Assessing Posture in Single Leg Stance - Mike Robertson and also Diane Lee and Linda-Joy Lee's Integrated Systems Model lecture at IFOMPT 2012

Mike Robertson

Every coach worth his salt probably realizes that you're always assessing your clients.

Sure, there's the initial screen or assessment where you try to determine what they do well, what limitations they have, etc.,

But at the end of the day, you really should be assessing your clients every second of every session with them.

In recent years, it seems as though static posture assessments get a bad rap.

Some people will tell you it's not dynamic. (These people are also proud owners of the Mr. Obvious award.)

Some will tell you it's not "functional."

And some will say it's not predictive of movement capacity.

I feel as though a static posture assessment is one component of the big-picture, and if you're doing more than the standard front, back and side pics, you can get some really high-quality information about the client standing in front of you.

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Diane Lee's lecture discussing the Integrated Systems Model at IFOMPT 2012

Head on over to Discover Physio and scroll to the bottom of the page for the video. Starting at the 14 minute mark LJ is evaluating and then working on correcting the thoracic rings with a cirque du soleil dancer doing a one arm hand stand which is pretty cool to see. They also show some great examples of the 'foot driven pelvis', 'thorax driven pelvis', and 'cervical driven shoulder'.