Comprehensive movement assessment in Gonzales, LA - identifying the root cause of pain through expert observation of how you move. Jamie G. Smith, MSPT, ATC, CSCS.
Functional Movement Assessment in Gonzales, LA
A comprehensive look at how you walk, bend, reach, squat, and load your body so treatment targets the source of pain.
Movement Before Guesswork
What a Functional Movement Assessment Is
A functional movement assessment is a systematic observation of how you move - walking, squatting, reaching, bending, balancing, and loading your body. Jamie uses it to identify compensations (ways your body works around a problem), asymmetries (side-to-side differences), and movement faults that contribute to pain.
This matters because pain is often caused by how you move, not only where you hurt. A thorough assessment finds the source, not just the site.
What It Involves
Jamie may use standardized movement screens plus condition-specific functional tests based on your goals. That can include watching how you walk, squat, hinge, rotate, balance, lift, reach overhead, or reproduce the movement that bothers you. The findings guide treatment, exercise selection, and progression.
Sports Injury Patients
Find the movement faults that raise reinjury risk before returning to training or competition.
Chronic Pain Patients
Identify the compensations that keep pain returning after symptoms calm down.
Sciatica and Spine Pain
See how bending, sitting, walking, and loading affect the symptoms you feel day to day.
Ready for a Plan Built Around You?
No referral required · Most insurances accepted · One-on-one care with Jamie