Functional Stability Training for Upper Body

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Functional Stability Training for Upper Body by Mike Reinold & Eric Cressey

Upper body functional stability training requires careful attention to the upper limb and how to optimize function most effectively. By addressing alignment, strength, mobility, and dynamic motor control, you can maximize your rehabilitation and training programs for optimal performance.

FST Upper Body is a new program from Mike Reynold and Eric Cressy. Upper Body FST combines concepts learned from Core FST and Lower Body FST and continues their previous education program, Optimal Shoulder Performance. The Upper Body FST is ideal as a stand alone program, but also creates optimal shoulder performance to help take your knowledge to the next level.

Proper upper limb function is complex and requires the arm to work in conjunction with the shoulder blade, rib cage, cervical spine, and nucleus to provide mobility, strength and power to the entire body. Any deficiency in stability throughout the body’s kinetic chain can lead to injury, dysfunction, and decreased performance in the upper body. FST Upper Body aims to help formulate rehabilitation and training programs designed to optimize upper body function.

The FST Upper Body Program can be used for rehabilitation, injury prevention and performance improvement programs.

For the rehabilitation professional, this information will help you regain functional activity faster. For fitness and performance professionals, this information will help you achieve new success with your clients to maximize functional and athletic potential. For the fitness enthusiast, this information will help you gain upper body control, maximize functional movement, and reduce wear and tear due to poor movement patterns.
Here’s what you will learn

The Upper Body FST is available as a fully online educational program as well as a DVD. The program consists of several hours of video of Mike and Eric during lectures and hands-on labs teaching the FST Upper Body Program. Topics include:

Module 1 – How Posture and Position Affect Upper Limb Function

Influence of the scapula, cervical spine, chest and lumbar-pelvic region on the upper limb
How poor posture and positioning cause muscle imbalance, decreased strength, decreased muscle function, and often pain
How loss of mobility of the chest, forward head position, front of the pelvis and more can lead to decreased function and performance of the upper limbs
Why integrating alignment, mobility, strength and dynamic stability is the ket for optimal function

Module 2 – Understanding and Managing Joint Hypermobility

How to determine how hypermobile a client or patient is
What factors determine this mobility
Why a person can feel “stressed” for many different reasons
Why not stretch all the tightness
Which populations are most likely to be hypermobile – and what other conditions might affect them
How to write warm-up and strength training programs for hypermobile clients and patients

Module 3 – Understanding the Elbow Joint: Functional Anatomy, Common Injuries and Conditions

Why learning functional anatomy is an important prerequisite for understanding elbow function and injury / conditions
What injuries / conditions are most common in the elbow joint
What risk factors predispose people to these problems
Why not all elbow pain occurs in the elbow
Why tennis elbow is more common among recreational players than professional players
How lifters can avoid chronic elbow problems

Module 4 – Elbow Injury: Evaluation and Treatment

Understand the different types of elbow injuries
Learn How To Get A Thorough Examination And Evaluation Of Your Elbow
Understand the principles of elbow rehabilitation, as well as specific information on UCL injuries, valgus extension overload, ulnar neuropathy, epicondylitis, and more
Find out why and how the kinetic chain should be integrated into elbow treatment

Module 5 – Assessment and Management of Chest Restraints (Live Lab Demonstration)

Why, how and when to integrate neuromuscular control exercises into your rehabilitation and training programs
Learn the phases of correct development of neuromuscular control
Understand several progressions designed for maximum neuromuscular control

Module 6 – Assessment and Management of Muscular Imbalances in the Shoulder and Scapula (Live Lab Demonstration)

A step-by-step approach to integrating Nm pilot drills
How to Gradually Increase Your Drill Challenge to Maximize Nm Control Development
Know when to increase or decrease a given task

Module 7 – Evaluation and Control of Paddle Position (Live Lab Demonstration)

Understand if unilateral deadlift variations have the same benefits as unilateral squats
Understand that not all deadlifts are created equal.
Find out which body types are best suited for different deadlift styles
Evaluate various coaching tips you can use to improve your deadlift technique
Consider the differences between the deadlift and the first deadlift of the Olympic lifts

Module 8 – Evaluation and Treatment of Elbow Epicondylitis (Live Lab Demonstration)

Understand the need for non-linear speed and strength protocols
Assess the role of the right shoes in changing direction
Explore dozens of exercises and how they fit into the progression-regression continuum
Evaluate the annual transverse and frontal power planning model

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