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KC Online: Muscle Synergies of Low Back & Hip


Description
Delivered by Mark Comerford, this course is specifically designed to help clinicians deliver targeted movement retraining to successfully manage each patient’s pain, pathology, and compromised function of the low back and hip.

Course delegates will gain the most from this course if they have already viewed the following sessions from the Kinetic Control Movement Therapist Foundation Module; 1-12, 14-15, 20, 22, 24. Course content is supplied for 12 months with options available for ongoing access.
Content
  • Course delegate declaration: professional qualification and insurance statement
  • Course Navigation: Please watch video before progressing through the Course
  • How to complete this course: an introduction from Lincoln Blandford
  • Mark Comerford talks to Lincoln Blandford about KC and the course
  • Low Back and Hip Muscle Synergies Theoretical Content_Reminder.pdf
  • Low Back and Hip Muscle Synergies Clinical Assessment.pdf
  • Section 1: Targeting Synergies (Low Back and Hip): Theoretical Background
  • Session 1: Overview
  • Session 2: Muscle Functional Roles
  • Session 3: Recruitment Threshold and Muscle Function
  • Session 4: Pain, Movement Coordination Strategies, and Altered Recruitment
  • Section 2: Testing and Retraining Global Stabiliser Role Synergists
  • Principles of Testing and Retraining Global Stabiliser Role Efficiency
  • Testing: Is proximal support allowed for the first tick?
  • Section 3: Recruitment Efficiency Testing-Retraining: Hip Extensors
  • Hip Extensor Synergy Testing
  • Hip Extensor Synergy Testing (if there is a restriction)
  • Bridge: Retraining Hip Extensor Synergy
  • Hip Extensors: Additional Retraining_
  • Upright Squats - Backward Walk Retraining (Q on Knee Pain)
  • Backward Walking: Q
  • Low Back Hip Synergy: Hip Extensor Tests-Retraining.pdf
  • Section 4: Recruitment Efficiency Testing-Retraining: Hip Abductor - Lateral Rot
  • Hip Abductor Lateral Rotator Synergy Testing
  • Hip Abductor Lat-Rot Retraining (managing piriformis and knee pain)
  • Hip Abductor-Lateral Rotator Tests-Retraining.pdf
  • Section 5: Recruitment Efficiency Testing-Retraining: Hip Abductor - Medial Rot
  • Hip Abductor Medial Rotator Synergy Testing
  • Retraining Hip Medial Rotator Synergists
  • Hip Abductor Medial Rotator Tests-Retraining.pdf
  • Section 6: Recruitment Efficiency Testing-Retraining Hip Flexors
  • Hip Flexor Synergy Testing
  • Retraining Hip Flexor Synergists
  • More Retraining (Iliacus and Psoas)
  • Hip Flexor Testing-Retraining.pdf
  • Section 7: Recruitment Efficiency Testing-Retraining: Hip Adductors
  • Hip Adductor Synergy Testing
  • Adductor Brevis (Insights)
  • Adductor Synergist Retraining: Closed Kinetic Chain and Qs
  • Hip Adductor Tests-Retraining.pdf
  • Section 8: Recruitment Efficiency Testing-Retraining: Obliques-Back Extensors
  • Back Extensor Synergist Testing
  • Oblique Abdominal Synergist Testing
  • Multifidus Retraining Ideas
  • Oblique Abdominals Retraining
  • Oblique Abdominals and Multifidus Tests-Retraining.pdf
  • Section 9: Retraining Collection
  • Low Back Hip Synergy_Rehab Management Strategies
  • Low Back and Hip Muscle Synergies Theoretical Retraining_.pdf
  • Low Threshold Retraining from The Performance Matrix
  • Low Threshold Retraining from The Performance Matrix_pdf
  • Section 10: Testing Extensibility (Theoretical Background)
  • Testing Extensibility (Theoretical Background)
  • Control of Extensibility: Theoretical Background.pdf
  • Section 11: Piriformis Testing and Management
  • Piriformis Testing
  • Piriformis Testing and Management Strategies
  • Piriformis: More Management Strategies
  • Piriformis: Questions
  • Control of Extensibility: Piriformis.pdf
  • Section 12: Two-joint Hip Flexor Testing and Management
  • Rectus Femoris and Sartorius Testing
  • Thomas Test
  • Ober Test
  • Standing 2 Joint Hip Flexor Test
  • 2 Joint Hip Flexors: Management Strategies
  • 2 Joint Hip Flexors: More Management Strategies
  • 2 Joint Hip Flexors: Additional Insights
  • Control of Extensibility: 2 Joint Hip Flexors.pdf
  • Section 13: Superficial Gluteus Maximus Testing and Management
  • Superficial Gluteus Maximus Testing
  • ITB Management Approaches
  • Control of Extensibility: Sup Gluteus Max.pdf
  • Section 14: Latissimus Dorsi and Quadratus Lumborum Testing and Management
  • Quadratus Lumborum (QL) Testing
  • Latissimus Dorsi (LD) Testing and QL and LD Management Strategies
  • Control of Extensibility: LD and QL.pdf
  • Section 15: Rectus Abdominus and Erector Spinae Testing and Management
  • Erector Spinae (Global Mob Role) Testing
  • Rectus Abdominus Testing
  • Control of Extensibility: Rectus Abs and Erector Spinae.pdf
  • Section 16: Adductor (Global Mob. Role) Testing and Management
  • Adductor (Glob Mob Role) Testing and Management Strategies
  • Control of Extensibility: Adductor (Glob Mob).pdf
  • Section 17: Hamstring Testing and Management
  • Hamstring Testing and Management
  • Control of Extensibility: Hamstrings.pdf
  • Section 18: More Insights from Mark
  • Mark's Synergy Perspective
  • Muscle Length and Sarcomeres: Q
  • Deep Neck Flexors and Hyoids
  • Infraspinatus: Q
  • Summary of Muscle Synergy Tables
  • Low Back Hip Synergy: Appendix.pdf
  • Section 19: Learning Checks
  • Test Your Understanding
  • Section 20: Feedback
  • Course Feedback Form
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: 1 year
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