Posts tagged "assessments"
Craig Liebenson: Assessment, Analyzation and Prioritization
For Craig Liebenson, assessment is about efficiency. Expect to get results, and don’t be surprised by them when you get them.
Eric Beard: Standing Postural Assessment
Looking for a quick postural assessment to easily see your client’s asymmetries? Spend two minutes with Eric Beard and you’ve got one.
Stuart McGill: Testing Athletes with Jumps
The Olympic lifts require a state of relaxation and Stuart McGill has an interesting way to screen for its presence: box jumps.
Adam Wolf: Shoulder Impingement and Humeral Head Positioning
Adam Wolf demonstrates a simple assessment to observe asymmetries in shoulder mobility and anatomical causes of shoulder impingement.
Dan John: Training Economics
People are always trying to sell you a magic pill to get you leaner, faster, stronger. The truth is, as far as training is concerned, a long-term vision is far better.
Lee Burton: The FMS is the Entry Point
Lee Burton uses the FMS Performance Pyramid to demonstrate how the Functional Movement Screen and the SFMA work together to screen movement and further assess it when pain is present.
Stuart McGill: Can Movement Quality Predict Future Injuries?
Stuart McGill discusses injury prediction, movement quality and why you should pay attention to the many variables in the studies that you read. Is it really saying what you think it’...
Adam Wolf: Hip Motion in Gait
Adam Wolf gives a quick assessment of hip motion in gait, using the pelvis and femur as reference points for bone-to-bone and side-to-side comparisons.
Adam Wolf: Neurological Changes vs. Structural Changes – Hardware or Software
When we touch people, we're affecting structure. But more times than not, gains in mobility come from neurological changes. Adam Wolf gives a hands-on example to take the focus from har...
Adam Wolf: Integrated Motion and the Frontal Plane Lunge
From an integrated motion perspective, Adam Wolf details the use of frontal plane lunge variations as assessment tools and corrective exercises.
A quick chat with Dan John about assessments
Assessments are powerful tools that allow coaches and trainers to identify the big issues holding their clients back. By arming them with the right information, assessments allow coache...