Visions Wellness Center NYC

Golf requires a complex integration of many different body parts moving to elicit a powerful swing along with accurate placement of the clubhead on the ball.  It only takes a little too much power or speed to make the clubhead hit the ball wrong and make it hook or slice off the mark.  To be a complete golfer one must have good flexibility in the rotation of the ankles, hips, torso and shoulders.  CORE strength is also very important. 

Golf specific exercises and a proper warm up before playing will help overall improvement in your game.

Benefits:

• Improved Power
• Improved Accuracy
• Reduce Fatigue
• Reduce / Prevent Low Back & Shoulder PAIN
• Increased Flexibility
• Increased CORE Strength

Tennis is such a common sport that a lot of people play even though they are not very good.  To become the best you can be requires a proper training program besides the time required for practice.  A proper training program can help quicken recovery from or even prevent altogether the various injuries that are common to tennis; ankle sprains, knee pain, hip pain, low back pain, elbow pain and rotator cuff tears.  

Program Focus:

• Total Body Flexibility
• CORE Strengthening
• Shoulder Girdle Strengthening
• Functional Aerobic Conditioning
• Change-of-Direction Agility

Running is a sport not an activity.  It is not simply about putting on a pair of running shoes and hitting the pavement.  A lot of training is required, besides running itself, to support and repair the destructiveness of all of the impact on the body.  Training becomes especially important as running distance increases.  

Specific exercise training will improve functional components such as;    

• Flexibility
• Speed
• Balance 
• CORE Strength
• Reaction Timing (change of direction)

Warm Up Routines, Functional Strength Training, Dynamic Running Drills and Flexibility will be performed to complete a 3-Dimensional approach to reaching optimal performance levels.

For more specific info on the running program click here 

Training for 8-12 weeks prior to skiing can condition the body to perform well so you can have fun.  Hip flexibility and CORE strength are essential to maintain balance and reduce stress on joints (knees, low back).  Plyometric Conditioning will also help reduce fatigue and muscle soreness the day after.  This way you will get right back on the hill for another fun filled day!

Program Focus:

• Hip & Low Back Flexibility
• Quadriceps Strengthening
• CORE Strengthening
• Balance
• Plyometrics Conditioning (jumping, hopping, bounding)

Training 2 days weekly is all that is required mainly due to the Recovery necessary from the plyometrics.  However, most other days, a independent home program should be followed.

Off-Season Training can help speed recovery from the weekly pounding and help maintain and even increase strength, speed, power, agility, reaction timing and flexibility.  Many players enter training camp with a renewed sense of physical efficiency and excitement.  

Our programs are position specific and will encourage optimal functional capacity

• Proper use of the hips and core to dominate linemen
• Increased peripheral awareness and the ability to open the hips to change direction necessary for DB's and linebackers
• Improve speed, balance and lower body conditioning for running backs
• Optimize flexibility, core strength and rotator cuff strength for QB's
• Improve agility, vertical height and linear speed

Do not waste time with the wrong program only to find it did not help your game but actually made you play worse.

At the "crack" of the bat everyone runs either to the ball or to their position based on the defensive strategy.  Baseball requires an explosive swing, throw or run of the bases on every play.  Therefore, each player, no matter the position, must be ready to fly into action and do so with the greatest athletic potential. 

If you want to hit with more power, throw harder, run faster and field better this program can help! 

• Swing with more power  
• Throw harder with better accuracy and strength
• Run faster with better precision and agility
• Field better with improved eye-hand coordination

Passing, Jumping, Running and Directional Movement abilities are all necessary to play Basketball.  Depending on whether you are a point guard or a center these positions require a different set of physical attributes.  Our certifying agency, National Academy of Sports Medicine (www.nasm.org) has worked with the Phoenix Suns for several years.  Let us help you become the best player you can be!