Patent ID: 7074168

Claim:
A method of improving either or both of physical well-being and physical performance of a person, said method comprising: a) ascertaining quantifiable information about the person's characteristics relating to: i) the person's skeletal characteristics, including flexibility and movement, and muscular characteristics including movement, flexibility, and strength; ii) the person's performance characteristics in performing physical movements in performing a task or tasks; b) establishing performance standards corresponding to a desired performance level for said task or task, and also establishing skeletal and muscular standards corresponding to desired skeletal and muscular characteristics capable of matching said performance standards; c) matching the person's skeletal and muscular characteristics with the skeletal and muscular standards and determining skeletal and muscular differences therebetween; d) matching the person's performance characteristics with the performance standards and determining performance differences therebetween; e) accomplishing identification of performance components of the performance differences, and ascertaining any matchups of these with related skeletal and muscular components of the skeletal and muscular differences which would be accountable at least in part for the performance differences, and also identifying any non-matchups for the performance components that do not at least in part relate to corresponding physical components, as a means of ascertaining; i) performance components of performance differences not related primarily to either or both of skeletal and muscular components of the skeletal and muscular differences, or both; ii) performance components of the performance differences relating primarily to either or both of skeletal and muscular components of the skeletal and muscular differences; whereby it becomes possible to identify performance components relating to differences from actual performance and desired performance standards which performance components can be correlated with information relating to skeletal and muscular components of skeletal and muscular differences from a desired standard, and also possible to identify performance components of performance differences that do not primarily relate to skeletal and muscular components of differences, thus better enabling identifying a selected remedial course or courses.