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📢 Proud to present - STRENGTH & CONDITIONING FOR REHAB PROFESSIONALS Featuring Guest Lessons from Ben Ashworth Dan Howells Jonas Tawiah Dodoo Erik Meira Scot M. Jesse K. Wright ⁉️Why did I create this course? The physical demands & athletic standards an athlete must achieve in elite sport far exceed the scope of traditional clinical education. Then educational options traditionally available to up-skill on strength and conditioning (where you could learn about greater athleticism) is never contextual to rehab. So there’s a large knowledge gap to overcome before you can confidently provide rehab to high-performers... 🫵 Why you should take this course The Strength & Conditioning for Rehab Professionals Course shares essential S&C knowledge that is contextually specific and transferable to your professional context immediately. 🤔 IMPROVE YOUR REASONING Certifications & common content is often based on methodology and whilst that’s tempting, it becomes expensive, noisy and creates more confusion than clarity. Elite practitioners are outcome driven and that allows them to plan backwards to identify the right strategy at the right time. This course is about refining your reasoning to be efficiently prescriptive not overwhelm you with tricks 🧠 LEARN TO THINK NOT COPY Don’t just listen to experts presenters - Learn how they think! The expert contributors on this course don’t just tell you what they do, they explain how and why they do what they do. This allows you to model and integrate their way of thinking into own your practise 🚀 FEEL CONFIDENT AT THE ELITE END There is no longer a reason to feel intimidated or lost about how to rehab and manage physically high performing athletes. This course not only covers the physical capacities athletes need to perform, but how to test, make objective decisions and then ultimately improve those capacities or physical qualities. 🏁 SIGN-UP NOW & SAVE $250 (Offer Ends April 30th) https://lnkd.in/e8_MBggp #physiotherapy #physicaltherapy #sportsphysio #strengthandconditioning #sportscience #sportsmedicine #coaching #highperformance #sport #athletictraining #sportsinjuries #injuryrehab #sportsrehab #sportsperformance #orthopedics #rehabscience

To sprint faster, jump higher, and improve the overall explosiveness of patient athletes in their respective sports, most treating clinicians or coaches know that training the patient athletes glutes is a must. While this is certainly true if athletic success is to be achieved, I would argue that training a patient athletes foot and ankle complex is equally, if not more, important than training a patient athletes glutes when talking about field or court sports. This is because most field and court sports require patient athletes to establish initial contact on the playing surface with their feet. Ground reaction forces are then transferred up the kinetic chain to corresponding joints, including the hip joints of the patient athlete, where muscles that cross that joint (i.e., glute complex) can then act accordingly. There are lots of ways to train the patient athletes foot and ankle complex. Below is a sample video that does this in a relatively low-impact manner. Feel free to use as indicated or to reach out with questions! Want to learn more about rehabilitating and reconditioning athletes back to sport? Check out my courses down below as I am running a July 4th BOGO special now through 7/14/24! As soon as one of my courses are purchased, I will automatically enroll the attendee into the other one free of charge! Periodized ACL Program: A Reconditioning Masterclass (2.0 CEUs by NSCA) https://lnkd.in/gP7HhcA3 Periodized ACL Program: Rehab to Performance (30 CE credits in 42 states) https://lnkd.in/gEJ-xtm3 Additionally, participants can expect the following:  -30 hours of CE credits for PTs/PTAs in 40+ states -20 hours of CE credits for any NSCA certification   -Access to a 68-week asynchronous ACL rehabilitation course with accompanying excel spreadsheets for fully customizable HEPs and training regimens starting from post-op day 1 of rehab. -A fully customizable library of over 2000 exercise and intervention videos. -A 16-week return-to-running program. -An 8-week acceleration focused sprint program. -Detailing of extensive systems and frameworks used for teaching athletes speed and change of direction work for skill development and transferability within their respective sport. -Detailing of a wide variety of reconditioning means and methods for bridging the gap from rehab to performance training #patient #acl #training #athletes #sport #coach #rehab #rehabilitation #rehabtherapy #physiotherapy #physicaltherapy #sportperformance #sportmedicine #strengthandconditioning #strengthtraining #strengthcoach

Always train from distal to Proximal weaknesses first. If do not train foot as ND ankle athlete can not develop optimal speed, etc.

Hopping interventions can be viewed as a form of eccentric training when the intent is not minimal ground contact time, but rather, a utilization of a proper hip, knee, and ankle strategies in a sport specific manner. Here we demonstrate this skill, but in a reactive manner to verbal cues. This is being done in order to get the patient athlete more comfortable with performing under mental load as commonly encountered in sport.   Drills like this have a time and place, but for patients striving to return to sport or performance, drills like this are a must as they simulate the decision-making process that athletes must undertake during the field of play. It is important to realize that hardly ever are patient athletes solely being tested physically during a game... they mentally have to make hundreds of snapshot decisions during a game based on how they are interpreting their sensory environment. Wrong decision-making leads to patient athletes placing themselves in compromising positions, which can lead to injury.   Additionally, there is plenty of literature pointing to the fact that ACL rehabilitation by all clinicians or returning athletes back to sport or performance is deficient at least on some level. Newer research is pointing to a possible neurocognitive component that treating clinicians may be missing as ACL injuries are now being thought of a cascade of neuromuscular dysfunction (sensory-motor mismatch).   As the patient athlete progresses in their sport specific phase of ACL rehabilitation, dual tasks involving both a motor and cognitive component should be implemented with any prescribed impact, change of direction, or agility work. This is because these components never exist in isolation during the field of play as patient athletes constantly react to opposing offensive and defensive players while utilizing snapshot decision making.   Point: train both a patient athletes’ hardware (i.e. physical attributes) and software (decision making, reaction time, etc.) as they need both to perform optimally in sport!   If you are looking to learn more about how to blend ACL rehab with S & C principles, check out the courses down below as both are accredited for CEUs for both physical therapists and S & C coaches! For a limited time, BOGO free as well! Periodized ACL Program: A Reconditioning Masterclass (2.0 CEUs by NSCA) https://lnkd.in/gP7HhcA3 Periodized ACL Program: Rehab to Performance (30 CE credits in 42 states) https://lnkd.in/gEJ-xtm3 #patient #acl #training #athletes #sport #coach #rehab #rehabilitation #rehabtherapy #physiotherapy #physicaltherapy #sportperformance #sportmedicine #strengthandconditioning #strengthtraining #strengthcoach

🌟 Physio Thursdays 🌟 Understanding Cuevas Medek Exercises (CME) with a Wooden Platform In our latest video, our super girl Akastha showcases her incredible progress in balancing and using her legs to descend from a height of 4 to 6 inches. At ABLE UK, we highlight a Cuevas Medek Exercise (CME) technique where children practice descending from low heights using a wooden platform. This activity is a key component of our physiotherapy program aimed at enhancing motor skills and overall development in children. Key Benefits of This Exercise: 1. Strength and Coordination:This exercise helps children build muscle strength and improve coordination by controlling their movements as they descend. 2. Balance and Stability: Navigating the wooden platform enhances balance and stability, which are crucial for safe and confident movement. 3. Motor Planning: The task requires children to plan and execute their movements, fostering essential motor planning skills. 4. Confidence Building: Successfully completing this activity boosts a child's confidence, encouraging them to tackle new physical challenges. 5. Sensory Integration:The tactile feedback from the wooden platform provides sensory input, aiding in sensory integration and body awareness. Watch the video to see this CME technique in action and learn more about its benefits for children's physical development. #Physiotherapy #CuevasMedekExercises #ChildDevelopment #MotorSkills #BalanceTraining #SensoryIntegration

EFFECTIVENESS OF STRENGTH TRAINING Although the potential for adolescents to increase their muscular strength in response to a training program is well established,44 the traditional belief was that training-induced strength gains during preadolescence were not possible because of insufficient levels of circulating androgens.2 Results from several studies26, 108 supported this contention, despite that methodological limitations, such as a short study duration, a low training volume (sets × repetitions × load) POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF YOUTH STRENGTH TRAINING In addition to increasing the muscular strength of children and adolescents, regular participation in a strength training program has the potential to influence other health- and fitness-related measures. At present, limited data suggest that youth strength training programs may favorably alter selected health parameters; may improve motor skills and sports performance; and may reduce injuries in sports and recreational activities. YOUTH STRENGTH-TRAINING GUIDELINES Guidelines and recommendations from the American College of Sports Medicine,30 the American Academy of Pediatrics,3 the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine,4 and the National Strength and Conditioning Association29 suggest that youth strength training can be a safe and worthwhile activity for young weight trainers provided that the program is appropriately designed and competently supervised. The potential benefits of youth strength training extend beyond an increase in muscular strength and may include favorable changes in selected health- and fitness-related measures. If appropriate training guidelines are followed, regular participation in a youth strength-training program has the potential to increase bone mineral density, improve motor performance skills, enhance sports performance, and better prepare our young athletes for the demands of practice and competition. #strengthtraining #adolescents #fitness #bonehealth #musclehealth #hypertrophy #motorskills #sports #performance #confidence

Power production, or explosive strength development, is a must for sporting success as it allows the patient athlete to efficiently accelerate during the field or court of play. These sporting qualities are even more important status post ACLr surgery due to ample evidence suggesting deconditioning of all athletic qualities of not only of the uninvolved leg, but to an even greater extent, the involved leg. This is not only because of disuse atrophy of the involved lower extremity, but also because of associated neuroplastic changes in the patient athletes' CNS that cause/contribute to increased muscle inhibition in certain muscle groups (i.e., quads). Altered neuromuscular control resulting in difficulties with muscle sequencing and fear of re-injury can also result in the patient athlete’s reluctance for maximal power generation. While there is a time and place for all interventions, below are some my favorites when working with more advanced patient athletes during the course of their rehab. Which variation is best for a particular patient athlete depends on what the needs are for that patient athlete as well. Feel free to use as indicated or to reach out with questions as needed! Want to learn more about rehabilitating and reconditioning injured athletes back to sport? Check out my courses down below as they accredited for CEUs for PT/PTAs and S & C coaches! Periodized ACL Program: A Reconditioning Masterclass (2.0 CEUs by NSCA) https://lnkd.in/gP7HhcA3 Periodized ACL Program: Rehab to Performance (30 CE credits in 42 states) https://lnkd.in/gEJ-xtm3 #training #physicaltherapy #coaching #learning #sportmedicine #sportsperformance #sportscience #sports #coaching #performance #sportsmedicine #physicaltherapy #rehabilitation #StrengthandConditioning #rehab #fitness #S&C #training #physicalpreparation #PT #health #training #coaching #environment #sportsmedicine #physicaltherapy

What is column-core training? It is something you need to feel to understand and appreciate.  Videos can never teach a muscle activation feeling. We all start out using Natures movement system that provides us with incredible flexibility as infants. This starts the body out with the greatest variety of movement options. This movement model starts us out with the greatest potential to move the hands and feet around our head and spine. Column-core training is a system that enhances movement specificity not gross movement mobility. Less overall gross movement of the hands and feet with increased spine stability. Today’s video is a quick clip is from the first Column-core/Kaehler Core certification class we recently held at Ivy Rehab in Warminster, PA. This class is an introduction to column-core training. It helps people better understand or feel new muscle activation when we start to improve spine control awareness. This introduction column-core certification class is geared around several key exercise movements that anyone can do.  We start by having participants do several common exercise movements. Having them do an exercise the way they currently move. Then we teach them basic column-core muscle activation cues and have them repeat the same movement but this time using a fixed spine/pelvis posture (column-core spine posture). The participants then compare the two different muscle activation experiences from the same exercise movement.   We then move them to the Kaehler Core machine and have them do a similar movement. Now they know where they should feel the proper muscle activation. These basic commonly used exercise movements are a great way to teach the feeling we want them to be aware of when the spine is fixed and arms and legs drive the movement. If you are interested in learning more about this process firsthand please join us at our next column-core certification class on February 10th, 2024. There are only TWO spots left for this event. Please message me if you have questions or are interested. Location:  Ivy Rehab Warminster 652 York Road Warminster, PA 18974 Time: 8am to 12pm Cost: $99 (4.0 CEU credits for State of PA physical therapy) Something you have to feel to understand. DM for more information. #squat #columncore #dpt #sportsperformance #sportsrehab #returntoplay #running #trailrunning #physicaltherapy #ivyrehab #jumping #plyometrics #movementmedicine #movement • Mike St. George PT, DPT Joe Hos, NSCA-CPT, CFSC John Jemison PT, DPT Michael Rucker Bill Leitzel, MSPT Lindsey (Ceniviva) Lapnow Marc Guillet Duncan Kennedy David Taylor, PhD Tyler Cunningham, PTA Chris Kerber Kevin Wilson

Teaching more advanced plyometrics to athletes recovering from injury is a must if return to sport or performance is their goal. However, fear on re-injury and a lack of trust in their power production on the injured lower extremity are all too often encountered patient athlete obstacles by the rehabilitation professional. Hence, the sports medicine professional often must alter the surrounding environment of the patient athlete in order for them to feel confident in their ability to perform the prescribed plyometric task. Below is an easy way in which I like to better enable a patient athlete to perform a type of continuous bounding while utilizing hoops as external targets. Feel free to use as indicated or to reach out with questions! If you are looking to learn more about how to blend rehab with reconditioning principles for return to sport, check out the courses down below as both are accredited for CEUs for both physical therapists and S & C coaches! For a limited time, BOGO free as well! Periodized ACL Program: A Reconditioning Masterclass (2.0 CEUs by NSCA) https://lnkd.in/gP7HhcA3 Periodized ACL Program: Rehab to Performance (30 CE credits in 42 states) https://lnkd.in/gEJ-xtm3 #training #physicaltherapy #coaching #learning #sportmedicine #sportsperformance #sportscience #sports #coaching #performance #sportsmedicine #physicaltherapy #rehabilitation #StrengthandConditioning #rehab #fitness #S&C #training #physicalpreparation #PT #health #training #coaching #environment #sportsmedicine #physicaltherapy

Mariana had 7/10 hip pain due powerlifting training that exacerbated her scoliosis and imbalances. Right before completing the 10 Week Online Program she contacted @marti_poliz @fp.sicily and they worked together online. She is now out of pain for the most part, if it does come on it goes to 1/10. Mariana has now attended a HF and HBS 1 course. Read more about her story below 👇 Great work @marti_poliz and @mariana_n_da_rosa Before: November 2022 ❌Hip Pain 7/10 ❌Hip Shift Right ❌Scapular Dyskinesis After: April 2024 ✅1/10 Hip Pain ✅Neutral Pelvis ✅Improved Scapular Position Testimonial: “I played soccer for more than 15 years, entered the fitness world as a student. I followed the formal education, and over the past 15 years I have been searching for a methodology that was affordable for everyone. I contacted FP Sicily after almost completing the 10-week online, at a time when my brief practice with powerlifting already hinted at having affected my biomechanics. The discomfort I felt in my hip at that time even prevented me from practicing with my son the sport I always liked, soccer. I got scared on the day that I could visually perceive the imbalance that along with my small scoliosis the overload had caused. The discomfort I felt on my hip initially was 7/10. I was demoralized and felt weak. After my first lessons I felt that my body could move into positions that it could not normally assume due to biomechanical limitations was very satisfying. Today I would say that my discomfort (when I eventually feel it) is 1/10. No other practice was able to help me like Functional Patterns. Beyond the exercises, I have followed all the protocols firmly and learned a lot about topics relevant to my changing process and health in these almost two years of practice. Today, I study every day to be able to help benefit more people through FP.” #functionalpatterns #fpisthestandard #hip