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Integral Human Gait workshops
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with Cynthia Allen, GCFP
Senior Trainer in Movement Intelligence and
Co-Creator of Integral Human GaitTM theory
Clients show up with all kinds of complaints from foot to head. And the standard of practice is to mostly remedy these through local stretching and strengthening exercises. If you are a manual therapist, it is likely you still work at a more local level to solve the “problem.”
If you are the exception to the above, FANTASTIC. And still, I think I have some pretty cool tricks up my sleeve to share with you.
Each human being is a whole that operates as a complex system. And we need to attend to the whole as well as the parts and their intricate interaction.
While local treatment can often get our clients out of pain and get them on their “feet” pretty quickly, it rarely addresses the underlying patterns of daily use, keeping the client in a repeating pattern of injury and misuse over time.
⚠️ MIND BENDING ALERT: ⚠️
The single most important thing we can include for clients (besides decreasing pain) is an upgrade in their walking.
Why? Gait is the most effective and efficient way of feeding our entire system. When we walk more, we feed every system of the body. When we walk better, we feed ourselves good food.
“Quality Walking is Quality Medicine”
Cynthia Allen
Here is the rub. A lot of us don’t know what to look for in gait. We often look at the pelvis down. An assessment should include at least these elements:
- Available weightshift over each leg in mid-stance
- Counter rotation of the girdles
- The 3 planes of motion in each girdle
- Pelvic retraction
- Knee valgus, varus, and hyperextension
- Initial contact, weight acceptance and push off in the foot as well as pronation or supination
Gait Unlocked
- Saturday, August 5
- 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. EDT/New York
- For Movement Professionals
- Can’t attend live? No problem, you will have lifetime access to the replay
What else?
An assessment should also include the client becoming aware of what they do.
This doesn’t mean telling them what they do. It means EMPOWERING them to DISCOVER what they do without judgment or shame. This is the set-up for making positive forward motion within the assessment itself.
We will start with Ruthy Alon’s Bones for Life® process called Bicycle. You receive this lesson to do on your own time prior to our live session.This was my inspiration for the assessment.
Within the class, I will demonstrate how I brought this process off the floor to upright and developed a checklist that you can also use to quickly get a handle on your client’s pattern and entry points for improvement.
This material can be used with the independently mobile as well as those using a walking cane or trekking poles. I have used it successfully for those using a walker or needing parallel bars.
You will also learn:
- A new take on an old stretch that will improve knees and ankles while allowing clearer weight transfer.
- A super effective way of working with hip extension and lumbar neutrality during mid-stance (and therefore also reducing knee valgus)
- The vital importance of getting our clients in prone and quadruped positions which is too often avoided.
Carol Montgomery and Cynthia Allen have been partnering for 20 years to hone a unique blend of science, traditional rehab and somatic education for a deeper understanding that you will get anywhere else.
Whatever your background, PT, OT, LMT, Personal trainer, Somatics, Kinesiology, Body Worker — you will find some important keys for increasing client success.
About The Instructors
Carol Montgomery, PT, MSPT, GCFP
Co-Creator of Integral Human Gait theory
Carol A. Montgomery is co-creator of Integral Human Gait™ theory and principle instructor in the Gait for Wild Human Potential workshop. Founder and owner of Montgomery Somatics, Inc., a private physical therapy and somatic education practice, she is dedicated to initiating paradigm shifts in the fields of healthcare, wellness and movement. In addition to a Master of Science degree in Physical Therapy, she is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and Movement Intelligence Senior Trainer. She also has extensive training and certification in Gestalt and Integrative Psychotherapy. Carol has over 30 years of practice and teaching experience with professional healthcare providers, physical therapy students and the public.
Cynthia Allen, GCFP
Co-Creator of Integral Human Gait theory
And Senior Trainer in Movement Intelligence
Cynthia Allen is one of the most experienced Bones for Life® trainers in North America. She has been working in holistic practices, health care management and organizational consulting for over 35 years. She is a Certified Feldenkrais® practitioner, Senior Trainer in Movement Intelligence and Certified Bones for Life® Teacher/Trainer. Cynthia, along with Carol Montgomery, is also co-creator of Integral Human Gait theory.
Cynthia trains and certifies Movement Intelligence teachers around the world. She has a keen interest in reducing chronic pain and increasing pleasure through awareness and movement.
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