Clinically, burpees(aka squat-thrusts, aka "M"urpees) can give us some valuable information about how our patients are faring during the plan of care. Would we use them on every patient we treat? Probably not, but for those patients who live an active lifestyle and want to return to their favorite activities post-rehab, they will find themselves doing burpees at some point during their stay at Maven. As one of Maven's key clinical movement assessment (and treatment) tools, burpees can be used qualitatively and/or quantitatively to:
- assess a patient's healing progress after they've passed the subacute stage of an injury
- provide clinicians with a general "clearing test" prior to discharging a patient
- determine if a patient is ready to be progressed to more dynamic activities or return-to-sport
- assess gross and regional dynamic joint and segmental stabilization in a closed-chain position (the most functional position for most everyday activities)
- assess the general status of a patient's or athlete's muscular endurance and conditioning
- reveal other areas of the body that may need to be screened and evaluated for injury prevention.
- cervical spine
- scapula
- thoraco lumbar region
- lumbo-pelvic region
- hip
- ankle
- wrist
- knee
If a patient comes to us with a wrist injury, for example, and needs to return to competitive gymnastics, multiple repetitions of burpees should be able to be performed with ease before any kind of floor or beam routine can be resumed. If a patient has pain during a burpee in the lumbar region, most likely, lumbopelvic stabilization is not adequate to keep the spine from overextending, so we need to work on this more to clear the spine. If a patient bends more at the back and less at the hip when they squat down for the burpees, we know to look more closely at the hip and pelvis as a potential movement limiting factor that needs to be addressed.
These are just a few examples of how burpees can assist rehab professionals during their physical assessment of the active patient and progress them to a successful return to their fitness goals!
Stay tuned for videos on our Youtube channel providing more insight into our clinical movement assessment tools!
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