A full suite of both Static and Dynamic Assessments for our Closed Chain Biomechanics Of The Human Body In Motion Courses. Taught by Gary Ward.

Course contents

    1. Copy of Where Can I Purchase AiM Wedges From?

    2. What's Covered In This Assessment Course?

    3. Welcome

    4. Measuring Resting Pelvic Posture - (Sagittal Plane)

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    5. Measuring Resting Pelvic Posture - (Frontal Plane)

    6. Measuring Resting Pelvic Posture - (Transverse Plane)

    7. Measuring Resting Pelvic Posture - Document Your Findings

    8. Dynamic Pelvic Posture

    9. Resting Knee Posture - (Sagittal Plane)

    10. Resting Knee Posture - (Transverse Plane)

    11. Dynamic Knee Posture

    12. Resting Foot Posture - 3D Observation

    13. Dynamic & Resting Foot Posture - Foot Tripod

    14. Dynamic & Resting Foot Posture - Poor Mans Foot Scan (PMFS)

    15. Active & Passive Toe Dorsi Flexion

    16. Foot Bone Palpation - Medial Border Opening/Closing

    1. Resting Pelvis - Impact On Lumbar Spine

    2. Resting Spine & Skull Assessments

    3. Dynamic Spine & Skull Assessments

    4. Full Shoulder & Scapula Assessment

    1. Step One: Re-education Of A Pronating Leg & Wall Cogs

    2. Step Two: Re-education Of A Supinating Leg

    3. Step Three: Encouraging Leg Hip Hike & Left Leg Pronation

    4. Step Four: Encouraging A Left Leg Supination

    5. Final Reassessment

    6. Summary & Closing Comments

    7. Give Us Feedback and Receive your Certificate of Completion

    8. Student Evaluation & Feedback Form

Course Details

  • £119.00
  • 28 lessons
  • 3.5 hours of video content
  • Having worked through both the Closed Chain Lower Limb Biomechanics and the Upper Body Biomechanics in Motion courses, you may be wondering how to put the information learned together and into a coherent process for working with an individual.

Tell Me More About The Lower & Upper Body Assessment For Closed Chain Biomechanics Of The Human Body In Motion Course!


You will have looked at the 3D biomechanics of each joint and considered what is missing and how to restore the missing motion using the integrated movement patterns determined by the joint surface anatomy as discussed in the two courses. Now we bring to the table the idea of assessing the movements to specifically work out which movements are the movements required to restore the missing motion, teaching the body to Find Centre and create an environment for healing to take place.

In this course Gary assesses Harry’s pelvis, lumbar spine, thoracic spine, ribage, cervical spine and skull position as well as his scapulae and GHJ. Add to this Harry’s hips, knees, ankles and feet, introducing Gary’s “Poor Mans Footscan”.

It is also the first time that we bring the upper and lower body together and see how the two courses begin to talk to each other.

This course is designed to bring together our two online education courses while introducing a process of assessment and interaction to 1) enhance the thought process we work with at AiM and 2) the content of both of our courses.

The intention of this course is to take the joint anatomy and movements that we learnt in relation to the lower limb (pelvis, hip, knee, ankle, foot) and the Upper Body (pelvis, lumbar, thoracic, ribcage, cervical, skull, scapulae, shoulder, elbows, wrists) and begin to think beyond the concepts to develop usage of the system.

The purpose of the first two courses was to introduce closed chain biomechanics – things do not always work the same when standing up and in motion – so that you as a practitioner can begin to look for the specific anatomical motions that a person is able to do or that are missing in their every day movements.

  • Integrated into whole body movements, we get to see how the biomechanics come together to form natural movements based on the walking gait cycle. Is your patient able to move into a pronating leg shape? Are they not? How might we assess that?

  • Here, now, in this course, I introduce to you a way of assessing each structure and determining the movements that the body is capable of and not. The assessment is split into two elements: 1) Resting postural assessment of each joint in all three dimensions of potential & 2) Dynamic postural assessment of each joint in all three dimensions of potential.

  • This give us a resting posture of the pelvis, which should, for example, give us solid insight into the resting position of both the hips and the lumbar spine, while a dynamic assessment informs us of exactly how that person is able to move when the constraints of their resting posture

  • Think back to the movement spectrum that Gary drew up countless times already. If not centred, then how effective can a joint’s movement be? In essence we are assessing the person’s position on the spectrum of each joint and in each dimension. It’s static perceived centre position on that spectrum and it’s potential to move around it.

  • All of this informs us of movements we like to do, movements we favour, movements we rely on while contrasting to movement’s we avoid, movement’s we cannot access and movement’s we simply did not even know were possible.

  • Giving the body access to movement at each joint in all three dimensions creates the possibility for the body to reorganise itself around it’s new movement potential leading to postural change and freedom of movement.

  • Now we have moved into assessment, you may begin to realise that everything soon becomes an assessment, a game of consistently assessing and checking back to see what remains the same and what changed. Putting new movement into the system will always guide the body back to a more efficient, energy conserving and effective way of being.

CPD Certified Course

4 Hours of CPD points with this course

A CPD Certificate of Completion will be issued automatically on 100% course completion!

Student Testimonials

5 star rating

Brilliant course!

Afni Hamilton

Really useful- esp when getting specific muscles to engage in patients

Really useful- esp when getting specific muscles to engage in patients

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5 star rating

Excellent

Jay Park

Helpful to see assessments and corrections on students with varying physical differences - created understanding.

Helpful to see assessments and corrections on students with varying physical differences - created understanding.

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5 star rating

Top Notch As Always!

Linnea Rothenmaeier

This is probably about my third or fourth time going through this particular course (live in Santa Cruz 2020, Live in Tacoma 2023, and Online) and I always g...

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This is probably about my third or fourth time going through this particular course (live in Santa Cruz 2020, Live in Tacoma 2023, and Online) and I always get something new out of it. Thank you Gary!

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Eye opening stuff

John Dryburgh

The discovery of my feet and 'cog' relationship right up through the body has opened my eyes to so many things as a running coach and 'person of pain'. What...

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The discovery of my feet and 'cog' relationship right up through the body has opened my eyes to so many things as a running coach and 'person of pain'. What seems so intuitive (now) was hidden in plain sight before.

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About Gary Ward - Founder of Anatomy in Motion

I am Gary ward founder of Anatomy in Motion and creator of the Flow Motion Model ™. I'm the author of What The Foot & I teach, treat, travel and parent!

This work came about out of a deep curiosity of mine to understand HOW things move..... (read more)

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