MSI Course
Learn how to properly observe, identify, and treat impairments of the movement system directly with Prof. Shirley Sahrmann, PT, PhD.
New 2019 edition!
Movement System Impairments of the UPPER QUARTER
Verona, May 23-24-25-26 2019
Instructors: Shirley A. Sarmann & Cheryl A. Caldwell
Lab assistants: Guido Barindelli, Carlo Lanzarini, Rosanna Baroni
Course language: English with Italian translation
Registration fee: 800 EUR
Location: Best Western Plus Hotel Expo, Via Portogallo, 1/P, 37069 Villafranca di Verona
Course Program and Schedule:
The MSI courses teach you to identify faulty alignment, movement patterns, and muscle imbalances using observation of movement as well as muscle length and strength testing. You will also learn how to alleviate and prevent mechanical musculoskeletal pain through treatment focused on the restoration of optimal alignment and appropriate movement patterns.
08:15 – Registration
08:30 – Introduction: Movement system impairment concepts
10:30 – Live case report demonstration and clinical reasoning example
11:30 – Small group practice of exam on a volunteer
12:30 – Lunch
13:30 – Scapular impairments syndromes 1: depression and downward rotation
14:00 – Primary and secondary impairment tests
15:30 – Scapular impairments syndromes 2: abduction, winging, anterior tilt
16:00 – Tests in quadruped and sitting positions
17:30 End of 1st day
08:30 – Humeral impairments syndromes: anterior glide, superior glide, medial rotation.
9:00 – Humeral impairments syndromes tests
10:30 – Small group practice of the tests
12:30 – Lunch
13:30 – Overview of assessment and treatment concepts
14:00 – Small group practice of exam on a volunteer
16:00 – Instructors verify the results of the small groups practice
17:30 End of 2nd day
08:30 – Summary of the movement impairment syndromes covered in the first two days
10:00 – Small group practice on a volunteer with shoulder problems
11:00 – Instructors verify the results of the small groups practice
12:30 – Lunch
13:30 – Movement system impairments of the cervical spine: flexion and rotation-flexion syndromes
14:00 – Cervical spine impairment tests
15:30 – Movement system impairments of the cervical spine: extension and extension-rotation syndromes
16:00 – Cervical spine impairment tests and treatment hypothesis
17:30 End of 3rd day
08:30 – Thoracic spine impairments syndromes: rotation-flexion and flexion syndromes
9:00 – Thoracic impairments syndromes tests
10:30 – Small group practice of the tests
12:30 – Lunch
13:30 – Overview of assessment and treatment concepts of the upper quarter
14:00 – Small group practice of the full exam on a volunteer
16:00 – Discussion on the small groups practice results
17:30 – Final exam
17:45 – End of 4th day
