SPI Utica

05/20/2026

We are excited to build some elite athletes. We’d like you to please keep in mind this summer:

- SPI coaches perform assessments, programming and coaching for our athlete performance training clients only.

-Use of Accelerate turf fields, courts and cages are reserved for SPI athlete performance training clients only, when not in use. General memberships do not include this added benefit, other than use of the track.

-please pick up your weights and wipe down equipment after use with provided spray and paper towel.

05/15/2026

2026 SPI Summer Training starts Monday. Sign up for the area’s best sports performance training at the best price.

05/14/2026

SPI Hockey specialist and athletic trainer joined the Notre Dame Academy U15 players for speed skate timing using our timing gates. SPI helps our area’s on-ice specialists offer the best in assessments while performing the area’s highest quality off-ice training. Join us this summer to take your game to the next level.

05/13/2026

Baseball and Softball players:

-Let us help you stay healthy for the playoff push
-Asses any sorenesses or pains you are battling
-Triage the effects from school season before summer ball ramps up
-Improve whole body strength, power and mobility

04/17/2026

We’d like to thank Coach Habs from for bringing in the national championship trophy last week.
RMPT therapist has worked with their athletes for the past 4 years doing his best to keep them on the ice.
We look forward to next season!

04/15/2026

04/09/2026

Two baseball players, two different injuries.

1. Front sided shoulder pain at layback while pitching.
2. Shoulder compression injury sliding into second.

Player #1 after an exam has moderate Internal Rotational deficit and reduced rotator cuff strength. This leads to excess force put on the front of shoulder during the pitching motion.

Player #2 has s/sx and mechanism consistent with labrum involvement, making the overhead and layback positions painful that are needed to throw. Pain is limiting the stability and strength of the shoulder, as well as the appropriate mobility for high intent throwing.

Player #1’s rehab focus is posterior capsule and cuff mobility to increase Internal rotation, and to ramp back up to competitive pitching pain free.

Player #2’s rehab focus is to reduce pain, increase rotator cuff strength to assist the injured labrum in stability, and ramp back up to throwing pain free.

Very common injuries/issues that occur to overhead athletes.

Targeted and thorough treatment helps get our athletes back on the field competing at the highest level pain free.

04/06/2026

Introducing Shane O’Connell.
Shane is our newest strength and conditioning coach. He attended Rome Free Academy, playing football for all 4 years. He Graduated from University of Tampa where he majored in Human Performance with a concentration in exercise physiology, earning a M.S. in Exercise and Nutrition Sciences.
While at Tampa he spent considerable time in the Human Performance Lab as both a research assistant and subject. He was given the opportunity to intern in the biomechanics lab for the New York Yankees during spring training, assisting in motion capture. Shane has experience in both the research and practical sides of exercise science and uses experiences gained on each end in his coaching practices.