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The clinical pathway draws on our 25 years of research and practice in movement science to help clinicians to improve their skills in movement assessment and retraining. ​ This pathway is built around our Kinetic Control education series and is trusted by clinicians across the world. We have delivered our clinical education in over 45 countries and online. THE CLINICAL PATHWAY Anchor 1 BUILT ON KINETIC CONTROL Our clinical pathway is built on our Kinetic Control clinical reasoning framework, which is informed by over 25 years of research and practice. Our clinical education will help you to reason through patient presentations, manage pain and recurrence of pain, and improve function and performance. ​ You can find out more about the Kinetic Control framework here . KINETIC CONTROL COURSES We offer courses across the world, in both online and face-to face formats and in multiple languages. Our courses are delivered by our experienced network of tutors and each cover the application of the Kinetic Control clinical reasoning framework in a different context, combining theoretical and practical elements to help you integrate KC principles into your practice. ​ You can see upcoming courses here , or apply to host one here . KINETIC CONTROL CATALOGUE Our testing and retraining catalogue is an invaluable tool for clinicians, allowing them to design a tailor-made movement retraining programme for patients. ​ The catalogue contains a comprehensive library of movement retraining videos which will help clinicians to deliver full and targeted interventions, as well as tests of co-ordination efficiency and observation of preferred movement patterns. You can buy the catalogue here and watch a short demo with Mark Comerford here . BECOME A KCMT As one of our certified Kinetic Control Movement Therapists (KCMTs), you'll integrate the Kinetic Control clinical reasoning system fully into your practice, join a worldwide network of practitioners and gain association with our globally recognised brand. ​ To become a KCMT, you'll first need to have completed The Movement Solution One or one of our modular pathways. You can find out more about becoming a KCMT or apply here . MENTORSHIP FROM SENIOR KCATS For those on the KCMT or KCAT routes who would like some additional coaching or support, we offer mentorship sessions with Senior KCATs. ​ ​ These highly experienced tutors are well positioned to support learners through the process of learning Kinetic Control, identify areas for coaching in learners' skillset and provide bespoke and practical support. You can book in a mentorship session here . TELEHEALTH WITH KAREN FINNIN ​ We've partnered with renowned telehealth expert Karen Finnin to provide a range of courses that will help clinicians to move their practice online. ​ Karen is a telehealth pioneer who founded Australian telehealth provider Online Physio in 2011. She has since become a respected expert in the telehealth space. Read more about our courses and mentorship options here . SPARK MOTION Spark Motion is an innovative, HIPAA compliant motion analysis system which provides a powerful toolkit for users looking to capture and analyse movement patterns, both in a performance and clinical setting. ​ The system was developed by clinicians with over 100 years' combined experience and both iPhone and iPad versions are available for ease of use. Learn more here . DIGITAL CAMPUS ​ Our digital campus provides a wide variety of e-learning that you can use to supplement our in-person and tutor led courses. Many of our users find this a more accessible and affordable way to access our education. Research has also shown that it can increase retention when used as part of a blended learning approach. On this page , you can find a variety of e-learning products to suit different audiences.

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< Team Tina Lin Kinetic Control Tutor, MSP Tutor Senior Tutor Note English, Mandarin Note Taiwan Book mentoring with Tina > SUMMARY Tina believes ‘Movement Health’ is the ultimate answer for people to be able to live their lives independently, full of dignity and choice. She is passionate about helping medical and health practitioners cross language barriers to learn the Kinetic Control (KC) process and gain confidence in using this system for different types of patients. BIOGRAPHY Based on the fundamental concepts of KC and her unique training background in critical care, Tina predominantly works as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist, integrating everything in her clinician’s toolbox with a wide range of clients, to optimize their quality of life by managing pain, limiting recurrence and enhancing function. On her way to becoming a multidisciplinary professional, she realized that only when people can restore health in their movement can they realize the full potential of intensive rehabilitation programs so as to reduce the musculoskeletal complications that can decrease their quality of life. In this journey, Tina found Kinetic Control as giving her the systemised framework to achieve this clinical goal. Completing her BSc in Physiotherapy from National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan, Tina is also a licensed practitioner of Pilates for rehabilitation. She first worked in a hospital well-known for providing premier cardiovascular surgery and critical care. During her work there, she realized that after open-heart surgery, many patients suffer from restriction of movement because of pain and scar tissue. This restriction not only makes them fail to complete their cardiac rehabilitation program but also causes musculoskeletal sequalae that subsequently influence their whole life, even though their heart structure has recovered. By implementing the systemised clinical framework that is KC, she could optimize her patients’ outcomes through a more holistic program. Visit https://www.facebook.com/tinalinPT for more information.

KC MAP Find a Kinetic Control Movement Therapist (KCMT) or Kinetic Control Accredited Tutor (KCAT) near you. FIND A KCMT FIND A KCAT KCMT KINETIC CONTROL MOVEMENT THERAPISTS Kinetic Control Movement Therapists (KCMTs) are clinicians who have successfully completed a comprehensive series of Kinetic Control education > As accredited KCMTs, clinicians join the growing ranks of professionals who recognise the value of Movement Health and application of the Kinetic Control clinical reasoning framework. Apply to become a KCMT > ​ Find our global network of KCMTs using the map below: KCAT KINETIC CONTROL ACCREDITED TUTOR Kinetic Control Accredited Tutors (KCATs) have a comprehensive skillset, both clinically and as an educator. You'll deliver our clinically backed programme of Kinetic Control education to fellow professionals and join a community of clinicians and educators dedicated to improving Movement Health worldwide. ​ Apply to become a KCAT > ​ Find our global network of KCATs using the map below:

ABOUT COMERA MOVEMENT SCIENCE Originally founded in 1995 by Mark Comerford and Dr Sarah Mottram, our goal is to bring Movement Health & Excellence to the Movement Community, through our carefully crafted education and tools. Since our inception, we have developed and crafted our products: Kinetic Control , The Performance Matrix , and Movement Science Practitioner , to enhance the skills of practitioners across the world, increase their efficiency, improve patient progress and productivity, and elevate their success. In 2016, we joined the Comera Group which enabled us to extend our international reach and delivery capability. Since 2020 we have incorporated online and hybrid learning alongside our face-to-face training and services, while developing successful partnerships with companies such as Dynamic Tape , Wibbi , and Karen Finnin , allowing us to embrace a wider range of movement science expertise. We believe that robust Movement Health is a key component of a healthy, happy life. Through movement assessment and retraining, our tools help individuals to achieve the best quality of life for a lifetime of activity, performance, and participation.​ We can’t achieve our goals alone, which is why we rely on our international team of tutors , clinicians, and specialists to teach our methods, challenge the status quo, and promote our ‘movement matters’ message. LEARN MORE TEAM ORGANISERS TUTORING

CHOOSE YOUR SOLUTION ‘The Right Tools for the Right Task’ We recognise that everyone moves differently; we’ve therefore created education, tools, and support accessible for all movement professions. For Physios, Therapists, Clinicians A comprehensive education series built around a clinical reasoning framework, with movement assessment and retraining at its heart. THE PERFORMANCE MATRIX For All Movement Professions Our movement assessment platform, designed to help you profile clients and guide movement interventions. TUTORING & MENTORSHIP For All Movement Professions Interested in teaching our content or receiving one-on-one mentoring? Explore our mentoring and tutoring pathways. For PT's, Instructors & Fitness Professionals Our education series designed to improve your observation, cueing, and understanding of your clients’ movement and in so doing, deliver bespoke movement retraining interventions. EXERCISE SOFTWARE For All Movement Professions Through our many partnerships, we offer additional state-of-the-art exercise software, catalogues, and supporting education. LEARN ONLINE For All Movement Professions Explore our education series online. Expand your knowledge with specialist education pieces from experts in their fields.

< Team Pablo Marinho Kinetic Control Tutor, MSP Tutor Senior Tutor Note English, Portuguese, Spanish Note Spain Book mentoring with Pablo > "The ability to restore my clients' lost movement choices has revolutionised my clinical practice" SUMMARY As an experienced movement control specialist and educator, Pablo Marinho has taken the Kinetic Control courses and principles across the world over the last 10 years. His clinical practice has focused on elite performers from a wide range of backgrounds including ultra and long-distance runners, triathletes, football players and throwers. BIOGRAPHY Pablo has accrued extensive clinical mileage across the performance spectrum from the weekend warrior to the elite athlete. This movement centred approach has been used in a variety of athlete development programs in a variety of sport disciplines. For the past decade, he has been a frequent speaker at National and International Congresses, remaining committed to placing movement at the heart of all movement therapists’ patient and client management strategies. This goal ensures Pablo remains highly informed on contemporary developments within the science of Movement Health whilst also pursuing ever more innovative methods to bring success to the business of movement within clinical practice around the world. He has relocated from Brazil to Europe, allowing him to meet the demands of his ever-increasing pivotal role within the Comera Movement Science team as a tutor, presenter, and clinician.

< Back BECOME AN MSP TUTOR Our tutor network helps us to deliver Movement Science Practitioner education across the world. MSP tutors are true experts in Movement Science Practitioner, with years of experience in the fitness and wellness space and the training required to pass these skills onto others. ​ In becoming an MSP tutor, you'll build a comprehensive skillset, both clinically and as an educator. You'll deliver our research backed programme of MSP education to fellow professionals worldwide and join a community of fitness and wellness professionals dedicated to improving Movement Health worldwide. ​ Whether you're already an educator or looking to become one, Movement Science Practitioner is a great way to make money teaching. You'll gain access to a globally recognised brand, alongside the confidence that your course materials are backed by 25 years of research and practice. You can start the process here. THE ROAD TO QUALIFICATION To ensure that our education is always delivered to the highest standard, we maintain a robust programme of training and qualification for potential tutors. Here's how it works: QUALIFY IN MSP All of our tutors must first qualify in Movement Science Practitioner . Doing so will ensure that you have a firm grounding in MSP control principles and practice. MSP TUTOR COURSE Our MSP tutor course will begin the transition from practitioner to tutor. This course comprises three 3-hour modules delivered by a senior MSP tutor where you'll learn how to teach, polish your knowledge of MSP material and even participate in practical elements such as micro-teaches. MSP TUTOR MENTORING To further prepare you for the qualification process, we can provide mentoring from one of our existing MSP Tutors . These experienced educators have years of experience in their field and can provide valuable insights to candidates. TRAIN THE TRAINER Before taking the KCAT exam, we'll ask you to take our rigorous ' teaching solution ' course. This rigorous online course is a recognised Level 3 qualification and will give you a firm grounding in teaching best practice. This course is mandatory for all Comera trainers. MSP TUTOR EXAM The final step of qualification is our MSP tutor exam . This will test your knowledge and skills against our rigorous assessment framework. Once you complete this stage, you'll be a qualified MSP tutor, eligible to teach courses. SENIOR MSP EXAM For experienced MSP tutors looking to take their next step, we offer an advanced MSP tutor exam . This will allow applicants to become a senior MSP tutor and mentor other prospective MSP tutors. PROMOTE MOVEMENT HEALTH "Becoming a MSP tutor allows experienced practitioners to share this expertise within the Comera Movement Science Framework with a focus on in interpreting and retraining muscle synergy patterns to restore healthy movement " DR SARAH MOTTRAM

< Team Kari Niemi Kinetic Control Tutor ​ Note English, Finnish Note Finland SUMMARY Kari completed the Kinetic Control Tutor Programme in 2010 and has taken the Kinetic Control process to Finnish Manual Therapists and Physiotherapists. Belonging to the Kinetic Control group gives him a great opportunity to develop his physiotherapy practice in musculoskeletal disorders in Finland. BIOGRAPHY “The choice is control and the control is choice. But do people have enough choices to move? Is there wrong or right way to move? Can those limited or lost movement choices be restored?” These are some of the questions which Kari has been asking and pondering since he started his career as a physiotherapist. Kari realized quite quickly that manual therapy by itself is not the long-term solution for people with pain and activity limitations. He has been undertaking lectures and tutoring on courses within therapeutic exercise with the Finnish Organisation of Manual Therapy (SOMTY ry). Kari has been responsible for the development of a number of therapeutic exercise courses for Orthopaedic Manual Therapy students in Finland. He also works as a clinician treating patients from all walks of life, including both children and adults as well as amateur and professional athletes. His private clinic in Turku, an old historic town in Finland. Kari's main interest is to discover different kinds of movement dysfunction in the presence of pain and pathology. Kinetic Control clinical reasoning process gives him the best available treatment and retraining strategy tool for his patients and to teach them to manage and control their body and pain. His message is also 'never give up'. In the Finnish language there is a good word to describe that, 'SISU'

AN EDUCATION IN MOVEMENT The Kinetic Control framework aims to find and address the movement-related source of clinical presentations as opposed to only treating a patient’s symptoms. Our Kinetic Control (KC) education series is created for movement therapists, sports therapists, chiropractors, and clinicians alike . Throughout our lives, the way we move can be affected by many factors, including pain, injury, fatigue, and articular restrictions. Kinetic Control teaches a comprehensive and systematic model of clinical reasoning based on movement assessment and retraining to help manage clinical presentations and compromised quality of life. ​ Kinetic Control education combines the insights gained from decades of clinical experience with an extensive research background, to help practitioners apply a rigorous movement management model with each patient. Because we are international and teach in over 30 countries, Kinetic Control courses can be taken face-to-face, online, or through a hybrid model. You can find more information on our face-to-face courses in your local area on our Events Near You page > Start your KC journey now through our Online Learning > BECOME A KINETIC CONTROL MOVEMENT THERAPIST As a way of recognising those who complete the full Kinetic Control education journey, we introduced the “Kinetic Control Movement Therapist” (KCMT) accreditation. As a KCMT, you are a recognised practitioner of the principles and practices of Kinetic Control. If you are interested in becoming a KCMT, you can achieve this through one of the two routes explained below: ​ MODULAR INTENSIVE MODULAR ROUTE Delivered over two days, our two coordination efficiency modules consider either the low back and hip or the neck and the shoulder. The three remaining two-day modules explore the muscle synergies of the upper and lower regions of the body and their relationships with pain and compromised function. Our masterclasses apply the Kinetic Control principles in a diverse range of clinically relevant topics and specialist areas. MODULAR ONLINE THEORY IN-PERSON TESTING & RETRAINING WORKSHOPS IN-PERSON & ONLINE MASTERCLASSES COMPLETE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: PRINCIPLES & CONCEPTS COORDINATION EFFICIENCY MUSCLE SYNERGIES FOUNDATION MODULE 25 SESSIONS ONLINE LOW BACK AND HIP 2 DAYS OR 8 HOURS ONLINE NECK AND SHOULDERS 2 DAYS OR 8 HOURS ONLINE LOW BACK AND HIP 2 DAYS OR 8 HOURS ONLINE NECK AND SHOULDER 2 DAYS ONLINE COURSE COMING SOON BEYOND GLOBAL MOVEMENT 2 DAYS LOWER LEG (2 DAYS) SIJ & PELVIS (4 DAYS) CLINICAL JUDGEMENT (3 DAYS) THORACIC SPINE & RIBS (2 DAYS) ELBOW, FOREARM, WRIST & HAND (2 DAYS) MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINTS FOR MOVEMENT OPTIMISATION & PAIN MANAGEMENT (2 DAYS) MANAGING RESTRICTIONS (4 DAYS OR ONLINE ) MULTI-JOINT SYNERGIES IN ALIGNMENT & COORDINATION (2 DAYS) RECURRENT HAMSTRING INJURY TROCHANTERIC & LATERAL HIP PAIN CERVICO-THORACIC OUTLET IMPAIRMENT CLINICAL EXCELLENCE ​ Still not sure how it works? Watch a video where our Head of Research, Education & Development​, Lincoln Blandford explain how the Modular Route works here > INTENSIVE ROUTE The intensive series, also known as The Movement Solution One, delivers all the content within the modular series but over a 10 (pre-attendance online theory) or 15-day block. ​ INTENSIVE ONLINE THEORY COORDINATION & MUSCLE SYNERGIES IN-PERSON TESTING & RETRAINING WORKSHOPS PRINCIPLES & CONCEPTS IN-PERSON TESTING & RETRAINING MASTERCLASSES COMBINED SPECIALIST MASTERCLASSES FOUNDATION MODULE (25 SESSIONS ONLINE) THE MOVEMENT SOLUTION (TMS) ONE (10 DAYS) THE MOVEMENT SOLUTION TWO (5 DAYS) THE MOVEMENT SOLUTION THREE (5 DAYS) BECOME A KINETIC CONTROL MOVEMENT THERAPIST Once you have completed either the modular or intensive series you can apply for your Kinetic Control Movement Therapist (KCMT) registration > Want to find an existing KCMT in your area? Find your local KCMT on our map > START YOUR FOUNDATION MODULE APPLY TO BE A KCMT NOW KINETIC CONTROL BOOK - THE MANAGEMENT OF UNCONTROLLED MOVEMENT Support your learning with the official Kinetic Control book, written by the creators of this course. BUY NOW >

< Team Swekha Mehta Kinetic Control Tutor ​ Note English Note India SUMMARY Swekha believes that RETRAINING MOVEMENT is the future of physiotherapy management and the key to treating a patient successfully and holistically. Kinetic Control has helped her integrate movement retraining as a part of her assessment and rehabilitation. BIOGRAPHY Through the concept of Kinetic Control she learned to correlate Uncontrolled Movement with patient’s signs and symptoms and develop various rehabilitation strategies to retrain the impairments. She strongly believes that it is important to correct movement faults and not just fix the symptoms so as to achieve complete function, prevent recurrences and improve quality of life. Swekha first came across the concept of Motor control while studying for her MSc. Her inquisitiveness to learn more about it made her attend Sarah’s first workshop held in India in 2011. She has never looked back. Swekha is now an accredited Kinetic Control Movement therapist and excited about being a Kinetic Control team member. She completed her MSc in Physiotherapy (Musculoskeletal) from Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Following her postgraduate program she was able to publish her dissertation in an internationally recognized peer-reviewed journal. She currently enjoys working as a physiotherapist in the private sector. Her main area of expertise is treating patients with various musculoskeletal disorders from chronic back and neck pain to shoulder dysfunction. Swekha aspires to revolutionize Indian physiotherapy practice by sharing the importance of motor control and treating movement impairments among colleagues in India. Although this concept of Kinetic Control is relatively new in India it is gaining a lot of recognition. Being a part of the Kinetic Control team will help her take it further by training and tutoring more and more new therapists to learn this and incorporate it in their practice. Making movement matter.

< Team Steve Sparks Specialist Tutor ​ Note English Note United Kingdom SUMMARY With 12 years of clinical experience working in elite football, Steve uses both Kinetic Control and The Performance Matrix (TPM) principles to assess and focus on individualised movement-based interventions for both acute and long-term athlete development. He believes an important component of injury prevention and management is about creating and maintaining physical robustness through co-ordinated synergistic muscle contraction with optimised movement variation in order to enhance performance. BIOGRAPHY Supporting Steve’s clinical skill set and experience he completed a Sport & Exercise Science degree from the University of Bath, further completing a degree in Physiotherapy from the University of Southampton and an MSc in Physiotherapy from the University of Keele. Although acknowledging the need to manage the individual with movement interventions as a whole, his experience in professional football has seen Steve develop a specialist interest in hip and groin movement and rehabilitation. Illustrating a particular focus on the structure and function of the adductor magnus, he presented a hugely well-received masterclass at Movement Performance Solutions’ first International Movement Conference in 2018, exploring the application of movement in the return to play story for elite athletes. Steve delivers both KC and TPM routes of education, allowing him to share his insight and expertise with a wide range of movement focussed professionals.