Take It To The Wall Online Course

This course which is presented by Karen Sanzo, MS, PT, NCPT is designed to facilitate advanced thinking prior to advancing exercises. This course will provide you with a new awareness of the muscles that often lie dormant during many exercises. Discover the role of the hamstrings and gluteals during a bridge. What about that famous quadruped position? Learn how the hands can make a better connection to the shoulder. Research regarding motor control and spinal stabilization will be briefly reviewed. This course contains an online quiz/final examination that the student must pass to receive their certificate of completion and the NPCP CEC's.

Objectives:

1. Define open/closed chain exercises.
2. Experience how closing the chain can create different core connections.
3. Understand the role of hamstrings and gluteus maximus during hip extension forces or active hip extension. Includes review of firing patterns.
4. Discover ideal prop placement to enhance hip and shoulder opening.
5. Review phases of motor control.
6. Build an integrated wall exercise program from supine, quadruped, sitting and standing. CEU's: PHI 3 and NPCP 3

1. Online course enrollment is active for 2 weeks, extensions can be made on request.