Athlete Performance Testing Lockport IL | Injury Prevention & Movement Screen

The Injury You Prevent Is The Season You Save

Every sports parent knows the fear. Your athlete is working hard, competing well, and then one play — one wrong landing, one awkward twist, one throw too many — and the season is over. Sometimes longer.

What most parents don't know is that the majority of sports injuries are predictable. Strength imbalances, movement compensations, and mobility restrictions don't appear out of nowhere on game day — they build quietly over months, invisible to coaches, trainers, and even the athletes themselves. Until they're not.

At Ascend, Dr. Hall uses professional-grade VALD performance technology to measure exactly how your athlete's body moves, produces force, and absorbs impact — identifying the specific vulnerabilities that put them at risk before they become injuries. This is the same category of testing used by professional sports organizations. It's now available to every athlete in Will County.

The Tools That See What No One Else Can

ForceDecks

You Can't Fix What You Can't Measure.

See exactly how your athlete's body produces and absorbs force — identifying leg asymmetries, power imbalances, and landing mechanics that are the leading predictors of lower body injury in competitive athletes.

HumanTrak

Your Movement. Analyzed. Down to the Millimeter.

Real-time movement analysis that captures how your athlete moves, where they compensate, and how their body breaks down under athletic demand — giving us a precise roadmap of where the risk lives.

Dynamo Strength Testing

Strength Doesn't Lie.

Objective muscle strength testing that identifies imbalances between left and right, between muscle groups, and between where your athlete is and where they need to be to compete safely at their level.

How Is This Different

This Isn't a Generic Fitness Assessment. It's a Clinical Performance Screen.

Most athletic assessments are subjective — a coach watches your athlete move and gives an opinion. What we do at Ascend is different in every way that matters.

Every measurement is objective and data-driven. Every finding is specific to your athlete's body, sport, and position. And every result comes with a clear explanation of what it means, what the risk is, and what we're going to do about it. Dr. Hall doesn't just hand you a report — he walks you through it and builds a plan around it.

This is the standard of care that professional athletes receive. Your kid deserves the same.

WHO IS THIS FOR

High School & Club Athletes Competitive athletes putting high demands on their bodies during long seasons and year-round training. The performance screen identifies the imbalances and movement faults that accumulate under that load — before they result in a significant injury.

Athletes Coming Off Injury Returning to sport after an injury is one of the highest-risk moments in an athlete's career. We use objective testing to confirm your athlete is genuinely ready to return — not just pain-free, but actually strong and symmetric enough to compete safely.

Athletes Who Want to Perform at a Higher Level Sometimes it's not about injury at all — it's about finding the limiters that are holding your athlete back. Asymmetries and movement inefficiencies don't just increase injury risk — they cost performance. Finding and fixing them makes athletes faster, stronger, and more explosive.