KI Treating and Training the Overhead Athlete

Treating and Training the Overhead Athlete: An Integrated Model Course

Audience: Chiropractors, Athletic Trainers, Physical Therapists, Massage Therapists, Strength & Conditioning Professionals as well as students in any of these disciplines.
Continuing Education Credits Provided for:

Athletic Trainers (NATA BOC)
Chiropractors
International Tennis Performance Association (iTPA) CPES (40)

The following states are offering CE credits for DCs: AZ, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IO, KS, MD, MI, MS, MN, NE, OH, OR, RI, SC, UT, VT, VI, WA, WY and Puerto Rico

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Date:
Sunday, March 5, 2017

Location:
Kovacs Institute
2911 George Busbee Pkwy NW, Ste 50
Kennesaw, GA 30144 (Inside Medici Medical
Arts Building and next to PGA)

Time:
7:30 am - 6:30 pm EST

Price:
Includes workbook, welcome bag, lunch, healthy snacks

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Now You Have The Opportunity To Learn From 2 Leading Experts in Their Fields

Treating and training of the overhead athlete requires a detailed understanding of both form and function. The overhead athlete is capable of accelerating his or her upper extremity to speeds that routinely exceed 7000 degrees/second. Although much discussion of the overhead athlete focuses on the shoulder and elbow, this course will go into the entire kinetic chain from the ground up.

This course will examine common areas of dysfunction in the overhead athlete in the context of sport specific movements in baseball pitching, tennis serving, football throwing, volleyball serving/spiking and even lacrosse and swimming movements.

Drs. Mark Kovacs and Shawn Caldwell are two industry leaders who will be co-teaching this course and will incorporate a combination of assessments in the lab, clinic and gym, along with manual techniques and appropriate treatment progressions. Clarification and reinforcement of course objectives will be provided through lecture/discussion, visual aids (pictures/video), case examples, demonstrations, lab work and hands on learn by doing sessions.

Schedule:

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At the completion of the course, participants will be able to:

Recognize the major biomechanical characteristics that contribute to increased injury risk in the overhead athlete.
Given a mechanical fault in the performance of the overhead athletic movement, provide 2 biomechanical contributors to the mechanical fault.
Identify 3 postural characteristics common in the presentation of the overhead athlete.
Given a specific joint/tissue dysfunction, provide 2 biomechanical contributors and 2 biomechanical consequences for the respective sport.
Define the role of the foot and the hip in overhead athletic movements.
Define how the different core muscles aid the transfer of energy from the lower extremity to the upper extremity.
Define the role of the major shoulder muscles in the transfer of energy from the trunk to the arm.
Correctly identify and perform mobilization/release of foot and ankle muscles.
Correctly identify and perform mobilization/release of trunk and hip muscles.
Correctly identify and perform mobilization/release of shoulder muscles.
Correctly identify and perform mobilization/release of elbow and wrist muscles.
Identify a dysfunctional movement pattern during functional movement assessment.
Develop 2 motor retraining exercises that address dysfunctional. movements identified during movement/manual assessment.
Develop 2 dynamic exercises that would reinforce motor retraining.

Topics and Techniques Covered in an Interdisciplinary Manner

ART, MAT, IASTM and other adjusting and mobilization techniques.
Physical and social factors associated with common injuries in the overhead athlete.
Functional assessment of the scapula, trunk, and upper/lower extremity dynamic function.
Motor retraining and dynamic exercises of the trunk, hips, and scapular complex.
Adjusting and joint mobilizations of the trunk, hips, and scapular complex.

Cost

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2 WORLD CLASS PRESENTERS AT 1 HIGH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL EVENT

Dr. Mark Kovacs, PhD, FACSM, CSCS*D, CTPS, MTPS

Dr. Mark Kovacs, World Renowned Sports Scientist:

Directed the Sport Science, Strength & Conditioning and Coaching Education Departments of the United States Tennis Association

Leading expert in overhead athlete biomechanics, performance and injury prevention
Chair of the 2016 Baseball and Sports Performance Conference
Former Director of the Gatorade Sport Science Institute
Director, Life Sport Science Institute and Associate Professor in the Department of Sport Health Science at Life University
Founder of the Kovacs Institute
Personally trained dozens of professional overhead athletes
Fellow, American College of Sports Medicine
Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)

Dr. Shawn Caldwell, DC

Team Chiropractor for the Colorado Rockies (MLB), 1999-present
Team Chiropractor for the Denver Broncos (NFL), 2004-present
Former Team Chiropractor for the Denver Nuggets
Chiropractor at Steadman Hawkins Clinic (Denver)
Owner of Caldwell Chiropractic and Denver Sports Recovery
Life University graduate

Company Website - http://caldwellchiropractic.com/dr_caldwell.html

To learn more about Dr. Kovacs www.mark-kovacs.com
To learn more about International Tennis Performance Association, offering tennis fitness certification for coaches,
visit www.itpa-tennis.org

Books by Dr. Mark Kovacs