Blame Canada!

This week, we can blame Canada, because OptoSource Canada will be visiting the U.S. to be welcomed as the newest and largest extension of OptoSource to date. Members of OptoSource.ca will be also be joining the first Northeastern University training session on June 30th. Canada is in the upper echelon of sports dedication and devotion to health and wellness. We, as well as our new team from the north, are confident that Canada will be among our top markets and at the forefront for integrating our technology into premiere rehab, fitness, and testing centers.

Nearly Northeastern

This week OptoSource will be delivering a 2meter OptoJump Next system to Northeastern University. The OS team will lead the Interim Director of Sports Performance, Art Horne and a select group of faculty, in the first in a series of training sessions on use and integration of the technology into university programs.

In the interest of developing the ideals of promoting health and wellness in the Northeastern community, plans to make the technology available for the entire student body in addition to the athletic community will be discussed further in an effort to make the opportunity possible for the start of the 2011/2012 calendar.

BSMPG EVENT

We are still unwinding ourselves after sponsoring the Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group 2011 Conference. Held at Northeastern University and in its third year, the conference has evolved into a must-attend event for those involved with sports medicine and performance training.

Attendees were fortunate to hear a host of experts discuss the best practices and new techniques in a sport-specific classroom, focusing on either Basketball or Hockey. Additionally, the conference offered speakers focused on general sports medicine and a first look new and innovative products, such as OptoSource and our 4Pillars athlete management portal, Tekscan pressure mapping technology, and Core Cooler‘s frozen isotonic sports drink.

Art Horne, Director of Sports Medicine at Northeastern University, hosted more than 150 strength and conditioning coaches and trainers from colleges and universities around the country including the up-and coming Quinnipiac University and notable Cornell University to learn from 20 keynote speakers. The diverse set of speakers and topics included  Charlie Weingroff, the Lead Physical Therapist for United States Marine Corps Special Operations Command, and Former Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Philadelphia 76ers, and his topic, Trying to Define the Core as well as sports psychologist George Mumford, who under Phil Jackson’s support staff with the Chicago Bulls (1993-1998) and the Los Angeles Lakers (2000-2002) earned 6 NBA Championship titles, speak on his topic Playing the Inner Game of Basketball.

The BSMPG event was a great success for all attendees, speakers, and sponsors alike. Northeastern University has become a flagship school for OptoSource by having a 2-meter OptoJump system delivered to their staff on June 30th, and plans to have the system fully integrated into their sports medicine program as well as the health and wellness department by August 4th. OptoSource technology will be available for the entire student body to track and trend individual gait analysis‘ and performance statistics in the coming months.

Congratulations Boston Bruins!

Congratulations to the Boston Bruins on their 7-game victory over the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup! We also want to congratulate Tim Thomas on becoming the oldest Conn Smythe Trophy winner in NHL history!

The Bruins will host a parade today through the streets of Boston, beginning at the TD Garden and ending on Boylston Street in Copley Square.

Welcome to the OptoSource blog!

The OptoSource blog has been officially published!

With our blog, we aim to showcase the OptoJump Next and OptoGait technology and identify the essential service provided, for the best-in-class performance and training tools for athletic assessment.

Simply, we provide an objective look at an athlete, through data calculated in real time.