email sportsperformance@KUMC.edu or call 913-239-0646.
Any imbalances, faulty movements, poor posture or other issues identified in the assessment will be addressed in a corrective exercise plan. If you’re interested in working with us on that plan, you’ll be given purchase options. Each person will have a customized number of sessions. Additionally, you could participate in our group classes.
Why choose us
All our fitness and exercise specialists are nationally certified and provide training based in corrective exercise.
Our training is held at the Sports Medicine and Performance Center in Overland Park. This is a multidisciplinary building where our staff of physical therapists also work. If you are coming off injury recovery or have worked with our PTs previously, it’s convenient to have them in the same space.
Our fitness and exercise specialists have very close working relationships with medical providers. They can communicate with your doctors and nurses about your progress or any new challenges, helping create continuity in your care. We collaborate as part of your care team – whether that’s at the health system or elsewhere.
The center also has state-of-the-art equipment that prioritizes your safety. We will always make sure your clinical exercise program prioritizes your health and minimizes any chance of injury.
Meet the team
Krisha Crane, MHA, LAT/ATC
Medical performance clinical coordinator
Krisha has a master’s degree in healthcare administration and a bachelor’s degree in athletic training. She specializes in care, rehabilitation and management of sports injuries. She is part of a team that designs and implements injury prevention programs to decrease risk of injury and improve sport performance. Krisha is devoted to providing athletes of all backgrounds the utmost care.
Kelsey Ngeh
Corrective exercise and fitness supervisor
Kelsey has a bachelor's degree in exercise science and kinesiology. She has worked in the fitness industry for 20 years. She is passionate about helping clients of all ages and fitness levels improve core strength and balance and reduce chronic pain. She specializes in biomechanical movement patterns, which allow people to move better, decrease pain from aging and injury and improve exercise results.
Fitness location
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1. Sports Medicine and Performance Center
- 8302 W. 125th St.
- Overland Park, KS 66213
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