KC Course Principles

Our course structure, with a focus on movement control, is built on the following principles:

• The diagnosis, classification and motor control retraining of uncontrolled movement.
• Motor control training for Physical Therapists.
• Understanding the biomechanics of normal and abnormal function.
• Understanding tissue stress and pathology.
• Making the links between uncontrolled movement and symptoms, disability and recurrence.
• Clinical reasoning.
• Applying the latest research findings to clinical practice
• The development of rehabilitation principles and applying retraining strategies for the local and global muscle systems:
  • Control of direction regain control of pain producing uncontrolled movement.
  • Control of translation deep muscle control of inter-segmental motion (translation).
  • Control of imbalance re-establish correct recruitment patterns between single joint stability muscles and multi-joint mobilisers.

• Understanding recruitment threshold - applying principles of neurophysiology to motor control retraining exercise planning and design.
• Reviewing muscle function based on the latest research and consideration of muscle action in terms of single joint function and multi-joint function.
• Motor control for low load postural problems.
• Applying high load training to strengthen and recover from from atrophy.
• Differentiating between motor control and strength.