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What is gait analysis with motion sensing?

Gait analysis is a detailed assessment of how you walk and run. At the Maine Athletic Health Center, we use advanced motion-sensing technology—similar to what’s used in professional sports and research—to capture and analyze your movement in real time.
This system uses wearable sensors and high-speed cameras to track joint angles, stride length, symmetry, and timing patterns. The data helps us identify biomechanical inefficiencies, muscle imbalances, and movement patterns that may contribute to pain or injury.
Whether you’re an athlete improving performance or recovering from injury, gait analysis allows us to create precise, individualized treatment and training plans.

What is Surface EMG and Why Is It Useful in Rehab and Strength Training?

Surface Electromyography (sEMG) measures the electrical activity produced by your muscles during movement. Small, non-invasive sensors are placed on the skin over key muscles to record how and when they activate.
In rehabilitation, sEMG helps us identify muscle imbalances, delayed activation, or overuse patterns that may be limiting recovery. In performance and strength training, it helps athletes understand which muscles are working—and how efficiently—during specific exercises.
This insight allows our clinicians to fine-tune exercise selection, improve neuromuscular control, and ensure each muscle group is contributing appropriately to your movement.

What Is Biofeedback and How Does It Work?

Biofeedback is a training technique that gives you real-time visual or auditory information about your body’s function—such as muscle activity, posture, or pressure distribution—so you can learn to control and optimize it.
At the Maine Athletic Health Center, we use biofeedback to help patients and athletes improve motor control, stability, and muscle coordination. For example, during rehab, you might see your muscle activation displayed on screen, allowing you to consciously improve the quality of your movement.

What Are Pressure-Sensing Insoles?

Pressure-sensing insoles are thin, flexible devices placed inside your shoes that measure how your feet interact with the ground during standing, walking, or running.
They provide detailed information on weight distribution, timing, and balance—helping identify asymmetries, improper loading patterns, or compensation strategies that can contribute to pain or inefficiency.
Combined with our gait and motion analysis, these insoles allow for a complete picture of how your body moves, helping us design targeted corrective strategies and improve your performance or recovery outcomes.

Who Can Benefit from These Assessments?

Our integrated technology is valuable for:

• Athletes returning to play or optimizing performance

• Post-injury and post-surgical patients rebuilding strength and coordination

• Active adults wanting to move better, prevent injury, or track fitness progress

• Coaches and teams looking for objective data to guide training and reduce injury risk

Every session provides measurable results and clear feedback—so you can see your progress, not just feel it.

​What Makes the Maine Athletic Health Center Different?

Every visit at the Maine Athletic Health Center includes objective performance data to help you measure progress and make informed decisions about your training, rehabilitation, and recovery.
Our team integrates surface EMG biofeedback, IMU motion sensors, pressure-sensing insoles, video analysis, speed-based training tools, balance testing, jump testing, grip strength testing, and one-rep-max assessments to give you a complete picture of how your body moves and performs.

This data-driven approach ensures that every treatment, exercise, and program is customized to your goals—whether that’s returning from injury, improving athletic performance, or building long-term movement efficiency.

What Other Performance Tests Do You Offer?

We use a range of objective tools to assess and monitor progress, including:

• Speed-based training systems to measure movement velocity and power output

• Jump testing to evaluate explosiveness and asymmetry

• Balance and stability testing for injury prevention and recovery tracking

• Grip strength testing as an indicator of total-body performance and readiness

• One-rep-max testing for strength profiling and safe load progression

These tools allow us to quantify improvement from session to session and ensure your program remains safe, effective, and personalized.