How To Build a Badass Firefighter: Improving Movement & Performance using the Athletic Movement Index

Firefighting is a physically demanding job that often leads to a career laden with musculoskeletal injuries and a retirement plagued with pain and limited mobility. How To Build a Badass Firefighter was written to help improve the way firefighters and other first responders move, which can prevent injuries and optimize performance, leading to a better quality of life on the job and long afterward.The science is clear: Poor movement patterns increase injury risks and decrease performance. How To Build a Badass Firefighter explains the Athletic Movement Index (AMI), a research-based movement assessment that uses 3D motion sensors and lab-quality data to capture and quantify poor movement patterns. The AMI's movement-guided methodology creates a training program to reduce or eliminate improper movements, offering objective measurements of progress.How To Build a Badass Firefighter instructs clinicians, trainers and others working with firefighters how to implement this methodology to rehabilitate the injured firefighter, as well as how to leverage the program to develop a niche practice. By reading How To Build a Badass Firefighter and implementing its strategies, you will help first responders move better, last longer and perform better!About the author:Dr. Trent Nessler, PT, MPT, DPT, is president of Ready Rebound Vitality and a sports medicine physical therapist with more than 24 years' experience in rehabilitation, injury prevention and movement assessment. He is a nationally recognized innovator in the field, having developed the DorsaVi ViPerform AMI, which is used in more than 450 professional, Olympic, collegiate and other elite sports teams. Dr. Nessler is a published researcher and author, speaking nationally and internationally on the topics of ACLs, movement assessments and injury prevention. With Ready Rebound, Dr. Nessler is applying his research and knowledge in biomechanics, rehabilitation, injury prevention and performance enhancement to help first responders live better lives. Read more