OPTIMIZING MOVEMENT
- Comera Group
- Jun 14, 2023
- 1 min read
4th November 2014
American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has adopted ‘optimizing movement’ as its vision for physical therapy profession and advocates the movement system to be the core of physical therapist practice, education and research.
for further details see here http://www.apta.org/Vision/
Kinetic Control is promoting the professional identity of a physiotherapists with the concepts of movement system based assessment, diagnosis and management.
The professional identity of a physiotherapist in future will be defined by their ability to perform a movement system based assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
Kinetic Control provides an evidence based process for the assessment and retraining of uncontrolled movement. This includes the ‘movement control tests’ and tests for motor control. Kinetic Control approach is a comprehensive framework of movement control assessment and treatment that enables the therapists to assess, diagnose, classify and retrain uncontrolled movement to manage pain, improve function, correct impairments and prevent recurrence.
The alignment between Kinetic Control’s framework and the APTA vision for "optimizing movement" as the core of physical therapy is a significant milestone for the profession. Shifting the focus toward movement system-based diagnosis really elevates the role of the therapist in managing long-term health rather than just treating symptoms. Exploring the social and historical impact of such professional shifts is a common topic where an Online Humanities Assignment Help Service in Australia could help students articulate the evolution of healthcare identities. Focusing on uncontrolled movement as a classification for pain management is a very logical approach. Do you feel that the broader medical community is becoming more receptive to this movement-first diagnostic approach compared to ten years ago?