Endorsed Training Directory

1. Students will identify 5 research articles covering specific muscular anatomy and describe how specific postures and activities of daily life contribute to muscle tension.
(Example: Swayback posture increases psoas muscle tension due to its role in containing anterior translation of the femoral head. Students learn why this posture increases hip flexor tightness, anterior capsule strain, and back pain by reviewing the research together in the course.)
2. Students will describe why posterior diaphragm expansion is important for daily life and name two exercises to help improve diaphragm excursion.
3. Students will identify why finding distal and proximal hamstrings is important for pelvic stability and daily life, and suggest a troubleshooting exercise to help find proximal hamstrings and improve pelvic orientation.
4. Students will identify errors in common exercises like clams and hip hikes that lead to over-recruitment of anterior pelvic orientation musculature versus gluteal musculature. Students will identify how this carries over into life activities such as walking up stairs and contributes to specific issues like IT band syndrome.
5. Students will identify 5 appropriate assessments for the hips and pelvis and 5 of the best corrective exercises to optimize activities of daily living when dealing with specific hip and pelvic movement patterns that can contribute to specific issues.
6. Students will identify 3 corrective exercises to help prevent and improve SI joint pain, IT band syndrome, piriformis syndrome, deep gluteal syndrome, FAI, and hip impingement.