Movement Education

 
 

For Physical Therapists

Optimal Kinetics is currently in development of CEU courses & accreditation for PTs and PTAs licensed in the state of Louisiana. If you would like to be notified of upcoming courses, please add you email to our list serve.

Courses in development:

  • Holistic Physical Therapy Evaluation: The Optimal Kinetics Approach to move beyond Standard of Care

  • Integrative Treatment: The Optimal Kinetics Approach to Creative Movement Improvement

  • Optimal Kinetics Practice Model: Creating a 1st-Party payment model in a 3rd-party payment world.

  • Innovative Physical Therapy Practice Models: Beyond the Traditional Perceptions of what PT Practice “should be”

  • Language Matters: A Creative Exploration of Professional Communication and Practical Tools to Improve Verbal Cueing of Movement

  • STOP SAYING ALTERNATIVE PRACTICE and other Pet Peeves from a diverse collection of PTs who practice beyond the traditional

  • Dynamic Neurocognitive Imagery (aka The Franklin Method): see ABOUT page

For Fitness/Wellness Professionals

Optimal Kinetics has over 12 years providing movement education to Fitness/Wellness Professionals. Whether you are a Movement-based Certification School, an owner of a Fitness/Wellness facility, or a sole proprietor, Optimal Kinetics has you covered with an inclusive collection of evidence-based movement education to support your needs.

Examples of Fitness/Wellness Professionals we educate:

  • Pilates Instructors

  • Yoga Instructors

  • Personal Trainers

  • Group Fitness Instructors

  • Corporate Fitness

Examples of Course Offerings:

  • Anatomy & Physiology for Fitness Professionals

  • Kinesiology & Exercise Physiology: Principles of Human Movement Education

  • Screening Assessments for Fitness Professionals

  • Movement Modifications for Special Populations

  • “Complicated Clients:” How to set personal and professional boundaries

  • Scope of Practice: Understanding the differences between certification and licensure

  • Creating a symbiotic and mutually beneficial relationship with Health Care Providers in your community.

  • Language Matters: Creative cueing for Movement Professionals

For the Community

Optimal Kinetics is continually looking for ways to educate and interact with our community of human movers. We are constantly in development of new & exciting ways to empower individuals to learn about their bodies and how to take care of their own well-being. Our community educational classes employ experiential kinesthetic learning principles, which just means you are learning by doing. Just as you receive an Instruction Manual for consumer products, we consider our classes a way to provide people with an “Instruction Manual for Moving Bodies”.