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Provides a clear roadmap of what's needed for your patient from initial assessment to discharge.
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Tying evidence-based research to movement philosophy for a comprehensive approach.
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Using a regional interdependence approach to identify the cause of someone's pain, versus the source.
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Recommended
Curriculum
Below you'll find a recommended selection of course that can benefit you as a Physical Therapist. Aside from these recommendations you'll have full access to the over 35 courses we offer online.
Recommended Courses
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![SFMA Level 1 - Online Certification](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/sfma_1_online.jpg)
The SFMA Level 1 course trains rehabilitation professionals in a systematic, movement-based assessment approach for individuals experiencing pain, enabling them to achieve a thorough and accurate movement diagnosis.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Cert](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Certifications-144px.png)
![SFMA Level 2 - Online Certification](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/sfma_2_online.jpg)
The SFMA Level 2 provides a systematic approach to efficiently use your SFMA findings to guide interventions, addressing mobility and stability/motor control dysfunctions, using the 3 R's approach - Reset, Reinforce, and Retrain.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Cert](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Certifications-144px.png)
![Functional Movement Screen Level 1](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/fms_1_online.jpg)
The FMS Level 1 course highlights the essential role of movement screening in understanding how movement patterns influence our health and fitness, in everyday life and workouts.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Screening & Assessing Breathing: A Multidimensional Approach](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/breathing_screen.jpg)
This course equips fitness and rehabilitation providers with foundational knowledge on functional and dysfunctional breathing, assessment tools, and exercise strategies to enhance breathing patterns effectively.
Supplemental Courses
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![Cert](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Certifications-144px.png)
![YBT Online](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/ybt_online.jpg)
The Y Balance Test introduces a well-researched tool for measuring and quantifying motor control and functional symmetry, enhancing decision-making in both rehabilitation and fitness environments.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Clinical Overview: Approach into the Classification and Management of Patients with Low Back Pain](http://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/ci_low_back_online.jpg)
This course is tailored for rehabilitation providers treating patients with low back pain, focusing on the integration of the latest evidence with the regional interdependence model through the SFMA framework.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Clinical Overview: Approach into the Classification and Management of Patients with Shoulder Pain](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/ci_shoulder_online.jpg)
This course is tailored for rehabilitation providers treating patients with shoulder pain and dysfunction, focusing on the integration of the latest evidence with the regional interdependence model through the SFMA framework.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Clinical Overview: Approach into the Classification and Management of Patients with Lower Extremity Pain](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/ci_lower_extremity_pain.jpg)
This course is tailored for rehabilitation providers treating patients with with lower extremity pain, focusing on the integration of the latest evidence with the regional interdependence model through the SFMA framework.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Clinical Overview: Approach into the Classification and Management of Patients with Cervical Pain](http://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/ci_cervical_online.jpg)
This course is tailored for rehabilitation providers treating patients with cervical pain and dysfunction, focusing on the integration of the latest evidence with the regional interdependence model through the SFMA framework.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Functional Wellness](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/functional_wellness.jpg)
Functional Wellness is a comprehensive course that teaches movement professionals, clinicians, coaches, and trainers how to systematically screen an individual’s holistic well-being, enabling them to reduce risks, address dysfunctions, and enhance readiness for mental and physical growth.
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![FMS Corrective Strategies: Hip Hinge Patterns](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/cs_hip_hinge.jpg)
This course offers a practical overview of the hip hinge pattern, addressing assessment and screening for pain and dysfunctions while clarifying misconceptions that can influence corrective exercise choices.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![FMS Corrective Strategies: Upper Body Patterns](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/cs_upper_body.jpg)
This course offers a practical overview of upper body patterns, emphasizing asymmetries in mobility and stability, and highlighting the significance of shoulder girdle stability, tissue mobility, and breath sequence in facilitating functional shoulder movement through various spine postures.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![FMS Corrective Strategies: Rotation Patterns](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/cs_rotation.jpg)
This course provides a practical overview of rotation patterns, focusing on asymmetries in mobility and stability, and offering the functional exercise background necessary to raise awareness of and correct these dysfunctions at the appropriate postural level.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![FMS Corrective Strategies: Balance Patterns](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/cs_balance.png)
This course provides an overview of single-leg patterns, focusing on FMS assessments and screens to identify pain, movement dysfunctions, and asymmetries, while also discussing how to differentiate between mobility and stability issues.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![FMS Corrective Strategies: Squat Pattern](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/cs_squat.jpg)
This course offers a practical overview of the squat pattern, unpacking the movement from the ground up - fundamental before functional - and looking for common tone and tissue concerns, especially in regard to posterior chain. tightness and asymmetrical weight bearing
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
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![Functional Movement Screen Level 2](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/fms_2_online.jpg)
FMS Level 2 offers a strategic framework for achieving progressive movement outcomes tailored to each client’s needs, enabling customized exercise selection while effectively addressing obstacles that may impede their progress.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
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![Fundamental Capacity Screen](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/fcs_online.jpg)
The FCS is an innovative approach to fitness testing designed to guide your clients and athletes toward the most efficient pathway to optimal performance.
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![Introduction to Indian Clubs](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/indian_clubs_online.jpg)
This course focuses on the benefits offered by Indian club swinging, especially the connection of the upper body and lower body through symmetry, posture, balance, and fluid arcs of motion.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Movement Masterclass: Mobility](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/movement_masterclass_mobility.jpg)
This course spans movement professions and the Functional Movement Systems (SFMA, FMS, MCS) to focus on functional mobility and why its consideration is important early in the process of movement correction.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Movement Masterclass: Stability](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/movement_masterclass_stability.jpg)
This course explores stability problems and their solutions by detailing the vital interplay between local tissue quality, muscle performance, and global movement patterns.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Lecture Series: Principles for Athletes with Extension Orientated Low Back Pain](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/ls_extension_oriented_low_back_pain.jpg)
This lecture emphasizes the appropriate recognition and treatment principles for athletes with extension-oriented low back pain (LBP), aiming for targeted interventions that lead to positive outcomes.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Lecture Series: Should we Screen/Test/Assess Movement? An Evidence-based Overview](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/ls_screen_test_assess.jpg)
This lecture discusses the rationale and methods for adopting a functional approach to treating global movement dysfunction, utilizing standard operating procedures and evidence-based movement screening and testing, primarily through the Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) Top Tier.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Lecture Series: The ABCs of Movement - The Strategy Behind Corrective Flows](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/ls_abcs.jpg)
This lecture discusses the plasticity of the neurological system, its feedback and how we can use its desired sequence of actions to quickly change movement, focusing on awareness, breathing and control.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Lecture Series: Enhance your Outcomes and Business through Movement Screening](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/ls_enhance_your_outcomes.jpg)
This lecture highlights the significance of movement screening, enabling us to develop more efficient and effective programs tailored to each individual's unique needs and goals.
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![Lecture Series: Where to Focus - Movement or Performance?](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/ls_where_to_focus.jpg)
This lecture offers unique ways of testing the fundamentals of power, strength, and speed and discusses how to then determine what is the best course of action to improve them.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Lecture Series: The Body-Sport Connection](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/ls_body_sport_connection.jpg)
This lecture examines the role of movement screening in identifying common physical limitations in rotary athletes and discusses how these limitations can impact sport mechanics.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Lecture Series: Movement Systems Work Together: Appreciate Risk and Readiness](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/ls_movement_systems.jpg)
This lecture discusses using movement to identify appropriate decisions to help your clients be prepared and be proactive towards musculoskeletal health, to culture readiness and minimize risk.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Lecture Series: Training the Rotary Athlete from Cradle to Grave](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/ls_training_rotary.jpg)
This lecture explores essential considerations for training youth athletes, emphasizing a global approach to developing athleticism through fundamental movement skills and honoring the developmental process.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Secrets of Primitive Patterns](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/secrets_primitive_patterns.jpg)
This course explores the developmental sequence and its application in exercise prescription for diverse populations, highlighting a simple screening process to identify core stability and motor control dysfunctions, along with corrective strategies for professionals to effectively address these issues.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Secrets of Core Training the Backside](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/secrets_core_training_backside.jpg)
This course covers screening and assessment techniques for the core, exploring how dysfunctions can impact the entire body, while also teaching effective deadlifting integration into fitness training and movement prep techniques to prepare individuals for the lift.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Secrets of the Hip and Knee](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/secrets_hip_knee.jpg)
This course reviews the key issues causing hip and knee dysfunctions and presents a systematic approach to screen for mobility and stability, applying corrective strategies to facilitate a return to effective exercise progressions.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Secrets of the Shoulder](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/secrets_shoulder.jpg)
This course focuses on the often-overlooked components of breath, posture, grip, and joint position to enhance shoulder function, screen for issues, and progress from correcting dysfunctions to strengthening the shoulder.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Kettlebells from the Ground Up](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/kettlebells_ground_up.jpg)
This instructional DVD provides detailed step-by-step breakdowns of the Kettlebell Get Up, guiding viewers through the essential movements and techniques for mastering this fundamental exercise.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Kettlebells from the Center](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/kettlebells_center.jpg)
This instructional DVD covers essential exercise techniques using kettlebells, providing clear guidance to help viewers master key movements for effective training.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Kettlebells from the Ground Up 2](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/kettlebells_ground_up_2.jpg)
This instructional DVD dives into the Get-Up to tackle movement restrictions and enhance strength, featuring unique techniques for improving hip, shoulder, and thoracic spine mobility while refining stability like never before.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Exercise Tubing Program](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/exercise_tubing.jpg)
This course covers both basic and advanced functional strategies for correcting dysfunctional movement patterns with the Gray Cook band, teaching how to enhance movement through mobility and static and dynamic motor control techniques.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![Gray Cook Cable Bar](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/gray_cook.jpg)
This course explores basic strategies for incorporating the Cable Bar into training programs, guiding you through simple progressions to enhance efficiency and core performance using a cable exercise system.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![A Common Sense Approach to Evaluating Movement](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/csa_evaluating_movement.png)
This course is an overview of the movement philosophy and principles that drive Functional Movement Systems by introducing a new way of looking at movement through the lens of function.
![Time](http://files.functionalmovement.com/page_content/fms_academy/Time-144px.png)
![A Common Sense Approach to Correcting Movement](https://files.functionalmovement.com/course_images/csa_movement.png)
This course explores new paths to corrective exercises to create positive changes that are focused on maintaining functional movement patterns.
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