IKN Approach - Level 1

In this two-day, 16-hour in-person seminar, the focus will be on merging applied neuroscience strategies with musculoskeletal and orthopedic rehabilitation to treat pain and movement-related issues. Our goal is to bridge the gap between these systems to create a comprehensive assessment and movement approach.

This seminar is open to anyone who is interested, including physiotherapists, chiropractors, massage therapists, personal trainers, occupational therapists, osteopaths, and medical doctors. Our goal is for you to leave with a framework of assessments along with strategies for interventions for the upper extremity, midline, and lower extremities.

The Details:

Date: 1-2 March, 2025
Location: 4D Health and Performance.  Lower Ground, 210 Clarence Street, Sydney NSW 2000.
Cost: $750
Morning tea, Lunch and afternoon tea are provided.

The Schedule:

Day 1
9:00am - 10:30am

IKN Approach Level 1

• ●  Key neuro-mechanical principles that govern movement control
• ●  Neurology of perturbed vs unperturbed movement
• ●  Neurology of pain & other protective mechanisms
• ●  Proximal & distal features of movement control

  10:30 - 10:45: Break 10:45am - 12:30pm

• ●  Lower Limb assessment & rehabilitation principles
• ●  Freezing & freeing framework
• ●  Proximal & distal neuro-mechanical considerations

  12:30 - 1:30pm: Lunch 1:30pm - 3:30pm

• ●  Assessment of lumbar spine, hip, knee, ankle & foot complexes
• ●  How to use a coordinative coupling lens
• ●  How to identify key entry points to treatment

  3:30 - 6:00pm

• ●  Practical rehabilitation/training strategies for lower limb conditions
• ●  How to sequence rehab using a distal to proximal framework
• ●  Designing rehab/treatment plans for common conditions
• ●  Case study examples

Day 2
9:00am - 10:30am

• ●  Assessment of neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist & hand complexes
• ●  How to use a coordinative coupling lens
• ●  How to identify key entry points to treatment

  10:30 - 10:45: Break 10:45am - 12:30pm

• ●  Practical rehabilitation/training strategies for upper limb conditions
• ●  How to sequence rehab using a distal to proximal framework
• ●  Designing rehabilitation plans for common conditions
• ●  Case study examples

  12:30 - 1:30pm: Lunch 1:30pm - 3:30pm

• ●  Bottom-up & top down neuromechanical features of the midline
• ●  Visual & vestibular interactions with spinal tissues
• ●  TMJ load capacity & its impact on head/neck load sharing
• ●  TMJ, Visual & vestibular assessments

  3:30 - 6:00pm

• ●  Practical rehabilitation/training strategies for TMJ, visual system, vestibular system & midline segments
• ●  Case study examples