Finding the Catalyst for Movement Efficiency through FEET!



Who This Is For:

1. For practitioners, where time is of the essence, this module provides you with a set of 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’.

  • 23 practical tutorials via on-demand video

  • Certificate of Completion

  • Links to further resources

  • Symptom Summary Sheet

  • 2.75 hours

  • Demonstrations using real people

PFM PILOT Module One: NN1 - FEET

Igniting the flame of interest in movement change via the ‘Six Non-Negotiables of Movement Efficiency’ ... and there's no better place to start than with the amazing body parts we walk on.

Learn how to approach feet function in a different way, creating movement change with ease.

Objective data provided by the most advanced gait & motion analysis technology in the world: the DIERS 4D High Performance Motion Lab, known to all as ‘Doris’.

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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the course!

    • Welcome to PFM PILOT

    • “It’s Always Been Like That”

    • The LEGO Story

    • Staying Focused on Pilot’s Purpose
  • 2

    Non-Negotiable 1 — NN1 — FEET

    • NN1 Symptom Summary Sheet: Things To Look Out For

    • NN1-1: In Wonder of FEET

    • NN1-2: Starting at Ground Level

    • NN1-3: Broad-Brush Foot Assessment

    • NN1-4: Getting Closer

    • NN1-5: Testing the Tickles!

    • NN1-6: More Feet Testing

    • NN1-7: The Simplest Solutions (but no simpler!)

    • NN1-8: More Foot Exploration and Mapping Progress

    • NN1-9: A Quick Run-Through

    • NN1-10: Doris' Objectivity 1

    • NN1-11: Doris' Objectivity 2

    • NN1-12: Doris' Objectivity 3

    • NN1-13: Doris' Objectivity 4

    • NN1-14: Our Wondrous Feet Summary
  • 3

    Final Steps on the PFM PILOT Journey

    • Wrapping It Up FOR NOW ...

    • After The Lego Story, The Mother Tree Story

    • PILOT COMPLETE Symptom Summary Slides to Encourage Your On-Going Learning Journey

    • A Summary of Resources

For a full breakdown of this module, please see below the next image.

Given all parts of our body are interconnected, you might consider ‘PFM Pilot Complete’ as ‘ideal’, and I wouldn’t argue with you! All 6 Non-Negotiables, in the logical order you see them presented in, makes sense. AND, it seems fair to offer each Non-Negotiable as an individual module.

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.

  • After completing PFM Pilot Module One, 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.

    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.

Non-Negotiable #1: FEET!

Stripped of their incredible complexities, and laid bare to their simplest form, but no simpler. Home to a quarter of the bones in your body and your main contact with the ground, this — in my opinion — is the place to start.

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.

  • 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?

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can.” -- John Wesley

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