The Athlete Movement System: Sports Performance

About this Certificate Program

This certificate program teaches you how to use the movement system to assess, diagnose, and treat athlete movement dysfunction. The first series of courses focus on body regions and serves as a foundation for assessing the upper quarter, lower quarter, and spine of all athletes. The material then focuses on the key performance aspects of sport, including speed, power, endurance, and agility. The content then becomes more sport specific, covering tennis, swimming, baseball, volleyball, running, and rock climbing. The content is highly interactive and emphasizes the practical application of principles covered.

Target audience

This certificate program is for physical therapists, occupational therapists, and athletic trainers.

Goals & objectives

• Demonstrate and select appropriate movement assessments and treatments for the upper half of an athlete

• Integrate research support into sport-specific assessments and treatments for the upper half of an athlete

• Learn the biomechanics and sport-specific demands of athletes

• Understand the importance of regional interdependence and its functional relationship to pathobiomechanics

• Provide interventions based on faulty movement patterns observed and related to key impairments obtained from the objective exam