Stability and strengthening for the cervical and lumbar spine & learn how to integrate fun Neurofitness skills & drills into your exercising programming.
This practical course is suitable for any practitioner interested in broadening their exercise repertoire. You will not only learn how to apply the most recent research on stability, but will also be introduced to how to integrate Neurofitness into all your exercise programming. Combining cognitive exercises with balance training and specific skills and drills, has been shown to not only improve co-ordination and agility, but has also shown improvements in memory. Further these skills are fun to do ensuring greater patient compliance and allows the client to easily monitor their progress.
Topics include
- The importance of assessing balance for cervical spine and lumbar pain
- Using the VOR and COR reflex to improve cervical spine strength
- Stability exercises for both the neck extensors and flexors
- Techniques to downtrain upper trapezius and SCM
- Using neural glides to identify distal influences of pain and using this streamlined assessment to improve patient exercise compliance
- Techniques to stretch and release lower limb phasic muscles
- An introduction to Neuro Athletics and how this can be used in all your exercise programming
You will learn
- Isometric cervical spine stability exercises
- Thoracic spine stretches to treat rib pain
- Cervical and thoracic spine stability and strengthening
- How to progress from basic TA/PF stability exercises to functional exercise programming
- Using perturbation to improve stability endurance
- Varying stability, flexibility and cognitive skills applicable to different sports
- Using basic gym equipment to progress stability exercises
- Key muscle tests appropriate for typical postural patterns
- Potential risk exercises for varying postural types
- Refining an exercise program for hyper and hypomobility
- Neural exercises for the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine
- Strategies and guidelines for setting up a program for your client
This Course is for Physios and all other Health Professionals who teach exercise. Exercise Physiologists and Sport Scientists welcomed!
Pre Reading and Helpful Clips will be sent to you two weeks prior so that the focus in the course is on the Practical Sessions.
ADDITIONAL BONUS: you will receive a copy of Francine’s most recent release: The Back Pain Handbook E-book, as part of enrolling in this Course.
Here’s what our students had to say…
“Fantastic amount of content, useful info and stimulates clinical reasoning” – Louise. Q
“Very informative and practical course with a great balance of theory and hands-on work. I can immediately use the patient education strategies and VOR/COR concepts in clinic.” Elaine C, Physiotherapist
“Fast-paced and very informative, offering new perspectives for treating and coaching. The content is highly applicable to almost all patients, even in small spaces or low health literacy settings.” Celine T, Physiotherapist
“Hands-on, practical and fun learning with an excellent balance of theory and practical. Neural testing, PCF/SCF techniques and understanding the link between cognition, balance and performance will directly improve my clinical practice.” Liz C, Physiotherapist
“Absolutely fabulous course – very practical with anatomy and science explained clearly. The content adapts well across patient groups from older adults to athletes, and I’ll immediately use the cognitive exercises and neural testing.” Jenny M, Physiotherapist
“Excellent course that was well tailored to the diverse groups we treat. I can immediately apply the exercises across many MSK conditions and incorporate visual exercises for older patients.” Marie B, Physiotherapist
“Really practical course with new ideas I’m ready to implement straight away. I found applying theory into assessment, exercise progression and VOR/COR pre-sets especially useful for my patient group.” Physiotherapist NSW
