Level 1a - Introduction to Neuromuscular Re-Education Concepts: Theory

Overview

Disrupted neuro-motor control associated with pain, poor posture or altered biomechanics is a component of many chronic or recurring clinical conditions seen by physiotherapists and other health care practicioners. 

Musculoskeletal pain syndromes are evaluated in the context of the body functioning as an integrated muscle and movement system, with the control centred in the trunk. 

This course is designed to address specific imbalances in neuromuscular control inherent in musculoskeletal dysfunction, facilitating the restoration of balanced posture, trunk stability, and pain-free movement. 

You will be required to develop competence with the exercise curriculum and will thereby benefit from training your own ‘centre’ while gaining a unique appreciation of Posture Control .  There is Power in Posture!

Course Aims

• To introduce the BET Pilates system; its theoretical and scientific base and its application to physiotherapy interventions
• To introduce a clinical reasoning process for Pilates-based therapeutic exercise interventions
• To facilitate an evidence-based approach to clinical practice
• To provide a framework from which to develop progressions to prepare for training on the Pilates apparatus 
• To provide a basic framework for the systematic assessment of postural control directly correlating with treatment intervention
• To present basic trunk and limb-girdle (mat) exercises and key exercise training concepts, adapted from the Pilates Method as a mechanism for:
  • lumbar - pelvic stabilisation and postural control in the lower quadrant 
  • cervicothoracic stabilisation and postural control in the upper quadrant
• To focus on treatment intervention via Pilates-based therapeutic exercise and the assessment and re-education of neuromuscular control

Learning Objectives

In this online physiotherapy course, the participant will:

1. Gain a theoretical understanding of the mechanical and neurological mechanisms that may underlie altered neuromuscular control mechanisms and musculoskeletal pain syndromes 
2. Learn an evidence-based system to effectively teach activation of the key stabilising muscles of the trunk
3. Learn a series of progressive therapeutic exercise based on the Pilates Method to systematically train trunk control and efficient movement patterns

Audience

Physical Medicine professionals interested in motor control and neuromuscular imbalance and in learning how to improve patient outcomes by the integration of a Pilates-based approach into their clinical practice.