Movement assessments at Pro Active Chiropractic in Stuart, Florida are a detailed evaluation of how your body moves, designed to find the root cause of pain, stiffness, or performance limitations. Instead of focusing only on where it hurts, we look at how your joints, muscles, and movement patterns work together. This helps us identify the imbalances, weaknesses, and restrictions that may be contributing to your symptoms.

Why Look at Movement?

Pain is often just the signal. The cause can be somewhere else entirely. A stiff hip can overload the low back, and a restricted upper back can put extra stress on the shoulder. When one area cannot do its job, another area compensates. A movement assessment shows us where that is happening so we can treat the cause, not just the symptom.

What We Look At

By breaking down key movements, we can pinpoint exactly where your body is compensating or lacking control. These include:

• Squatting: How your hips, knees, ankles, and trunk work together under load

• Hinging: How well you can bend at the hips while keeping your spine stable

• Reaching: How your shoulders, upper back, and core coordinate overhead

• Rotating: How your hips and spine create and control turning motion

• Balance and stability: How well you control your body on one leg and through changing positions

For athletes, we also look at the movements that matter most in your sport, such as a golf swing, a throwing motion, or the quick changes of direction on a pickleball court.

Your Roadmap for Care

The goal of the assessment is a clear plan. Findings from your evaluation guide every decision that follows, so care is targeted, effective, and specific to your needs. Depending on what we find, your plan may include hands-on treatment, mobility drills, corrective exercise, and strength work. You will understand what we found, why it matters, and what we are going to do about it.

Staying Ahead of Problems

A movement assessment is not only for people who are hurt. It also helps prevent future injuries by addressing issues before they become bigger problems. Finding a limitation early, while it is still small, means you can fix it while you keep training instead of waiting for a setback to force you to stop.

Who Benefits From a Movement Assessment

Movement assessments are valuable for athletes, active individuals, and anyone dealing with recurring pain or limitations. That includes golfers looking for more rotation and power, baseball and softball players who want healthy shoulders, elbows, and hips through a long season, pickleball players who want to keep playing pain free, and lifters and runners who want to train harder with better mechanics.

Whether your goal is to return from an injury, improve performance, or simply move and feel better in everyday life, this process helps guide a plan built around you. The end goal is better movement, less pain, and a more resilient body.

What to Expect at Your Visit

• A conversation: We talk through your history, your goals, and what you want to get back to.

• Movement testing: We evaluate your key movement patterns, mobility, and stability.

• Clear findings: We explain what we see in plain language.

• A plan: You leave knowing the next steps and what to expect.

Wear comfortable clothes that you can move in, and bring any questions or goals you have.

Why Pro Active Chiropractic

At Pro Active Chiropractic, you get one doctor and one clear plan. Dr. Brandon Rhodes, DC, CCSP®, is a sports chiropractor and former Division I baseball player who evaluates how you move, treats what is holding you back, and builds the strength program to keep you progressing. TPI certification and functional training education back every step.

Common Questions

Do I need to be in pain to get assessed?
No. Many people come in to improve performance or make sure small issues do not turn into bigger ones.

Is it only for athletes?
Not at all. If you are active or want to be, a movement assessment can help you move better and feel better.

What happens after the assessment?
We build a plan around your findings and goals, and we will explain each step so you know what to expect.

Start Today in Stuart

Serving athletes and active adults in Stuart, Martin County, and the Treasure Coast, Pro Active Chiropractic can help you find what is holding you back and build a plan to move past it. Schedule your free consult and movement assessment today to get started.