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After completing PFM Pilot Modules One & Two, you will be able to:
Assess and understand the importance of:
freedom of motion of the feet;
their direct influences on movement of ankles, knees and hips;
freedom of motion of the hands & wrists;
their effects on the shoulder girdle;
their fascinating connections to the head & jaw.
You will understand this in the context of their connectivity, relevance to efficiency of movement and their contributions to pain and repetitive injury cycles.
You will then be able to use this information to choose, and map the progress of, the most appropriate movement stimulus/stimuli to promote Movement Efficiency. -
Course Requirements and Benefits
All you require is a willingness to explore movement in ways that perhaps won’t be familiar. When applying what lays the foundations for any and all movement, solutions can be simple and powerful, because they tap into how we’re made.
PFM PILOT is unique in the movement industry in being able to objectively show the changes in real time, and in working with adults to demonstrate how life-long reflexes and movement development are relevant throughout our lives.
Let’s explore together.
The “Extremities Bundle” comprises:
Finding Catalysts for Movement Efficiency via THE EXTREMITIES!
Who This Is For:
1. For practitioners, where time is of the essence, this bundle provides you with tools that can easily, and with confidence, be included in your daily work.
2. For those interested in learning more about their own movement, this module provides practical tools enabling both ‘self-analysis’ and ‘self-help’.
Bite-size modules can feel more manageable, and whilst you’ll discover for yourselves how no one area of our body works alone, patterns of shapes and movement strategies DO exist and degrees of ‘separation’ can be useful during the learning process — especially if you’re seeking to self-help your movement issues.
Non-Negotiable #1: FEET and
Non-Negotiable #2: HANDS & JAWS-TONGUES
Fully functional feet form the foundations for freedom of movement and independent living. Enjoy exploring them and unearthing more movement potential than you might have anticipated.
The influences on movement of hands, jaws and tongues - completing the ‘Extremity Trinity’ - go far beyond their anatomical connections and astonish many.
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Non-Negotiable #1: FEET
Consider this module for the obvious AND the seemingly unconnected.
‘Obvious’ reasons to look here are all the common feet complaints — plantar-fasciitis, metatarsalgia, Morton’s Neuroma, hammer/curled toes, bunions, high arches/rigid feet, low arches/flat feet, ‘over-supination’, ‘over-pronation’, bone spurs, dependence on orthotics.
Less obvious feet complaints — but no less relevant — are hypersensitive feet, ‘stomping’ feet, cramping feet, feeling the need for tight-fitting footwear, disliking being without socks and/or shoes, constantly going through socks and even shoe uppers with your toes, toe-walking, ‘bouncy’ walking, poor balance.
Common ‘above the feet’ issues connected to sub-optimal feet function are: repetitive ankle sprains, Achilles’ tendonitis, shin splints, repetitive calf niggles/tears, knee pain, bow-legged/knock-kneed postures, hip pain, back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain, TMJ issues, headaches.
Feet really do reach far and wide in their movement influences. Do your feet have the freedom — innate in their design — to stimulate the cascade of movement possibilities above them? -
Non-Negotiable #2: HANDS & JAWS-TONGUES
Consider this module for the obvious AND the seemingly unconnected.
‘Obvious’ reasons to look here are all the common hand, wrist and jaw complaints — arthritis of the hand or wrist, trigger finger or thumb, dupuytren’s contracture, carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, dependence on wrist splints, TMJ pain.
Less obvious hand, wrist and jaw complaints — but no less relevant — headaches, facial pain, dental decay on one side of the mouth, fast hand/forearm fatigue when using tools/writing, highly developed (hypertrophic) jaw muscles, teeth clenching and/or grinding.
Common ‘non-local’ issues connected to sub-optimal hand, jaw-tongue function are: repetitive ankle sprains, plantar-fasciitis, repetitive calf niggles/tears, hip pain, back pain, shoulder pain, frozen shoulder, shoulder impingements, neck pain, injury cycles focused on one side of the body, general tension throughout the body, domination of sympathetic nervous system, digestive complaints (constipation/IBS).
The hands & jaws-tongues — with all their fascinating connections — really do reach far and wide in their movement influences. Do your hands and jaw-tongue have the freedom — innate in their designs — to stimulate the cascade of movement possibilities throughout your body?