Chuck Wolf

Chuck Wolf will be presenting three unique workshops in the first week of May 2012. Take advantage of the Workshop Package price in attending all three workshops:

Workshop One: Flexibility Highways in Motion - Friday May 4, 2012

Workshop Two: Human Motion::We Move Different than we are Trained! - Saturday May 5, 2012

Workshp Three: Low Back Considerations and Functional Solutions - May 6, 2012

Please visit the course details for further descriptions of each workshop. 

Explore the impact of the feet, hips, and thoracic spine on low back biomechanics. Attendees will develop functional strategies to improve conditions such as sacroiliac dysfunction, low back pain, spinal fusion, scoliosis, spinal stenosis, and the chain reaction upon spinal movements. Learn a regressive to progressive approach to improve functional strength and return to play for clients with back pain.

Learning Outcomes: 

• Learn the architectural structure of the spine
• Learn how the “Big Rocks” of movement (foot function, ankle dorsiflexion, pelvic motion, and thoracic spine actions) affect the low back 
• How does the lower extremity, the upper extremity, affect the low back, and why should we train them together?
• Understand the 6 Flexibility Highways, the Anterior, Posterior, Lateral, Anterior & Posterior X-Factors, and the Turnpike
• Develop strategies for movement progressions to enhance the back strength and function
• Develop an application to how limitations create compensations which led to sub-optimal performance and possible injury
• Appreciate considerations of regression movements before progressing a client
• To develop integrated movement patterns for all demographics ranging from special populations to high level athletes

Early Bird Fee HK$1,600 before March 15, 2012. Three day package workshop fee HK$4,500. Regular fee HK$2,000 on March 15, 2012 per workshop.

The integrated chain action of the human body requires an understanding of how the body moves from the ground up. The majority of textbooks and programs break the chain and create a link action of isolated movements that are independent of adjacent joints. This session will explore how the muscles decelerate and stabilize motion before it produces force in a propulsive manner. For example, the attendees will discover how the hamstrings have hardly any flexion moment in true human motion. Those attending this session will leave with a different perspective on how the body moves.

Early Bird Fee HK$1,600 before March 15, 2012. Three day package workshop fee HK$4,500. Regular fee HK$2,000 on March 15, 2012 per workshop.

Joints and soft tissue inherently possess a mobility and stability quality. When a joint or soft tissue has had prolonged immobility, the proprioceptors become desensitized. Stretching a joint or soft tissue only captures mobility but not necessarily stability. In fact, if the soft tissues cannot control the increased range of motion, the client may be set up for increased risk of injury. Flexibility Highways has examined the 6 integrated chain relationships that is dependent upon the partnership of adjacent muscle groups to attain optimal function and performance. Flexibility Highways in Motion matches movement pattern progressions that enhance the proprioceptors of the soft tissue to maintain strength within each of the 6 Flexibility Highways and enrich movement performance.

Learning Objectives:

• How does the lower extremity affect the upper extremity, and why should we train them together? 
• Understand the 6 Flexibility Highways, the Anterior, Posterior, Lateral, Anterior & Posterior X-Factors, and the Turnpike 
• Develop strategies for movement progressions to enhance the Flexibility Highways. 
• Develop an application to how limitations create compensations which led to sub-optimal performance and possible injury. 
• Appreciate considerations of regression movements before progressing a client.

Early Bird Fee HK$1,600 before March 15, 2012. Three day package workshop fee HK$4,500. Regular fee HK$2,000 on March 15, 2012 per workshop.