2012 Programme of courses and workshops

Josephine and her senior colleagues conduct a number of courses and workshops through the year in Sydney (see below).

In addition, Josephine may run workshops in other locations for interested parties (see “Other Workshops”).

The ‘KEY APPROACH’:  MAKING SENSE OF THE LINK BETWEEN MOVEMENT DYSFUNCTION AND SPINAL PAIN AND RELATED DISORDERS

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These unique courses and workshops offer a different perspective for enhancing your understanding, clinical assessment and remedial skills;- facilitating better treatment outcomes for most musculoskeletal pain disorders which present in clinical practice.

Many of these disorders have their genesis in defective neuromuscular control of the spine and proximal limb girdles, creating predictable changes in the joints and soft tissues and actual/potential pain syndromes.

The approach explores control of ‘functional’ movement – both healthy ‘normal’ and compromised. It focuses upon the link between pain syndromes and movement impairments. 

A clinical model of posturo-movement dysfunction is proffered which serves as a framework guiding clinical subgroup classification, the assessment path, the formulation of a ‘dys/functional diagnosis’ & indications for therapeutic interventions appropriate to that individual’s impairment profile.

Clinically focused, stimulating and a very practical learning opportunity, these courses and workshops integrate relevant research with the insights of extensive clinical practice.

They will be offered in 3 consecutive modules: completion of module 1 is a prerequisite for attending module 2. Course modules run 6-8.30 Friday evening and 9-5 Saturday & Sunday

Module 1: Foundations of control – provides a broad overview of the approach and principally addresses the lumbo-pelvic-hip region or lower quadrant including:

• Analysis of healthy lumbopelvic function – what do we know?
• The nature of axial posturo-movement dysfunction; mapping the more common clinical patterns of compensated motor behaviour – clinical sub-group classification & Clinical Syndromes
• Practical assessment screening & examination identifies the link between the more common  lumbo/pelvic/hip movement impairments, joint and myo-fascial changes & pain disorders.
• Appraising current concepts and rationale behind many commonly prescribed therapeutic exercises – exploring the many myths around ‘core stability’; extending our understanding beyond ‘Pilates’ – exploring the basics of healthy functional movement control needed for  every day activities - with implications for screening and prevention in the exercise industry in general.
• Practical sessions will involve the assessment and remediation of changed motor control – how to better prescribe & help establish ‘Fundamental Patterns’ of physiological control as a basis for building more healthy kinematic patterns. They will also focus upon the relationship between assessment findings, manual therapy approaches (discussion and practice of some methods) and therapeutic exercise

Interested in what participants have said about this course?

Module 2: An integrated model of torso movement function/dysfunction: building more options for better health

• Explores the functional relationship between the proximal limb girdles & the axial spine and the head; & between both proximal limb girdles
• Examines the contribution of the ‘dysfunctional thorax’  in the actual/potential development of various other pain disorders of the cervical spine, upper limb girdle, low back, pelvic girdle & even lower limb
• Review of the Fundamental Patterns basic to healthy axial control, the more common patterns of compensated control & the Clinical Syndromes
• Exploring numerous features of compromised and more primitive motor control
• Making connections- seeing how the ‘Fundamental Patterns of control’ underlie all functional posturo-movement patterns
• The ability to recognize ‘control problems’ enables the design and construction of more appropriate rehabilitation protocols – building sound foundations of control and more healthy movement patterns – adding appropriate ‘progressions’ without reinforcing patterns of compensation
• Examining the mismatch between the ‘abilities’ and  ‘needs’ required for safe participation in many current ‘fitness/exercise industry’ programmes; applying the principles to ‘stretching’, fitness and wellbeing programmes including Pilates & Yoga – & to  exercise and prevention programmes in general
• These highly practical sessions will further explore the relationship between chronic and recurrent pain disorders, movement impairment and appropriate manual and exercise therapy

Module 3: Workshop: Bringing it all together – collaborative problem solving & building further aspects of healthy movement control

• This highly practical workshop will address your questions & aims to further facilitate your understanding, observational skills & confidence  in ‘being able to see’,  classify, diagnose & remediate various aberrant elements of motor control
• Recognition of the real nature, relative commonality and predictability of the various elements of impaired motor control allows the practitioner to design & construct appropriate, variously ‘themed’ therapeutic exercise and movement classes to enable small group sensorimotor re-learning.

Module 1:

Friday evening 6 – 8.30 pm; 9-5.00 Saturday and Sunday

• May: 4 - 6

Module 2:

Friday evening 6 – 8.30 pm; 9 – 5.00 Saturday and Sunday

• October: 5 – 7

Module 3:

Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday

• To be announced

PRESENTER: Josephine Key. APA Titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist & author of BACK PAIN: A movement problem. A clinical approach incorporating relevant research and practice” (Elsevier, 2010)

VENUE: Physiotherapy Department, St Vincent’s Public Hospital, 390 Victoria Street Darlinghurst, Sydney

COST: $650.00 per module. Early bird rate: $570.00 if registered more than 1 month prior. Includes all refreshments Friday evening & over the weekend plus course manual.

NOTE: Limited enrollments to ensure optimum practical supervision

TO REGISTER: print the Registration Form and mail/fax with payment to Edgecliff Physiotherapy, 505/180 Ocean St Edgecliff, NSW 2027. Or fax  02 9328 1695.

ENQUIRIES: Nicole on 02 9326 1168 or email [HTML1]

Other Workshops

Workshop – Byron Bay 11th-13th March 2011

Recognizing and rehabilitating movement dysfunction linked to pain problems

Josephine Key MPAA in conjunction with the Yogalates Centre.

Josephine has been a practising physiotherapist for over 40 years and has been teaching therapeutic movement and practising yoga for over 20 years. She is the principal of Edgecliff Physiotherapy Sports and Spinal Centre and author of “BACK PAIN: A movement problem” published last year by Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier Edinburgh. This details how one can address back pain by re-establishing more healthy posture and movement control.

http://edgecliffphysio.com.au/about/

Optimal patterns of neuromuscular control of the spine ensure a healthy nervous system, and so a state of vitality, resilience and general wellbeing.

Defective spinal control is frequently the source of dis-ease and many common musculoskeletal pain syndromes, yet this is in general, not well appreciated.

This workshop will assist the yoga teacher/therapist’s understanding of healthy control of the spine and how changed compensatory movement patterns are linked to the development and perpetuation of many pain problems.

The workshop will commence on the Friday evening with a remedial class 6-8pm where participants can experience moving more from the deep system and activating the fundamental patterns of spinal control. Over the weekend, workshop participants will learn how to:

• recognize and assess the common dysfunctional postural and movement strategies and
• how to retrain the Fundamental Patterns of ‘core’ control and then
• re-establish these basic patterns into the various yoga postures

This approach is both preventative and rehabilitative.

If you would like to see some of the feedack from workshop participants, please go to the link above….’Interested in what participants have said about this course’…

Further details and booking enquiries can be directed to: info@yogalates.com.au

Yogalates studio 72 Byron St Bangalow NSW 2479                  02 66 872 031