Rehab & Performance

NICHOLE HARMON, M.SED, LAT, ATC

Certified Athletic Trainer

• Master of Science in Education
• Certified Athletic Trainer
• Licensed Athletic Trainer
• Physician Extender

Nichole joined the Motion is Medicine team in November 2022. She graduated from the University of New England in 2012 with her Bachelor’s in Athletic Training, then in 2014 from Bay State College in Massachusetts with her Associate’s in Physical Therapy Assistant, and then in 2016 from Baylor University in Texas with her Master’s in Sport Management. She has been an athletic trainer for 10 years and worked in a variety of settings including sports medicine clinics and secondary schools (high schools).

She grew up in Massachusetts and has lived in 5 different states but now calls Texas home. When not in the office, you will find her working out, mudding on ATVs, and playing with her 3 dogs. She enjoys spending time and going on adventures with her husband, Eddie, and her son, Greyson.

Physician And Athletic Trainer Collaboration

Motion Is Medicine unites the expertise of a physician with the skillset of an athletic trainer. Patients are thoroughly evaluated and treated by the physician and referred to the athletic trainer for follow-up care that compliments the physician’s assessment and plan. As a physician extender, an AT adds value to a physician practice by improving patient outcomes and satisfaction, as well as increasing the productivity of the physician. An AT contributes to the effective and efficient process of patient care throughout the initial assessment and treatment process, as well as implementing therapeutic rehab, injury prevention, and general patient education.

Sport Performance

• Sport-specific training focused on enhancing an athlete’s skills and biomechanics as they relate to their particular sport.
• Athletes of all levels benefit from sport performance training, from adolescents learning functional movement patterns to elite athletes attaining the upper limits of their potential.
• Sport Performance programs are designed with the SAID Principle (Specific Adaptations to Imposed Demands) to train highly specific adaptations related to the specific demands of the sport.
• If power, agility, and coordination are the desired skills of a sport, then focused training on these traits will allow the athlete to adapt in order to excel at their sport.
• This approach improves performance in both practice and competition.

Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM)

• A manual therapy technique where specialized stainless steel tools are used as an intervention to treat the skin, myofascia, muscles, and tendons with various direct compressive stroke techniques.
• The goal of this treatment is to improve soft tissue function, increase range of motion and blood flow, locate fascial restrictions, breakdown scar tissue, and reduce pain.