Omegawave, a sports training equipment manufacturing company based in Finland, has focused their efforts in sports science research to create a new way to test an athlete: from the resting state. Essentially, the Omegawave technology will gain data from resting athletes, measuring their internal response to external loads as well as pushing their limits to experience maximum recovery time with minimal injuries.
One of the latest teams to implement this tech is the Pittsburgh Pirates. “This is battle-tested,” Pirates head athletic trainer Todd Tomczyk told Trib Live. “It gives us a snapshot of the body as a whole, different systems, to give the player feedback to help them prepare to play.