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Are you preparing your clients so their “health span lasts their lifespan”?
This brand new program is designed to be interactive.
Are you tired of endless technique seminars heavy on protocols, but light on “real world” problem-solving?
There are powerful forces at work behind why over 80% of the population don’t meet minimum Physical Activity Guidelines proven to minimize disability throughout the lifespan.
Are we taking a linear approach to physiologic adaptations when the process takes longer than people realize & is unpredictable?
Are your clients expecting a “quick fix” and avoiding exercise for fear of doing it “wrong”?
How can we stage our programs to build the psychological resilience needed to endure inevitable “flare-ups”?
As a community can we avoid the status quo trap of focusing on the hype of an optimizer mindset and get to upstream factors with the greatest long-term impact on our client’s health & performance goals?
Join me in this new collaborative Lab Immersion designed to make you a better Sidekick for your clients. First Principles of Movement’s heuristic framework can help you pivot from being reactive to your client’s expectations for a “quick fix” to programming to develop the twin qualities of a Badass – psychological resilience & sustainable physiological adaptations.
Liebenson, CS. Rehabilitation of the Spine: A Patient-Centered Approach (3rd Edition), 2020.
It is time to move beyond ‘body region silos’ to manage musculoskeletal pain – Caneiro JP, et al.
Is it time to reframe how we care for people with non-traumatic musculoskeletal pain? – Lewis, O’Sullivan
Beliefs about the body and pain: the critical role in musculoskeletal pain management – Caneiro, Bunzli, O’Sulliva
Self-management at the core of back pain care: 10 key points for clinicians – Kongsted et al
Sherlock Holmes, Heuristics and Building a Functional Milestone Return to Sport Program: Part 1 – Jordan
No Time to Lift? Designing Time-Efficient Training Programs for Strength and Hypertrophy: A Narrative Review – Iversen
et al
Minimal-Dose Resistance Training for Improving Muscle Mass, Strength, and Function: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence and Practical Considerations – Fyfe et al
Using the specificity and overload principles to prevent sarcopenia, falls and fractures with exercise – Devries, Giangregorio
Get a taste of what we’ll be doing at the live Lab Immersion.
Highlights from FPM Programs
“It was not about learning the one best exercise. It’s the hope for the future & what I’m looking forward to do with my practice. The H word & teach that to others. For all of us in there today that hope that we have.”
“This was my third time taking the course... even though it's the same course, they change it up and you're always going to leave learning something different."
“I've come to every workshop every time you come to the east coast.... You retain something different every time."
“They're some of the sharpest minds in the physical therapy and fitness world."
“I feel like you guys gave me freedom this weekend... it's the bigger picture, which is a human helping a human have hope, in order to function in the world."
Saturday
12:30pm-5:30pm
Sunday
9am-5pm
10.26-27 – MIAMI
Old Bull Athletics Pinecrest Location
8185 SW 117th St
Pinecrest FL 33156
Other Locations & Programs:
Los Angeles – 9.28-29 – Sign up.
EXOS: Pheonix, AZ – Winter, 2025 – Notify me when I can sign up.
International Virtual Roundtable Community
“Amazing roundtables! Thanks for give us these great opportunity to up level our skills!”
Marcia Castro, Physio Costa Rica
Join over 60 professionals from 10 different countries!
Learn to apply in your environment what you’ve learned.
Please be advised, all purchases are final sale. In the event that the course needs to be postponed, you will be given as much notice as possible & can apply a credit to a future seminar.
There will likely be a photographer or film crew at the event. By signing up for a ticket, you understand that you may appear in photographs or film footage from the event.
Every attempt will be made to offer the course as advertised. However, sometimes due to unforeseen circumstances a faculty or location change may be required.
Please note that the number of faculty is determined by enrollment.
All sales are final.
Dr. Liebenson is the Founder of First Principles of Movement and Director of L.A. Sports & Spine, a pain management, rehabilitation & performance enhancement center providing one on one musculoskeletal care. He is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Chiropractic, Division of Health Sciences at Murdoch University, Perth Australia and consultant for the the Anglo-European Chiropratic College M.Sc. programs in Chiropractic Rehabilitation. The first ever chiropractic member of the McKenzie Institute (U.S.) Board of Directors he serves on the editorial boards of numerous journals including the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation; the PM&R Journal of Injury, Function and Rehabilitation; the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapy; and Journal of Manual Therapy.
Dr. Katie Dabrowski earned her bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience at Nova Southeastern University, where she was also a member of the NCAA Division II Women’s Rowing Team. After working in the neuroscience research world, she went on to earn her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree at the University of Miami. Katie knew she wanted to disrupt healthcare from day one. She is co-owner of Old Bull Athletics, which has two locations in Miami, Florida, and is a 100% one-on-one, non-insuranced hybrid model spanning the spectrum of rehabilitation to performance. She is also an undergraduate neuroscience faculty member at Nova Southeastern University. Her passion as a clinician and educator is to blend the worlds of strength and movement with neuroscience, rehabilitation, and performance.
Ryan Chow received his bachelor’s degree in Movement Science at the University of Michigan and his Doctor of Physical Therapy at Mercy College. Ryan began his career as a personal trainer and enjoys bringing his strength and conditioning experience into his clinical approach. He sees Dr. Liebenson’s patients, serving as LA Sports and Spine’s NY location and Founder of Reload Physical Therapy where he practices physical rehabilitation and preparation. He serves as the Director of Communications at FPM and is happy to get you connected with your local FPM community (Don’t hesitate to reach out!). He also holds positions an curriculum director at Definitions Private Training Gyms and has an adjunct faculty position at the Focus Personal Training Institute.
Dr. Donald Mull received his Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology from the University of La Verne where he also played football. His close relationship with his Strength Coach as well as his love and curiosity in health through performance led him to pursue his Doctorate of Chiropractic degree at Southern California University. There he was the president of the Rehab 2 Performance club while completing his Doctorate with Magna Cum Laude honors. He is the owner and co-founder of Kinetic Impact Rehab and Performance (a clinic-gym hybrid) in San Diego, CA. He provides guidance and care to those who are in pain as well as coaches those who are looking to increase their fitness or perform at higher levels (both 1 on 1 and small group settings). His favorite part of what he does is teaching those in pain how to introduce safe activity back into their lives and show how the gift of injury can lead to becoming healthier and more resilient than ever. Away from the office and work life he enjoys playing basketball and training in the gym like an athlete.
Jair Lee has thirteen years of coaching experience at EXOS. As a performance specialist, he has worked with a diverse range of athletes, from youth to professionals. Jair has played a pivotal role in refining the strength training systems and preseason training camps of renowned soccer teams, such as Estudiantes de La Plata, Club America, Poland National Football Team, Venezuela National Football Team, Club Atletico Paranaense, and Al Arabi FC. Since 2012, Jair has been part of the exos education team, leading courses across 18 countries and instructing in both English and Spanish. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology with a focus on Strength & Conditioning and Biomechanics from California State University, Fullerton. Outside of work, Jair thrives on outdoor activities like surfing, trail running, mountain biking, skateboarding, and pickleball.
Highlights from FPM Programs
"Spent the weekend collaborating with amazing clinicians and coaches. Thank you for exceeding expectations with this weekend.
This weekend emphasized that patient care is centered on the individual in front of you, promotes resiliency instead of fragility, is positive and encouraging, appropriately loads instead of under-doses movement, and dispels nocebos that create fear of movement."
"I think one important concept you two both do so well and that is integrated throughout the coursework is giving the tools to make collaborating with a coach as a clinician or with a clinician as a coach a much easier process.
The content and community fosters an environment where collaboration is encouraged at the benefit of the client. The process of the profile and the power of the audit process and history taking in the BPS lens provides everyone with a universal language with the 4 principles of reassurance, reactivation, adaptation, variability as the North Star."
"This is my third FPM seminar, and I always learn SO many new concepts and skills each time that I can immediately put into practice.
It’s invigorating to be in a room with so many other coaches and clinicians (trainers, PTs, chiros, massage therapists, movement specialists ect) who all share the common goals"
"I've had 25 sessions in the past two days and the energy that I've brought to those sessions has been categorically different compared to sessions prior to this course and mentorship. 'You already have the skillset. Now learn the mindset'"
"I had so much fun last weekend and came back so fired up and ready to roll on Monday. I so very much appreciate coming back and feeling rejuvenated and ready to Implement things I’ve learned!
I feel like I learned a lot about figuring out the difference between rep maxes, reps in reserve, and RPE. Because I don’t have an actual training background, these things are really useful to me. In addition, watching you and Ryan in action taking clients through with external cuing and putting them in the environment really helps me to learn and retain how to do it with my own patients. That’s what really puts it together for me.
I can’t wait to come to another seminar.
Thanks for relighting my fire! 🙏🏼🔥"
FPM has currently started to gradually resume Face to Face workshops. We are fully aware of the fluid nature of the pandemic. We will continue to closely monitor local guidelines for travel, social gatherings, masking, social distancing, symptom & temperature checks, negative Covid-19 testing and/or vaccination requirements.
Please know that we will be monitoring the COVID-19 situation very closely and will make the best decisions possible for our participants’ health and public safety
