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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Introduction: Summary/overview of a Biomechanics Coach</span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Sometimes during functional movement patterns we are simply grooving our body to compensate for our intrinsic biomechanical faults. What we should be doing is reducing the need to compensate by correcting the causes, not merely working around them.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">There are fundamental differences between the phases of most training philosophies and our programme. Many training programmes begin with ‘functional’ training, whereas our programme sees it as being closer to the end. It is important to understand our client’s physical readiness before planning an exercise programme. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">For over 30yrs we have studied the intrinsic biomechanics results of 4.5k subjects using iMoveFreely prescription to improve movement for all demographics of clients with a variety of goals. The results have been stunning and speak for themselves. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">As coaches and trainers we mostly miss out on any education in biomechanics. It is most commonly expected that clinicians will be the practitioner best placed to assess the neuro-musculoskeletal sub systems. Yet when we get a new client we can gain a huge advantage when we can assess their intrinsic biomechanics and use the results to guide our programming. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">We should always be challenging the latest ‘current’ thinking. Just because something new, like functional training and perhaps Pilates comes along to the industry, does that mean all the work you’re doing at the moment doesn’t work anymore? Of course not, it just means we have something else to integrate into what we are already doing, not necessarily discredit them.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The industry is often seduced by the ‘next big thing’, but invariably this is simply another way of achieving certain targets for your clients, not necessarily the ONLY way and it certainly doesn’t mean you should be forgetting what you were doing – unless it’s been directly disproven. Nothing should ever be done in isolation, as the exercise model suggests, a series of progressions is the most effective way to progress exercise.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">We should focus our attention to real issues, and using all the proven methodologies available to us, answer questions like:</span>
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 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">  Apart from increasing the number of reps and sets, how should I be progressing my client’s exercise programmes?</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">  Why choose one particular exercise over another that seemingly does the same thing?</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">  Should I be using gym balls in their training and if so, when?</span></li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">  Should I be using machines anymore? Are they ‘functional’? Does that matter?</span></li>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">It is often difficult to answer these questions for all our clients with any degree of honesty and accuracy with the assessments that are in place at the moment. Until the industry’s understanding of intrinsic biomechanics and its implications to exercise prescription is better understood our exercise prescription will not be as good or as safe as it should be.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Something we can find challenging when coaching movement, is getting a balance between trying to change the lines of symmetry and simply letting the client MOVE the way their body needs or wants to because of how they are stacked up on the inside.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">…and in some cases that would be correct BUT consider this…</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">What if our client has been sitting at their desk all day and comes to our session with a ‘functional’ twist at their pelvis? Something neither are aware of. This can be caused by their ‘intrinsic biomechanics’ adapting to that sedentary static desk posture, with muscles potentially compensating with a  subclinical spasm. This can in turn limit the movement at the joints thus creating the ‘impression’ of a longer limb when one side of the pelvis is ‘stuck’ rotated forward and down. This can result in a </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">deliberate</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> compensation by the body (a true master of compensation) requiring the knee to buckle inwards to allow the body to descend into a squat without hurting the lower back; for example. In this instance it may not be prudent to coach our client to push the knee out even if it is buckling in!</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">So how on earth are we supposed to KNOW what is simply poor technique and what is in fact a result of the way their intrinsic biomechanics are stacked up??</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Ideally we have screening skills to identify what their intrinsic biomechanics are like before we train their movement/s. This then guides us on which techniques are good for them on that day and which might create a problem.  </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">This could be as simple as performing a range and symmetry test, then introducing an anti spasm or muscle energy technique, like the 4 Sign. Then perform the test again and if the result has improved this advises your programming for that session. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">We all appreciate the body is a complex series of structures and tissues so it can often be quite overwhelming when you are trying to decide where to start and how to proceed. This is where Biomechanics Coaching fits beautifully into place.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Biomechanics Coaches use a system to help mitigate the injury risk of our athletes and clients</span><b><i>.</i></b> <span style="font-weight: 400;"> Using an evidence-based system of screening and PREhabilitation exercise programme.  We have shifted the paradigm to create a system that is modular and applicable to all other forms of exercise prescription.  This will empower us to truly understand the root cause of our population’s many injuries.  The Diploma in Biomechanics Coaching&#x2122; is designed to achieve this goal and to provide you with the ability to train your clients for optimal performance while reducing the risk of injury.  With a huge number of the UK population still unmotivated to engage in regular exercise, we must address the powerful way in which pain and discomfort contribute to this statistic. </span>

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<h1><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 3 phase system:</span></h1>
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<h2><b>Preparation &amp; Capacity</b></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">This first phase is based on the fact that muscles, joints and nerves all affect each other and so it provides techniques to affect each system. The initial series of techniques consists of anti spasm exercises based on Ribot-Ciscar’s work (Jiri Dvorak had the same results from similar studies) using a specific muscle energy technique. There is also a series of nerve mobilisation techniques based on David Butler’s work. These are followed by the ‘pure’ joint mobilisation techniques that isolate (as much as we can) the parts that don’t move so freely. These are modified from much of what is seen in our industry today, which is ‘combined’ movements where the body is effectively allowed to </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">cheat</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to produce the required movement.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The aim of this first phase of preparation restores an individual’s capacity around the pelvis, spine and shoulders so that they are level and moving freely, or correctly, for that individual.</span>
<h2><strong>Stability &amp; Control</strong></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">This secondary phase of training for stability and control requires phase one’s preparation to give the spine it’s alignment and capacity. This safety conscious methodology means that risk is reduced when performing any variation of core strength work. Coming out of the first phase we advise this is the perfect time to initiate a 3 step approach specific to promote a ‘grooving out’ of the ‘new’ level and moving position of the pelvis, spine and shoulders.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Starting with Step 1 principles based on evidence shown by Haines, McGill, Matthews and Cholwewicki’s with work on a series of periodised neuromuscular core training progressions, which are in the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">continuum of exercise</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> progressions. To follow this with Step 2 McGill’s isometric core ratio testing would give a good base of support around the entire trunk. Finally, the more advanced Step 3 functional stability screens allow us to confidently create stability and control while performing more compound moves taking your clients into their final phase of function and performance.</span>
<h2><strong>Function &amp; Performance</strong></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">This 3rd function and performance phase takes into account strengthening of the pelvis, shoulders, knees and feet to allow better ‘function’. With specific assessments based on joint strength ratios of these areas. Here we consider more sport specific movements and (potentially) pre-orthotic conditioning on top of a solid foundation. All of which reduces risk and optimises performance ability.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">(Matthews &amp; Norris, 2008 &amp; Krabak &amp; Kennedy, 2008)</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">For the muscle work in the preparation phase we focus on muscle energy techniques, but the other phases will take us through the full Prepare-Perform Conditioning process.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">As you progress through the workshops you will see the screens and the exercises evolve, as will the timing of their prescription. By the end of the series you will be assessing the biomechanical profile of all your clients’ relevant body parts each time they come back for a screening.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">NOTE : the preparation exercises will only be prescribed in the first instance until the results dictate progress. Once the pelvis and spine are level and moving, the focus can shift to exercising other body parts. It is important to mention if the preparation exercises do not manage the pelvic issues within 3-6 weeks, progression to the next phase is advised.</span>

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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">What qualifications do you need?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The key aspects for entry into this Diploma are level 3 A&amp;P and the ability to gain insurance for exercise prescription. So</span><a href="https://www.futurefit.co.uk/personal-training-courses/level-3-personal-trainer-course/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> L3 Personal trainer,</span></a> <a href="https://www.futurefit.co.uk/strength-conditioning-courses/level-3-strength-conditioning/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">S&amp;C Coach</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://www.futurefit.co.uk/pilates-courses/level-3-mat-pilates-instructor-course/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">L3 Pilates </span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">or Yoga and also </span><a href="https://www.futurefit.co.uk/sports-massage-courses/level-3-sports-massage-course/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">L3 Sports therapists</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> may apply.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Once you have these qualifications, you will be able to study the Diploma in Biomechanics Coaching. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Finding a Biomechanics Coach can sometimes be daunting, but the important thing to remember is those qualified in this field will have extensive knowledge and understanding in intrinsic biomechanics. You can always use the Biomechanics Coach map locator </span><a href="https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-education-coach-map/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here.</span></a>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Using the Biomechanics Coach map locator here: https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-education-coach-map/</span>

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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why do people want a Biomechanics Coach?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Individuals are either seeking performance optimisation or they are experiencing recurring injuries that medical professionals seem unable to solve with clinical interventions. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Biomechanics Education Ltd is convinced that our Diploma in Biomechanics Coaching  provides you with the greatest potential to engage your target demographic. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The foundations of the </span><b>intrinsic</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> biomechanics model derives from extensive research spanning 20 years. We have tested over 4,000 individuals using isokinetic machines; lumbar motion monitors and video analysis in order to better understand </span><b>intrinsic</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> biomechanical structures. To validate this work, we performed retrospective studies by analysing patterns between determined biomechanical issues and injury records. Further research identified two key findings: (a) which manual screens correlated the highest with the lab tests; and (b) which exercises managed them most effectively. Lastly, and to ensure the programs were consistent with progressive research, we performed an extensive literature review on work by global research leaders and authors in the field of biomechanics such as Twomey, Taylor, McGill, Gracovetsky, Vleeming, Nachenson, Hewitt and Janda.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Subsequently, a pilot study was conducted that examined 30 patients with long term absenteeism related to back injury. The persons spinal function was measured using a lumbar motion monitor and a series of corrective exercises were prescribed in-line with the principles of our </span><b>intrinsic</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> biomechanics model. Re-testing took place six weeks later, at which point the average improvement in functional capacity was 141%. Westfield Occupational Health and Hart Owens Insurance Company independently verified this study. By comparison, typical improvements in functional capacity following six weeks of physical therapy are measured at 39% (published in the New England Journal of Medicine 1998).</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">We have designed a cohesive and scalable education programme that can be delivered in a variety of ways and to an infinite demographic. This enables a technical subject to be delivered in a simple and efficient manner to individuals and groups. Our philosophy is simple: To convey the importance of </span><b>intrinsic</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> biomechanics to our learners and to educate in such a way that makes immediate implementation possible, while complementing existing and accepted practices.</span>

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