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Orthopedic Health
January
This six-week program on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Menomonie can help youth, high school and college athletes improve their athletic performance with:
- Confidence, strength, mobility and power
- Overall speed and agility
- Linear and lateral speed mechanics
Our team of sports medicine specialists will work with you to create a personalized training program that will help you maximize your potential and improve every aspect of your performance and take you to new limits. Regardless of your sports or skill level, you will experience and benefit from a sports training program that leverages medical experience and research from Mayo Clinic while incorporating the same EXOS programming and principles used with national sports athletes.
Registration is required; class sizes are limited. We also offer the program on Mondays and Wednesdays in Menomonie, Mondays and Wednesdays in Eau Claire, and Tuesdays and Thursdays in Eau Claire.
These sessions are designed for off-season student athletes to prepare for their next sport. The intensity of this performance training program, added to the in-sport student athlete's routine practice schedule, may not allow for needed recovery time. We recommend three-season, multisport student athletes consider participating in our summer performance training programs, Sports Performance Training 1:1, or small group offerings. These programs are offered year-round and provide flexible scheduling and balance training with an athlete's current practice demands.
For more information on our year-round sports performance programs, call 715-233-7753.
This six-week program on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Eau Claire can help youth, high school and college athletes improve their athletic performance with:
- Confidence, strength, mobility and power
- Overall speed and agility
- Linear and lateral speed mechanics
Our team of sports medicine specialists will work with you to create a personalized training program that will help you maximize your potential and improve every aspect of your performance and take you to new limits. Regardless of your sports or skill level, you will experience and benefit from a sports training program that leverages medical experience and research from Mayo Clinic while incorporating the same EXOS programming and principles used with national sports athletes.
Registration is required; class sizes are limited. We also offer the program on Mondays and Wednesdays in Eau Claire, Mondays and Wednesdays in Menomonie, and Tuesdays and Thursdays in Menomonie.
These sessions are designed for off-season student athletes to prepare for their next sport. The intensity of this performance training program, added to the in-sport student athlete's routine practice schedule, may not allow for needed recovery time. We recommend three-season, multisport student athletes consider participating in our summer performance training programs, Sports Performance Training 1:1, or small group offerings. These programs are offered year-round and provide flexible scheduling and balance training with an athlete's current practice demands.
For more information on our year-round sports performance programs, call 715-233-7753.
This program can help student athletes:
- Improve arm strength and control
- Enhance throwing performance
- Decrease risk of shoulder and elbow injury
During the session, throwing athletes will participate in an orthopedic screening that includes a complete assessment to analyze their range of motion, stability, strength and endurance ― and identify limitations. Based on the findings, experts will provide a customized take-home exercise program that can improve performance and prevent injury.
Four individual 45-minute sessions are available Feb. 9. Call to reserve your time.
March
This six-week program on Mondays and Wednesdays in Eau Claire can help youth, high school and college athletes improve their athletic performance with:
- Confidence, strength, mobility and power
- Overall speed and agility
- Linear and lateral speed mechanics
Our team of sports medicine specialists will work with you to create a personalized training program that will help you maximize your potential and improve every aspect of your performance and take you to new limits. Regardless of your sports or skill level, you will experience and benefit from a sports training program that leverages medical experience and research from Mayo Clinic while incorporating the same EXOS programming and principles used with national sports athletes.
Registration is required; class sizes are limited. We also offer the program on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Eau Claire, Mondays and Wednesdays in Menomonie, and Tuesdays and Thursdays in Menomonie.
These sessions are designed for off-season student athletes to prepare for their next sport. The intensity of this performance training program, added to the in-sport student athlete's routine practice schedule, may not allow for needed recovery time. We recommend three-season, multisport student athletes consider participating in our summer performance training programs, Sports Performance Training 1:1, or small group offerings. These programs are offered year-round and provide flexible scheduling and balance training with an athlete's current practice demands.
For more information on our year-round sports performance programs, call 715-233-7753.
This six-week program on Mondays and Wednesdays in Menomonie can help youth, high school and college athletes improve their athletic performance with:
- Confidence, strength, mobility and power
- Overall speed and agility
- Linear and lateral speed mechanics
Our team of sports medicine specialists will work with you to create a personalized training program that will help you maximize your potential and improve every aspect of your performance and take you to new limits. Regardless of your sports or skill level, you will experience and benefit from a sports training program that leverages medical experience and research from Mayo Clinic while incorporating the same EXOS programming and principles used with national sports athletes.
Registration is required; class sizes are limited. We also offer the program on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Menomonie, Mondays and Wednesdays in Eau Claire, and Tuesdays and Thursdays in Eau Claire.
These sessions are designed for off-season student athletes to prepare for their next sport. The intensity of this performance training program, added to the in-sport student athlete's routine practice schedule, may not allow for needed recovery time. We recommend three-season, multisport student athletes consider participating in our summer performance training programs, Sports Performance Training 1:1, or small group offerings. These programs are offered year-round and provide flexible scheduling and balance training with an athlete's current practice demands.
For more information on our year-round sports performance programs, call 715-233-7753.
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