Course Outlines

Best practices from the fields of rehabilitation, pain management, athletic development, & behavioral modification.

First Principles of Movement

A 12 Day Program linking the Prague School of Dr Lewit & Pr Janda to modern Athletic Development.

Goal: Learn an agile, upstream approach to promoting

Return to participation/activity
Resilent sustainable athleticism &
Optimization of human performance

Taught in three 2.5-3 Day Workshops each followed by a series of 1 day Bridge the Gap sessions taught by FPM Faculty.

Read about the course offerings below, then check out Dr. Liebenson’s course schedule to find the course(s) nearest you.

These are interactive, problem-solving workshops. You can start at any point in the program (since they are divided up topically).

Dr Liebenson discusses the Clinical Audit Process/Assess-Correct-Reassess Video from Stanford, 2014

WHY Should One Choose to Participate in the FPM series?

Learn how to INTEGRATE the art, craft & science of best practices in the rehab to athletic development continuum
Learn EFFICIENT strategies to thin-slice implementation of the functional approach in your environment
Learn the four guiding PRINCIPLES of management that underpin the many methods

WHAT Can You Expect to Learn?

The FPM “Best Practices” series is an ideal prep for changing one’s paradigm from –

Symptom-based to a focus on the source of pain in the kinetic chain
Passive to Active (self-care oriented)
Output-based to outcome-based – “its not about winning the exercise, its about winning the adaptation”
Hardware (structural) to software (functional)
Silo-based to patient/athletic-centered approach
Bridge the gap between rehab & athletic development

Learning Objective: To efficiently integrate the “best practices” from the fields of rehabilitation, pain management, athletic development, & behavioral modification for preventing disability & transitioning the chronic rehabber to resilent, sustainable activity tolerance & peak performance.

It takes passion, study & experience to learn how to be STRONG in this model. As Pavel Tsatsouline says “You are strong when you can make the hard easy”. Thus, EFFICIENCY is one of our hallmarks. The other is INTEGRATION since its better to “be a learn it all, not a know it all”. The goal of this program is to teach the mastery mindset, namely learning the nuances that come from gritty determination.

Our Philosophy: The key to a return to participation, a sustainable approach to activity, & enhancing human performance is baking positive lifestyle choices/optionality into our environment. This epitomizes an agile, upstream mindset with minimal downside risk.

Part A - PREPARE

“From rehab to athletic development: best practices”

Topics covered include:

– Develop an Agile Mindset for Sustainable Human Performance

– The 4 Principles of FPM

– Gamification

– Steps of Training/Care

– Movement Prep

– Assessment and Training of the Torso

– Functional Training of the Posterior Chain

– Resiliency: Becoming Anti-Fragile

– Managing Load Tolerance

– Find the “Silent Killer”: The LASS profile

– Spine Sparing Strategies

– Developmental & Archetypal (Primal) Re-sets

Part B - TRAIN

“Building capacity and the trainable menu”

Topics covered include:

– The Trainable Menu Concept

– The 4 Principles of FPM

– Foot/Ankle stability: what is the role of the dead foot?

– Squats/deadlifts/lunges

– Single leg/Frontal leg stability

– Push/Pull/Carry

– Dynamic warm up, Quick Feet and Plyometrics

– The Hamstring, Groin and Hip Dilemma

– The Upper Quarter Kinetic Chain Dysfunction and Scapular Dyskinesis

– Tendonopathy Management According to Jill Cook PT PhD

Part C – RECOVER

This course is designed for both trainers & clinicians.

MOBILITY from the ground up Joint by Joint (including many techniques of Dr Karel Lewit & Pr Vladimir Janda from Prague).

Each area is taught in sequence following basic principles & a systematic process which helps you assimilate the techniques with GPP, & region specific rehab (ie tendonopathies).

Foot/ankle
Knee
Hip
Lumbar spine & pelvis
Thoracic spine & rib cage
Cervical spine
TMJ

Manual Therapy & Self mobilizations are integrated with other recovery methods such as sleep, cryo, mindfullness, hydration, diet, threat management, load management, & work (aerobic) capacity.

Special “key” areas are taught with extensive practical application
-1st MTP
– Hip
– Thoracic Spine

Bridge the Gap (BTG) Courses – 1-2 Day updates linking each course

Review the concepts & implementation of the A,B & C programs
While the 3 day workshops cover the Science & Rationale or WHY of the series along with the craft, skill, methods or WHAT. The BTG programs emphasize HOW to integrate the course work in different environments.
Case-based
1. The 4 Principles of Management2. The Individualized Profile3. The Scientific Method & Assess-Correct-Reassess4. Movement Screen Practical5. Case Management Problem-Solving

Course Outlines

First Principles of Movement

WHY Should One Choose to Participate in the FPM series?

WHAT Can You Expect to Learn?

The FPM “Best Practices” series is an ideal prep for changing one’s paradigm from –

Symptom-based to a focus on the source of pain in the kinetic chain

Passive to Active (self-care oriented)

Output-based to outcome-based – “its not about winning the exercise, its about winning the adaptation”

Hardware (structural) to software (functional)

Silo-based to patient/athletic-centered approach

Bridge the gap between rehab & athletic development

Part A - PREPARE

“From rehab to athletic development: best practices”

Topics covered include:

Part B - TRAIN

“Building capacity and the trainable menu”

Topics covered include:

Part C – RECOVER

Bridge the Gap (BTG) Courses – 1-2 Day updates linking each course