Athletic Sustainabilty: First Principles of Movement
My mentor, Dr Craig Liebenson, is unveiing his refined approach to both treating patients and training his practitioners. I am really excited to be part of this journey. It redefines what it means to treat a patient. The goal will be to not only get someone out of pain, but to teach them to regain functionality and then to optimize movement patterns as they evolve and grow as a functional human being designed for movement. The following is Dr Craig’s initial description of how he plans to do this:
“By keeping Athletic Sustainability we will ensure a gradual transition to our new name FIRST PRINCIPLES OF MOVEMENT (FPM).
FPM adheres to a scientific approach while honoring the need for art & craft. The evidence based goals of reassurance & reactivation are how we bridge the gap from science to the clinic or gym as we guide Health Promotion & Performance Enhancement experts to achieve the following goals –
- Return to Participation
- Return to Sport
- Return to Sustainable, Optimal Performance
Our focus remains on the principles required for efficient integration of the many schools of thought and popular systems. However, it is crucial to offer a scientific framework to help people connect the dots in both a scalable and individualized (N=1) way. Our principles are simple. Basically just 4.
1. Understand how to communicate the meaning of pain (e.g. hurt vs harm)
- History: yellow flags beliefs & attitudes
- History & examination of baseline pain triggers
2. First move well (communicate the WHY behind the WHAT) then add volume
- Examination & remediation of baseline “weak links” or painless motor control dysfunction
- Dynamic System Theory using variability (environment, taks & individual) & gamification to improve problem-solving & transferability
3. Find the hardest thing a person does well
- Slow cook fitness so fitness>fatigue with a buffer zone for chaos
- Bridge the gap from the current capacity shortfall to the required capacity for the specific demand (relatable goal)
4. Regional Interdependence
- Don’t treat the site of symptoms
- Address the biomechanical source of overload in kinetic chain following the CAP
Our path is about empathy & compassion. We want to give tangible hope & an achievable plan at a time where it is recognized that current practices (excessive passive care, medication, imaging & surgery is of low-value). The principles and process we teach is simple yet powerful enough to connect the dots between the overwhelming choices people have today so as to give confidence to health & performance experts regardless of what system(s) they currently employ.”
Stay tuned for more as it becomes available!