SFMA Introductory Training

*SFMA Introductory Course Description

Instructor and Next Date to be announced.

Overview: This course is designed for musculoskeletal healthcare professionals who routinely treat patients with orthopedic and sports conditions. This course utilizes lecture and extensive lab to present the model of movement assessment and interventions designed to target dysfunctional movement patterns.

This course deals with functional movement assessment and intervention. The Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) will be introduced and participants will learn to integrate functional movement assessment and training principles into contemporary rehabilitation programs. Interventions designed to normalize dysfunctional movement patterns will be covered in depth including specific manual therapy and reactive neuromuscular exercise techniques. An interactive lecture and laboratory approach will be taken. Based on case scenarios, each participant will develop a movement correction program utilizing techniques taught throughout the course. Update on the Functional Movement Screen™ and the Y Balance Test™ (the latest research from high school, college and professional sports)

Course Topics & Objectives

• Interventions to normalize movement patterns
• Update on regional interdependence and movement testing
• Adverse effects of pain on motor control
• Effective treatment for previously non-responsive patients
• Immediate application of course information to your patients perspective of full body movement patterns, the clinician has the opportunity to identify meaningful impairments that may be seemingly unrelated to the main musculoskeletal diagnosis but are contributing to the primary complaint (regional interdependence).

• Objectives:

  After completing this workshop, the therapist should be able to do the following:

  1. Understand the importance of identifying dysfunctional movement patterns.

  2. Describe why it is important to assess movement patterns in both the loaded and unloaded positions and how this information can be used to guide intervention.

  3. Understand the importance of pain provocation during the examination process and appreciate that pain alters motor control.

  4. Explain and integrate the concept of a High Threshold Movement Strategy into assessment and intervention of patients

  5. Use the information gained from the SFMA to select key impairments to assess and design appropriate interventions to normalize dysfunctional movement.

  6. Link the assessment information to the initial therapeutic strategy and initiate the most appropriate treatment interventions (manual therapy and functional exercise) into the traditional rehabilitation program to normalize dysfunctional movement.

  7. Understand the importance of identifying dysfunctional movement patterns from a neuro-developmental and regional interdependence perspective

  
  

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