Bridging The Gap Chapter 8: The Top 5 Considerations for Optimal Function.

As a therapist or strength coach…

You may deal with young clients who you want to create a solid program for, not only to address current problem areas, but areas that you fear may become an issue down the road as they get older.

Maybe you’re dealing with an older population and sometimes say to yourself, “why wasn’t this addressed years ago?” or “Could we have intervened sooner?”

In either case you have key performance indicators that you look at with each client to determine some baseline of health and movement.

In this course, Sue will walk through you through her Top 5 Considerations for Optimal Function that she addresses with every client. Compare and contrast your Top 5 and be on your way to creating a comprehensive wellness program for every client.

Are you dealing with patients who experience pain and movement dysfunction?

This course will walk you through Posture, the Thoracic Spine, Breath, the Hips, and the Feet and how addressing each of these areas will impact the overall health and well-being of your client.

Do you want to learn ways to improve the results with your clients?

• Understand how the Top 5 considerations can be applied to every person, despite gender, despite sport and despite position
• Learn how these Top 5 things not only impact the biomechanical and musculoskeletal systems, but how they can impact the digestive and autonomic nervous system as well
• Learn a comprehensive approach to addressing key areas within the body that inter-relate and create an overall improved system for handling load

Learn about…

• How static posture relates to dynamic movement
• How the thoracic spine relates to core stability
• How breath can be used as a therapeutic intervention
• How the hips impact core stability and the feet
• How the feet impact the entire kinetic chain

This course is for you if you are you looking to…

Understand how static posture relates to dynamic movement? Module 3 is for you.

Understand how to use breath as a therapeutic intervention to impact mobility, stability, and movement? Module 4 is for you.

Understand the arthrokinematics of the spine and how understanding the anatomy of the spine can improve coordinated spinal movement? Module 5 is for you.

Understand how the hips can save the lumbar spine from unnecessary strain and can impact the digestive system? Module 6 is for you.

Understand the feet relate to the hips, total body proprioception, and the nervous system? Module 7 is for you.

Your instructor Sue Falsone will discuss…

• Her Top 5 Considerations for Optimal Function
• How Posture, Breath, the Thoracic Spine, the Hips and the Feet inter-relate
• How addressing these Top 5 things can impact injury prevention and set the foundation for performance enhancement

Learn at your own pace, in your ideal environment!

You’re a busy professional. You need to balance your career, home life and find time to continue your education.

As long as you have Internet access you can access the course from anywhere.

Advance your career in areas of focused study, geared towards your personal learning goals.

Becoming an expert takes time. It takes continuous study and practice. When you gain knowledge you are advancing your professional career. Online learning gives you the opportunity to focus on the skills you need.

Topics that you enjoy.

Select topics that interest you. Topics that you find fascinating. Online distance learning allows you to find topics that might not be available locally.

Learn at your own pace.

Everyone has their own rhythm. Some people only need to hear a lecture once and take perfect notes, while others might need to listen more than once. Online learning gives you the option to repeat a lecture for maximum affect.

Are there Continuing Education Units (CEU)?

Athletic Trainers:

Structure and Function Education (BOC AP# P10069) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers. This program is approved for a maximum of 5.5 Category A CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.

Chiropractors:

Structure and Function Education is a PACE Recognized Provider. This course is designated for 5.5 Continuing Education Units.

PACE is a division of the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, and serves Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming

Full Course description

What will you learn as a student in this Course?

• How static posture relates to dynamic movement
• How the thoracic spine relates to core stability
• How breath can be used as a therapeutic intervention
• How the hips impact core stability and the feet
• How the feet impact the entire kinetic chain

What’s included in this course?

• 7 lessons including over 2 hours and 45 minutes of video
• A complete downloadable transcript for you to follow along.
• 9 article readings, 1 suggested book reading
• Course Completion quiz

Reading materials

This course is based on Sue Falsone’s book, Bridging the Gap from Rehab to Performance, Chapter 8: Other Considerations for Optimal Function, published by On Target Publications; 2017. It is highly recommended that you read this chapter within the context of the Bridging the Gap system.

All other reading materials are downloaded through PubMed free PMC.

• Boren K, Conrey C, Coguic JL, Paprocki L, Voight M, Robinson TK. ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF GLUTEUS MEDIUS AND GLUTEUS MAXIMUS DURING REHABILITATION EXERCISES. :18.
• Buckthorpe M, Stride M, Villa FD. ASSESSING AND TREATING GLUTEUS MAXIMUS WEAKNESS – A CLINICAL COMMENTARY. Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2019;14(4):655-669. doi:10.26603/ijspt20190655
• Fogarty MJ, Mantilla CB, Sieck GC. Breathing: Motor Control of Diaphragm Muscle. Physiology (Bethesda). 2018;33(2):113–126. doi:10.1152/physiol.00002.2018
• Frank C, Kobesova A, Kolar P. Dynamic neuromuscular stabilization & sports rehabilitation. Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2013;8(1):62.
• Friel K, McLean N, Myers C, Caceres M. Ipsilateral hip abductor weakness after inversion ankle sprain. J Athl Train. 2006;41(1):74.
• Gooding TM, Feger MA, Hart JM, Hertel J. Intrinsic Foot Muscle Activation During Specific Exercises: A T2 Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. J Athl Train. 2016;51(8):644-650. doi:10.4085/1062-6050-51.10.07
• Lee DG. Biomechanics of the thorax – research evidence and clinical expertise. J Man Manip Ther. 2015;23(3):128-138.
• Sulowska I, Oleksy Ł, Mika A, Bylina D, Sołtan J. The Influence of Plantar Short Foot Muscle Exercises on Foot Posture and Fundamental Movement Patterns in Long-Distance Runners, a Non-Randomized, Non-Blinded Clinical Trial. Buchowski M, ed. PLOS ONE. 2016;11(6):e0157917. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157917
• Vostatek P, Novák D, Rychnovský T, Rychnovská S. Diaphragm postural function analysis using magnetic resonance imaging. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e56724. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056724

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Meet Your Instructor

Sue Falsone PT, MS, SCS, ATC, CSCS, COMT, RYT®, SFDN

Born in Buffalo, NY, Sue received a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from Daemen College in Amherst, New York. She continued her education by earning a master’s degree in human movement science, with a concentration in sports medicine, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Sue is the founder of Structure & Function Education, an education company dedicated to educating health care professionals and author of Bridge the Gap from Rehab to Performance. She holds the distinction of being the first female head athletic trainer in any of the four major sports in the United States (MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA).

Sue is a speaker and has presented at state, national and international level conferences. She’s a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Sports Physical Therapy (SCS), a certified athletic trainer (ATC), certified orthopedic manual therapist for the spine (COMT), a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT- 200) through Yoga Alliance.

Sue worked at Athletes’ Performance, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the US Soccer’s Men’s National Team and has a private practice for professional players. She was also named a Distinguished Alumni at Daemen College and has been inducted into her high school’s Athletic Hall of Fame (Kenmore West).

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