Athletic Movement: Deficits = Injury

Learn how top-level athletes and scouts use the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) to identify movement deficits and weaknesses. The FMS is an assessment system using functional movement. This system helps make evidence-based, return to sport/activity decisions, determine and categorize injury risk, and track progress. FMS is a movement screen used to evaluate movement patterns for strength, range of motion, and neuromuscular motor control for clients and athletes. The screen is comprised of seven fundamental movement patterns that require a balance of mobility and stability, placing the individual in positions where weaknesses and imbalances become noticeable and identified by a skilled practitioner.

This workshop is a mixture of a short, presented material and live demonstration and exercise. You will learn why pain starts, what does the pain mean, and how to prevent injury? Come prepared to run indoors and outdoors if you would like to be part of the live demonstration.

Topics Covered: Dynamic movements, functional movements via the FMS system, the 7 principles of FMS, flexibility vs strength vs motor control, and more...