" I liked the accessibility of the instructors and that we got plenty of practice so we could implement our skills right away in the clinic. I loved the evidence-based articles you also provided and reviewed to assist us in our practice to maximize our time with our patients to get the best outcomes we can for them. I also feel that this will really help with patient compliance for HEP. It was a great weekend of learning! "

- Sandy O. PT, Rapid City SD.

Course Description:

Motion Guidance presents a 12 hour, one-day continuing education course. This course is composed of a live 8 hours and 4 hours of pre-course online course viewing. This course is open to PT, DC, AT, SCSC, and Personal Trainers. The main areas of treatment focus will include the head / neck, shoulder, lumbar spine, and lower extremities.

Joint Position Sense deficits and movement dysfunctions have been discovered and linked to various conditioning that are commonly treated in physical rehabilitation medicine. This rehabilitation continuing education course is directed toward educating healthcare professionals on how to make researched based assessments and treatments. The content utilizes current motor learning principles and gives insight into how patients can respond to various types of feedback and motivation yielding immediate improvements in movement, motor control, and improved retention to enhance both movement and performance. This interactive 2-day, lab intensive course will include lecture, patient demonstrations, and lab time to give the participants an opportunity for in-depth problem-solving and refinement of technique for using motor learning principles and motor control exercises for the assessment and treatment of conditions and dysfunctions associated with the head/neck area, shoulder, knee, and lower back pain. The attendee will leave with a good understanding of how to implement motor learning principles to any body part or condition.

At the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

• Understand how to implement an external focus of attention, motivation, and expectations into treatment strategies to maximize performance and learning
• Determine appropriate types of feedback for your client depending on their skill level
• Create sport specific treatment options using immediate visual feedback to enhance athlete engagement including the post-operative ACL and Total Knee Arthroplasty, as well as non-operative populations
• Accurately diagnose quadriceps extensor lag using the Motion Guidance system
• How to diagnose Joint Position Sense Error at the cervical spine and understand its prevalence in WAD, CNP, and Concussion
• Perform accurate oculomotor assessment for VOR, Saccades, and X 0 viewing
• How to assess Joint Position Sense Error at the lumbar spine and its prevalence in chronic low back pain
• How to diagnose Joint Position Sense Error at the shoulder
• Create an individualized corrective treatment program for JPSE for your client
• And much more!!!

1-Day Course Outline:

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the course the participant will be able to accurately:

• Describe the stages of motor learning.
• Define the differences between External and Internal focus and give 2 examples of each type during a motor skill.
• Define the differences between Explicit and Implicit feedback and give two examples of each type during a motor skill.
• Define two different examples of Augmented feedback
• Define Autonomy of Support and give an example of how to incorporate this into motor skill learning.
• Define Enhanced Expectations and give an example of how to incorporate this into motor skill learning.
• Discuss the role of vision in motor learning. Specifically, the differences between ventral and dorsal stream processing.
• Give examples of utilizing dorsal stream vision processing during a novice level skill.
• Give examples of utilizing dorsal stream vision processing during an expert level skill.
• Demonstrate Lumbo-pelvic dissociation evaluation in quadruped
• Demonstrate evaluation of Cervical Spine Joint Position Sense Error in sitting
• Demonstrate evaluation of Shoulder Joint Position Sense Error in Standing
• Demonstrate evaluation of Lumbar Joint Position Sense Error in Quadruped
• Understand the role of motivation during motor learning and give two examples of enhancing motivation to improve motor skill acquisition
• Demonstrate a treatment consisting complex motions for a patient who presents with cerebellar ataxia
• List 4 risk factors associate with knee injury or pain
• Cite at minimum 2 publications that support the use of External Focus of Attention during motor learning skill acquisition
• Demonstrate two exercises that facilitate the use of visual based feedback to help a practitioner observe unwanted substitution patterns at the knee
• Demonstrate two exercises that facilitate the use of visual based feedback to help a practitioner observe unwanted substitution patterns at the Shoulder

One Day Course Outline:

Instruction in Motor Learning Principles and Introduction to the Motion Guidance Visual Feedback system with lecture, demonstration and lab practic

7:30- 8:00 AM ​Registration

• 8:00-9:00​ Pre-Test, Introduction, Course outline, Motor Learning and Motor Control definitions
• 9:00-9:30​ Review of Cervical Joint Position Sense Error and it’s prevalence in WAD, CNP, and Concussion
• 9:30-10:30 Lab Break Out: Research based assessment and treatment of Cervical Spine JPSE
• 10:30-10:45 ​ Morning Break
• 10:45-11:00 ​ Deep Neck Flexor/ Posture/ Motor Control exercise and Literature review
• 11:00-11:45 Lab Break Out: Neck and posture exercises
• 11:45-12:00   Shoulder JPSE and Exercise Performance Literature review
• 12:00-1:00​ Lunch Break
• 1:00-1:45      ​ Lab Break Out: Shoulder JPSE and graded exercise for the rotator cuff and parascapular muscles
• 1:45-2:00      ​ Knee literature review
• 2:00-2:45      ​ Open Kinetic chain exercise of the knee including evaluation of substitution patterns and advancements
• 2:45-3:30      ​ Lab Break Out: Closed Kinetic chain exercise of the knee including evaluation of substitution patterns and advancements
• 3:30-3:45      ​ Lumbar Research Review
• 3:45-4:30     ​Lumbar Applications
• 4:30-5:00       ​Case Reports, Importance of Patient HEP, and Closing Comments