Posts tagged "SFMA"

Greg Dea: Feedback and Cueing – Part 2 – Reliable Strategies

Greg Dea details visual, verbal and tactile cues and provides examples of using scientifically reliable and valid feedback strategies and cueing strategies...

Rod Harris: When Competent Trumps Expert

Competent means good and expert means better . . . right? Rod Harris looks at specialization, favored modalities and what can happen when expertise comes at the expense of a broad skill...

Greg Dea: Motor Control – Complex to Simple

How do you define motor control? How do you discern movement competency in your clients or patients? Greg Dea covers definitions, practical examples and the true importance of motor con...

Sue Falsone: Performance – Segments of The Organizational System Part 2

Bridging the gap from rehab to performance does not follow a linear continuum, so creating a realistic timeline for your athlete is a tough responsibility . . . and it’s your responsi...

Sue Falsone: Segments of The Organizational System

In a clinical and performance world, a training model can be difficult to create and implement. Sue Falsone believes in recognizing the core principles of diverse schools of thought and...

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.

FMS Gray Cook toe touch

Gray Cook: Get The Toe Touch Before You Teach The Deadlift

Stiffness is there for a reason . . . When you correct the mobility, do you check the stability? Gray Cook walks you through an example by using the toe touch as a precursor to the dead...

The FMS Movement Principles

Gray Cook Movement Principles

After Gray Cook wrote his book Movement, he decided to expand on the short descriptions of the movement principles found in the book. He’s been lecturing on these principles ever ...

Mark Cheng: Half-kneeling Rotation

Mark Cheng explores the benefits of half-kneeling. It’s often underestimated and not necessarily easy, but it may be where learning can happen.