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​BODY COMPOSITION DATA

Our Ultrasound Body Composition Assessment technology not only measures your body composition but can also track your fat loss, muscle gain and asymmetries. Using ultrasound technology we can quickly and painlessly mesure the following:

• Body Fat Percentage;
• Muscle and Fat Thickness (2D imaging);
• Total Body Water (hydration level);
• The Amount of Essential Fat vs. Non-Essential Fat;
• Body Fat Thickness at Specific Areas - know exactly how much body fat you are carrying at specific locations on your body like stomach, love handles, inner thighs or triceps;
• Muscle and fat asymmetries on left vs right side of the body;
• Basal metabolic rate (i.e. the amount of calories you need to consume in a resting state);
• Relative Disease Risk for Heart Disease, Stroke and Diabetes.

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​Using 2D Ultrasound Analysis we can determine muscle and fat thickness with high accuracy anywhere on the body. Our clients are most cocnerned with measurements sites like stomach, upper arm, "love handles" and inner thighs so we measure these sites most frequently. Knowing your exact muscle specific muscle thickness allows us to measure asymetries and develop focused strengh training protocols aimed at correcting these asymetries to reduce the risk of injuries and improve joint health. 
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Whether you are trying to lose body weight, gain muscle, reduce risk of injuries or just look and be healthier, knowing your current body composition can help tremendously in selecting the most appropriate course of action to reach your goals in a most efficient way possible.  

​Our body composition consists of various parts, but for our purposes, it can be roughly divided into fat tissue, protein, minerals and body water. Most of the times when we are trying to lose weight or gain muscle mass, we are not exactly sure what we are gaining or losing. If the weight scale shows a higher number than two weeks ago, is that increase in weight due to increase in fat tissue or muscle tissue or just temporary increase in body water due to higher salt or carbohydrate intake?

Ultrasound can accurately estimate the amount of fat and muscle tissue you are carrying and based on that the number of calories you need to consume every day to lose weight, gain muscle or keep weight stable. Periodic ultrasound tests allows you to assess your progress and determine what kind of corrections need to be made. This can dramatically change the further course of action and thus potentially saving you lot's of time and effort. 

2D Ultrasound Waist/Stomach analysis. Using ultrasound we can measure and visually see multiple layers of body fat in this region as well as fascia.  As you lose body fat around the waist, superficial adipose tissue (SAT) and deep adipose tissue (DAT) get thinner. SAT area is almost non-existent in individuals with extremely low body fat levels. DAT is well correlated with visceral body fat (i.e. fat around your organs) and can indicate disease and mortality risk.

TESTING PROCEDURE
Testing procedure takes about 15-20 minutes and involves the use of a small transducer (probe) and ultrasound gel placed directly on the skin. High-frequency sound waves are transmitted from the probe through the gel into the body. The transducer collects the sounds that bounce back and a computer then uses those sound waves to create a 2D image and to measure fat and muscle thickness.

Ultrasound assessment does not use ionizing radiation (as used in DEXA and x-rays), thus there is no radiation exposure. Ultrasound measurements are not sensitive to acute changes in food, stimulants intake (e.g. coffee, green tea, etc.) and hydration like bioelectrical impedance (BIA) devices are. This means there are no special preparations and restrictions in order to get accurate body fat analysis data. 

You should wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing for your ultrasound assessment. We may need to remove clothing and jewelry in the area to be examined. An example would be shorts and a short-sleeved shirt or tank top. Ideally, please wear shorts at the bottom if you are looking for a full/more accurate ultrasound assessment due to thigh/quadriceps measurement. We have a changeroom on site in case you need to change clothes. 

After we determine a point of measurement on the body, we'll apply a gel to this area. The gel will help the transducer make secure contact with the body and eliminate air pockets between the transducer and the skin that can block the sound waves from passing into your body. The transducer is placed on the body and moved back and forth over the area of interest until we get the appropriate signal.

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Price for one test: $79+HST  (click here to order)
Pack of two tests: $120+hst (click here to order)​

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