<span style="font-weight: 400;">What an exhilarating event… yet again! </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Elevate was a fantastic two days of talks, networking and gaining insights into what is happening in our sector. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Future Fit group were once again Elevate’s Education Partner and wow some of the talks on the Thought Leaders stage were really fascinating this year. It was so great to see some of my Biomechanics Coaches there too. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">‘Intrinsic Biomechanics - The missing piece of the jigsaw for PTs?’ was the title of my session. I named it this because this is what all my learners feedback to me after they experience our face to face workshops. Gaining that deeper appreciation for the human body really boosts their confidence in every other skill they previously learned, while adding more to it. It connects all the dots and becomes the missing link between all their previous training. Learning how the body functions as an integrated system helps PTs to work more efficiently, effectively and most of all confidently, with their clients. </span>

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<h3><b>What happened during the session? </b></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">During my talk I made sure to interact with the audience, starting by inviting all of the them to squat with me to see how different we all are. I then invited them all to stand, roll their right foot inward to see how the body is integrated when all the way up to the opposite shoulder moved as a result of the foot roll! Then I invited one attendee onto the stage to demonstrate this again. As he stood upright, I simply pushed his big toe upwards and everyone could see his hips rock and his shoulders swing. These simple yet powerful interactions really engaged the audience and offered examples of why it’s important to always have the integrated system in mind when working with a client. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Next I coached the entire group to try a pelvic function test on themselves while seated, invited the ones who were positive (failed) to stand and almost everyone stood up. So I taught the entire group an iMoveFreely muscle energy technique (MET) and asked them to re-test, inviting those who felt or saw a change to stand again and almost 85% stood up amazed. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Finally I asked for a volunteer to demonstrate a mini screen. While he lay supine, I asked the audience to come and watch each measurement. Leg length discrepancy, pelvic function and a shoulder test. While he did have asymmetries, we did the MET on one shoulder and when I retested they saw how all of the tests had improved. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">We had proved it over and over again with very simply physical demonstrations of how the entire body is integrated, connected and influenced even by the joints furthest away. </span>

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<h3><b>Why did I choose this subject? </b></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The reason I’m so passionate about this field is because as a sector we are not perceived as, nor do we feel, academic or respected in the way our allied healthcare peers are. Understandably too based on our educational system. Yet the beauty of our education system allows non-academic individuals (like me) to gain access to a career relatively easily without the required degree level struggle and huge cost many might experience.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">However we can prove our value easily with these intrinsic biomechanics tests and iMoveFreely interventions (that come from clinical practice) using them as prevention and prediction of risk tools.  </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the most interesting and exciting aspects about my session was the audience that came. Personal trainers, gym owners and pilates teachers were sitting next to podiatrists, scientists, paramedics, firemen and sports therapists. THIS is exactly my vision of how united our sectors should look. It was an emotional experience and always is for me when this happens, which regularly happens during my workshops too.  </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">While being hybrid can help us better understand each other, it makes far more sense to do what we do really well instead of trying to do everything alone. It's a confident practitioner who refers a paying client away and I want to encourage it. </span>

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<h3><b>So, what does this mean? </b></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Well, maybe finally things are changing, maybe we are crossing paths more, maybe there are some who agree with my vision and maybe, just maybe, we can start to improve all of our roles by working collaboratively rather than competitively. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Elevate seems to be steering this idea and I know for a fact that the Future Fit Group is, because it's the reason we joined forces. I believe strongly that Biomechanics Coaching is the solution and is the missing link for movement solutions for so many modern ailments. It’s also the missing link between sectors, allowing personal trainers to be taken seriously and feel confident in their ability to communicate within a multidisciplinary team.</span>