Selective Functional Movement Assessment: An Evidence-Based Clinical Model to Address Regional Interdependence

Course Brochure: 

SFMA Course Brochure.pdf

The Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) is a comprehensive assessment that classifies movement patterns. This system helps the clinician recognize meaningful impairments and integrate the current best evidence (manual therapy and therapeutic exercise) for treating musculoskeletal conditions. This course is designed for musculoskeletal healthcare professionals who routinely treat patients with orthopedic and sports conditions. This course utilizes lectures and extensive labs to present the model of movement assessment and interventions designed to target dysfunctional movement patterns. Functional Movement Assessment, popularized in sports medicine research by the Functional Movement Screen and Y-Balance Test, has taught us that capturing injury risk must include the assessment of body relative movement patterns. When the clinical assessment is initiated from the perspective of full body movement patterns, the clinician has the opportunity to identify meaningful impairments that may be seemingly unrelated to the main musculoskeletal diagnosis but are contributing to the primary complaint (regional interdependence). The SFMA extends beyond the traditional kinematic chain approach to explore the current best evidence explaining how pain and injury adversely affect motor control. The assessment and exercise intervention model incorporate the basic tenets of human movement from a neuro-developmental perspective. The participant will learn how to identify a patient’s most dysfunctional movement pattern and break that pattern down into its fundamental parts. This will reveal the most meaningful impairment (mobility or stability deficit) to be addressed.

Objectives

Following completion of this course, you will be able to:

1. Understand the importance of identifying dysfunctional movement patterns and appreciate that pain alters motor control
2. Link assessment information from the tests to prescribe therapeutic exercise and manual therapy intervention
3. Describe the importance of identifying the most meaningful impairments contributing to dysfunctional movement from a neuro-developmental and regional interdependence perspective
4. Utilize the SFMA, FMS, and Y-Balance Test in the comprehensive functional evaluation of a patient

2009 SFMA Level 1 Course Fee: $425

This course is taught in partnership with Gray Cook and functionalmovement.com