Corrective Exercise: Assessing Movement and Treatment Strategies to Enhance Exercise
Course Description
This course will empower you to critically think beyond traditional standard exercises to create and enhance individualized rehab programs to best serve your patients. You'll learn to incorporate movement analysis, corrective exercise techniques, motor control retraining, and feedback learning strategies into your rehab program to effectively progress a patient toward their specific goals.
Course Objectives
At the completion of this seminar, the participant will be able to...
- Learn to effectively progress exercises systematically towards patient individualized goals
- Understand neuroplasticity and stability motor control concepts to enhance patient outcomes with exercise
- Implement impactful and effective communication strategies to improve patient centered feedback
- Identify possible movement dysfunctions and incorporate corrective exercise treatment techniques
- Accurately describe the significance and application of the test-treat-retest concept
- Learn a treatment framework for corrective exercise prescription
- Enhance home exercise programming for patient compliance
Course Instructors
Robyn Meyers
MS, AT, ATC
Robyn graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Master’s degree in Kinesiology-Athletic Training and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh with a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science & Health Promotion. She is a licensed Athletic Trainer with a wide range of experience working in high school athletics, collegiate athletics, and outpatient physical therapy. At the University of Arkansas, she primarily worked with the football and gymnastics teams. At the University of Michigan, she was the Athletic Trainer with track and field, and cheerleading. She coached gymnastics for over 20 years and served as a club head coach for 4 years. Robyn has assisted with over 10 different GLS courses across the nation since 2018. She is passionate about helping patients feel empowered to achieve their goals and utilizes a holistic integrative treatment approach. Robyn currently works at Trinity Health Probility Physical Therapy. She enjoys gymnastics, yoga, rock climbing, running, hiking, and paddle boarding.
Course Outline
Saturday
Doors Open
Lecture: Introduction and Components of Corrective Exercise
Lecture and Lab: Neuroplasticity and Stability Motor Control
Lecture and Lab: Communication Strategies - Feedback & Motor Learning
Lecture: Fundamentals and Treatment Principles of Exercise Progression
Lunch (On your own)
Lecture and Lab: Movement Dysfunction and Assessment
Lecture and Lab: Corrective Exercises and Case Studies
Questions, Post-Test, and Course Evaluation
Adjourn
