Athletic Testing
Reaching peak performance
Understanding your body’s abilities is essential, and we combine leading equipment and testing methods to give you detailed knowledge. Using Hawkin Dynamics force plates, as well as methods like isometric strength testing and mobility testing, we assess your strength and performance to give you actionable advice for improvement. Whether you’re a recreational athlete, training for a competition, or just looking to help your body feel better, our testing techniques support you on the path to a stronger version of yourself.
Why testing is important
If you’re not assessing, you’re guessing — thankfully, we take the guesswork out of your strength. Using data to ensure a comprehensive assessment, we guide you towards your best possible outcome with results that help you refine how you train, reduce the risk of injuries, and improve your body’s ability to recover. Having this knowledge is another piece in the puzzle, providing information to better inform how we can help you move better. With our targeted assessments and up-to-date equipment, we can: Measure your baseline muscular strength, power and endurance Detect areas for improvement Set realistic goals and track your progress
Maximising your abilities
Our athletic testing appointments make use of the best equipment to get accurate and actionable insights into your abilities.
Understanding goals
We examine your training and injury history and work to understand your overall goals for movement and strength. We support you through testing, whether you’re training for competition or making lifestyle improvements.
Testing and analysis
Using industry-leading equipment, we measure key markers of strength and performance, including muscular endurance, strength and power output. We explain all of the data and what it means for your performance.
Improvement plan
Based on the gathered data and your personal goals, we help you understand how you can improve your strength and performance, creating a clear and practical roadmap you can follow on the way to peak performance.
Improving all your movement
If you’ve been hampered by an injury or are looking for ways to improve your mobility and strength, our friendly team works with you through it all. If you need more support, here’s how else we can help:
Start moving better
Injury and pain don’t need to hold you back. We’re ready to help you find the right way to sustainable and lasting physical health. Better health starts here.
Book an AppointmentFAQs
Athletic testing can be a useful tool for anyone looking to improve their body strength, from high-performance athletes through to recreational athletes and anyone eager to improve their physical competency. We tailor our testing protocols to people of all ages and activity levels, with the results used as a baseline to help you improve. Your physiotherapist will determine what specific tests will be undertaken based on your discussed goals and whether there are any injury concerns to consider.
We recommend 1-hour sessions to ensure thorough assessment. Following this, you will receive a detailed summary presenting the data to you and highlighting any potential area/s for improvement. Such reporting can include comparing left to right limbs in the case of an injury for any asymmetries, as well as comparing results to normative data or any of your previous results to determine progress.
It depends on your goals, but regularly tracking is important to ensure you are progressing well. You may be recommended for retesting over a 6-8 week period; however, your physiotherapist can discuss with you their individualised recommendation based on your individual circumstances, any injuries, your activity levels, and personal goals.
Absolutely! After we establish some baseline measurements of your strength, we work with you to build an appropriate plan that will help you improve, and then use regular re-testing to chart your progress. Our physiotherapy team is experienced across all things movement, and is committed to helping you thrive.
Because testing involves some movement and activity, we recommend wearing comfortable clothing that allows you to move freely and without restrictions, like activewear. This ensures you can follow any movement directions from the physiotherapist. Comfortable footwear like runners are also a good choice.