Functional Movement Assessment in Cottonwood Heights

A systematic screen of how your body actually moves, for athletes and active adults who want the cause and not the symptom.

The place that hurts is rarely the place that failed.

A Functional Movement Assessment is a structured evaluation of how you move: which patterns are clean, which are compensating, and which joints have quietly stopped contributing. Rather than testing one sore area, we watch the whole chain work and find where the load is really going.

The screen draws on two established systems, the Selective Functional Movement Assessment and the Functional Movement Screen, so the findings are repeatable and comparable over time. You leave with a baseline you can be retested against, a plain explanation of what is limiting you, and a corrective plan built off your own results.

Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) and Functional Movement Screen (FMS)
Baseline measurements you can be retested against
Sport-specific movement testing where it applies
Corrective exercise built from your findings, not a template
Functional Movement Assessment treatment at Dynamic Physical Therapy

Three groups get the most out of it.

Athletes chasing performance, active professionals trying to stay that way, and anyone coming back from an injury who has no interest in a second one.

Compensatory Movement Patterns
Muscle Imbalances
Joint Mobility Restrictions
Stability Deficits
Non-Contact Injury Risk
Repetitive Strain Injuries
Re-Injury Prevention
Sports Performance Limits
Athletes and Fitness Enthusiasts
Active Professionals
Post-Injury Return to Training
Workplace Ergonomic Strain

Three parts, one appointment.

History and Goals

We start with your health history, what you train for or do every day, and the symptoms or limitations you have already noticed. That decides what we look at hardest.

Movement Screening

Standardized tests of your fundamental movement patterns, plus joint mobility, stability, strength and coordination. If you have a sport, we screen the movements that sport demands.

Findings and Plan

You get a clear breakdown of what we saw, why it matters, and a corrective program with milestones specific enough to measure yourself against.

Fix the pattern before it becomes an injury.

Compensations stay quiet right up until they are not. Finding them early is the cheap version of this problem.

Problems Caught Before Pain

Compensatory patterns and muscle imbalances get identified while they are still inefficiency, not injury.

A Baseline That Means Something

Objective starting measurements, so progress is a comparison and not an opinion.

Your Limits, Named

The specific restriction holding back your output gets identified, so training time goes where it will actually do something.

A Plan Built Around You

Corrective exercise aimed at your findings, your goals and your activities, with clear progression milestones.

Schedule Your Appointment

No referral needed. Most insurances accepted. In network with 11+ carriers plus Medicare.

Your first visit is an evaluation that runs about an hour: come in, tell us everything, and leave with a plan.

Prefer to call? (801) 849-0198