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Jared Vagy

PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

Jared Vagy received his doctorate in physical therapy (DPT) from the University of Southern California (USC) and completed a one-year residency in orthopedics and a one-year fellowship in movement science. Dr. Vagy is a clinical assistant professor of physical therapy in the DPT program at USC and is a mentor in both the orthopedic residency and upper extremity elite athlete fellowship programs. He is an international best-selling author and has published three books and numerous articles on injury prevention. Dr. Vagy delivers lectures and seminars worldwide on the topic of the movement system. He is an orthopedic clinical specialist and a certified strength and conditioning specialist.

Dr. Vagy is an innovator in the area of web-based education and remote learning. He held leadership roles in several courses during the conversion of the in-person USC DPT program into an online hybrid format and continues to teach patient management courses in the USC DPT hybrid pathway. He has developed 10 continuing education courses and a certification program on telehealth best practices and is a peer-reviewed published author on the implementation of telehealth in physical therapy.

He has served as a physical therapist in China for the Chinese national track and field team and has worked with USA Track & Field at the Olympic Team Trials. He completed a rotation at the US Olympic Training Center, working primarily with USA men's gymnastics, and has provided medical care at international events, such as the International Weightlifting Federation World Championships. Dr. Vagy has rehabilitated several world champions, gold medalists, and Olympic athletes. His assessments and treatments are rooted deeply in an understanding of the movement system.

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The Movement System: Syndromes of the Femur

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Movement System: Syndromes of the Femur

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Video Runtime: 69 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 31 Minutes

This course will teach you how to assess and treat pain related to the hip joint, caused by excessive or inadequate accessory motion of the femur. You will learn how to identify faulty femur alignment, movement patterns, and muscle imbalances by analyzing patient movement. You will learn how to use components of the movement system to classify patients with femoral movement faults and pain. Based on movement classifications, you will utilize corrective exercises to restore optimal patient movement.
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The Movement System: Syndromes of the Foot and Ankle

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Movement System: Syndromes of the Foot and Ankle

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Video Runtime: 77 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 29 Minutes

This course will teach you how to assess and treat syndromes of the foot and ankle. You will learn how to identify faulty foot and ankle alignment, movement patterns, and muscle imbalances by analyzing patient movement. You will learn how to use components of the movement system to classify patients with foot and ankle movement faults and pain. Based on movement classifications, you will utilize corrective exercises to restore optimal patient movement.
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Additional athlete movement system courses presented by Dr. Jared Vagy include:

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The Movement System: Syndromes of the Hip

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Movement System: Syndromes of the Hip

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Video Runtime: 88 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 31 Minutes

This course will teach you how to assess and treat pain related to musculotendinous dysfunction of the hip. You will learn how to identify faulty hip alignment, movement patterns, and muscle imbalances by analyzing patient movement. You will learn how to use components of the movement system to classify patients with hip movement faults and pain. Based on movement classifications, you will utilize corrective exercises to restore optimal patient movement.
Additional Content
Additional athlete movement system courses presented by Dr. Jared Vagy include:

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The Movement System: Syndromes of the Neck

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Movement System: Syndromes of the Neck

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Video Runtime: 68 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 39 Minutes

This course will teach you how to assess and treat neck pain. You will learn how to identify faulty neck alignment, movement patterns, and muscle imbalances by analyzing patient movement. You will learn how to use components of the movement system to classify patients with cervical spine movement faults and pain. Based on movement classifications, you will utilize corrective exercises to restore optimal patient movement.
Additional Content
Additional athlete movement system courses presented by Dr. Jared Vagy include:

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The Athlete Movement System: Rock Climbing

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Athlete Movement System: Rock Climbing

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Video Runtime: 91 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 28 Minutes

This course is an introduction for medical providers who are interested in advancing their knowledge in assessing and diagnosing rock climbers. You will review the various settings, disciplines, and types of climbing and learn how suboptimal movement patterns can lead to injury. You will then be introduced to several patient cases related to shoulder, elbow, wrist, and finger pain. Each patient case will show you how to use components of the movement system to identify mobility, muscle performance, and movement coordination impairments related to the climber's pain. Based on movement classifications, you will utilize corrective exercises to restore optimal climbing movement.
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Additional athlete movement system courses presented by Dr. Jared Vagy include:

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Pediatric Telehealth for Infants

Presented by Rubi Buxton, PT, DPT, PCS and Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

Pediatric Telehealth for Infants

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Video Runtime: 50 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 24 Minutes

This course covers telehealth assessment and intervention in pediatric disorders within the infant population. This course on telehealth in pediatric physical therapy will improve the clinician's confidence in approaching infant assessment and treatment in telehealth. The course will provide examples of modifications for infant assessment and treatment to help the therapist easily transition to telehealth. The target audience includes occupational therapy, physical therapy, hospital outpatient settings, private practice outpatient settings, and school and early intervention settings. This course is part of the telehealth series.

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Pediatric Telehealth for Toddlers

Presented by Rubi Buxton, PT, DPT, PCS and Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

Pediatric Telehealth for Toddlers

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Video Runtime: 54 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 24 Minutes

This course covers telehealth assessment and intervention in pediatric disorders within the toddler population. This course on telehealth in pediatric physical therapy will improve the clinician's confidence in approaching toddler assessment and treatment in telehealth. The course will provide examples of modifications for toddler assessment and treatment to help the therapist easily transition to telehealth. The target audience includes occupational therapy, physical therapy, hospital outpatient settings, private practice outpatient settings, and school and early intervention settings. This course is part of the telehealth series.

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Pediatric Telehealth for School-Age Children

Presented by Rubi Buxton, PT, DPT, PCS and Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

Pediatric Telehealth for School-Age Children

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Video Runtime: 57 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 24 Minutes

This course covers telehealth assessment and intervention in pediatric disorders within the school-age child population. This course on telehealth in pediatric physical therapy will improve the clinician's confidence in approaching school-age child assessment and treatment in telehealth. The course will provide examples of modifications for school-age child assessment and treatment to help the therapist easily transition to telehealth. The target audience includes occupational therapy, physical therapy, hospital outpatient settings, private practice outpatient settings, and school and early intervention settings. This course is part of the telehealth series.

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The Movement System: Assessment and Treatment of Knee Pain

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Movement System: Assessment and Treatment of Knee Pain

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Video Runtime: 72 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 45 Minutes

This is an interactive course that will teach you how to identify faulty alignment and movement patterns in the knee by analyzing patient posture and movement. You will learn how to use components of the movement system to classify patients with movement faults and mechanical knee pain. Based on movement classifications, you will hypothesize mobility and muscle performance deficits contributing to a patient's symptoms. You will integrate symptom modification procedures into your interventions and learn how to restore optimal posture and movement of the knee.
Additional Content
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The Movement System: Humeral Syndromes of the Shoulder

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Movement System: Humeral Syndromes of the Shoulder

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Video Runtime: 71 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 33 Minutes

This is an interactive course that will teach you how to identify faulty humeral alignment and movement patterns in the shoulder by analyzing patient posture and movement. You will learn how to use components of the movement system to classify patients with humeral movement faults and mechanical shoulder pain. Based on movement classifications, you will hypothesize mobility and muscle performance deficits contributing to a patient's symptoms. You will integrate symptom modification procedures into your interventions and learn how to restore optimal posture and movement of the humerus.
Additional Content
Additional athlete movement system courses presented by Dr. Jared Vagy include:

The Movement System The Athlete Movement System For more information

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The Movement System: Scapular Syndromes of the Shoulder

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Movement System: Scapular Syndromes of the Shoulder

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Video Runtime: 69 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 33 Minutes

This is an interactive course that will teach you how to identify faulty scapular alignment and movement patterns in the shoulder by analyzing patient posture and movement. You will learn how to use components of the movement system to classify patients with scapular movement faults and mechanical shoulder pain. Based on movement classifications, you will hypothesize which mobility and muscle performance deficits are contributing to a patient's symptoms. You will integrate symptom modification procedures into your interventions and learn how to restore optimal posture and movement of the scapula.
Additional Content
Additional athlete movement system courses presented by Dr. Jared Vagy include:

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Telehealth: Conducting a Virtual Subjective Exam

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

Telehealth: Conducting a Virtual Subjective Exam

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Video Runtime: 44 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 39 Minutes

This course will introduce clinicians to best practices for gathering patient history during a telehealth subjective exam. Telehealth continues to be a widely used patient care model, and there are some significant differences in taking a patient's history during a telehealth visit when compared to an in-person visit. This course will go over the essentials for getting started with a subjective exam and how to improve communication remotely, structure a subjective exam in the remote environment, and determine if a patient is appropriate for telehealth.

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Telehealth: Performing a Virtual Objective Exam

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

Telehealth: Performing a Virtual Objective Exam

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Video Runtime: 60 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 47 Minutes

This course will introduce clinicians to best practices for performing a telehealth objective exam. Telehealth continues to be a widely used patient care model, and there are many differences in performing an objective exam during a telehealth visit when compared to an in-person visit. Most notably, the absence of the ability to perform manual assessments poses a challenge for obtaining accurate tests and measures remotely. This course addresses this challenge by providing alternate strategies for physical tests and measures that clinicians can apply directly to their practice in a telehealth model. This course will cover how to structure the objective exam as well as how to assess posture, movement, mobility, muscle performance, and a variety of other tests and measures during a telehealth visit.

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Telehealth: Delivering Virtual Interventions

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

Telehealth: Delivering Virtual Interventions

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Video Runtime: 48 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 33 Minutes

This course will introduce clinicians to best practices for performing Telehealth interventions. Telehealth continues to be a widely used patient care model and there are differences in providing patient interventions during a telehealth visit when compared to an in-person visit. This course addresses these differences by providing alternate strategies for interventions that clinicians can directly apply to their practice in a telehealth model. This course will cover remote interventions related to neuromuscular re-education, joint/muscle mobility, muscle performance, and patient education

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Telehealth in Neurologic Physical Therapy

Presented by Julie Hershberg, PT, DPT, NCS and Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

Telehealth in Neurologic Physical Therapy

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Video Runtime: 61 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 37 Minutes

The purpose of this course is to apply successful strategies for telehealth evaluation and treatment in neurologic physical therapy. In particular, we will demonstrate objective examination with the full neurologic screen in telehealth. We will also focus on treatment for balance and gait in a person with ataxia. This course is best for physical therapists working with people with neurologic disorders in the telehealth setting.

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Telehealth in Geriatric Physical Therapy

Presented by Julie Hershberg, PT, DPT, NCS and Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

Telehealth in Geriatric Physical Therapy

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Video Runtime: 52 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 34 Minutes

The purpose of this course is to apply successful strategies for telehealth evaluation and treatment in the geriatric population. In particular, we will demonstrate objective examination and treatment for balance and gait dysfunction. This course is best for physical therapists working with older adults in the telehealth setting.

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The Athlete Movement System: Spine (Recorded Webinar)

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Athlete Movement System: Spine (Recorded Webinar)

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Video Runtime: 172 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 34 Minutes

This course is a recording of a previously hosted live webinar event. Polling and question submission features are not available for this recording. Format and structure may differ from standard MedBridge courses.

This course teaches you how to use the movement system to assess, diagnose, and treat athlete movement dysfunction. The course is highly interactive. After analyzing human movement, you will integrate concepts of mobility, muscle performance, and symptom modification procedures into movement-based classifications. You will learn how to develop interventions based on observed faulty movement patterns and integrate sport-specific treatments into a systematic framework that addresses the athlete's spine.
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Telehealth: An Introduction to Virtual Care for Home Care Clinicians

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS and Aubree Colorito, PT, DPT, COS-C

Telehealth: An Introduction to Virtual Care for Home Care Clinicians

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Video Runtime: 51 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 64 Minutes

As virtual care moves into new settings within the health care industry, it is important that clinicians know how to effectively identify when a patient can benefit from telehealth and how to translate in-person care to a virtual environment. To ensure a positive experience for the patient, the clinician will need to leverage a different skill set for effective assessments and interventions. The clinician will also need to feel comfortable in resolving technology issues and setting up a workspace conducive to HIPAA-compliant virtual visits. The goals of this course are to recognize when home health patients can benefit from a blended model of care with telehealth and to understand how to provide best-practice care when translating in-person care to virtual visits.

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Telehealth: An Introduction to Virtual Care

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

Telehealth: An Introduction to Virtual Care

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Video Runtime: 44 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 64 Minutes

Virtual care delivery presents with unique organizational, practitioner, and patient benefits and barriers that do not exist within traditional in-person care. Effective use of telehealth requires the provider to recognize whether or not a patient is appropriate for telehealth, communicate the advantages and disadvantages with the patient, and understand how to resolve technical issues. The goal of this course is to address these challenges and provide clinicians with best-practice strategies to effectively incorporate telehealth into their care delivery. The chapter content and patient care scenarios within the course focus primarily on the outpatient clinic environment.

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The Movement System: Assessment and Treatment of Low Back Pain

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Movement System: Assessment and Treatment of Low Back Pain

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Video Runtime: 76 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 34 Minutes

This course will teach you how to identify movement patterns, faulty alignment, and muscle imbalances in the lumbar spine by analyzing patient movement. You will learn how to use components of the movement system to classify patients with mechanical low back pain. Based on movement classifications, you will utilize corrective exercises to restore normal patient movement.
Additional Content
Additional athlete movement system courses presented by Dr. Jared Vagy include:

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The Athlete Movement System: Tennis Biomechanics and Treatment

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Athlete Movement System: Tennis Biomechanics and Treatment

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Video Runtime: 77 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 36 Minutes

This course will utilize the movement system as a framework to assess the biomechanics of tennis. You will learn how to identify the critical events of the tennis serve, forehand, and backhand. You will then advance your movement assessment skills by integrating specific assessment techniques that correlate with each critical event. Based on your movement observations and biomechanics knowledge, you will then learn how to classify movement dysfunction and provide sport-specific treatments to correct inefficient movement.
Additional Content
Additional athlete movement system courses presented by Dr. Jared Vagy include:

The Movement System The Athlete Movement System For more information

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The Athlete Movement System: Speed, Power, and Agility

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Athlete Movement System: Speed, Power, and Agility

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Video Runtime: 69 Minutes, Learning Assessments: 17 Minutes

Speed, power, and agility are essential components of sports performance and are often overlooked in the rehabilitation setting. This course will introduce practical research-based methods that can be performed in the clinic to assess deficits in speed, power, and agility with athletes. Based on identified performance and movement deficits, exercises emphasizing foundational movement patterns will be recommended and their clinical utility discussed, with the goal of improving sport-specific performance training.
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The Athlete Movement System: Upper Quarter (Recorded Webinar)

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Athlete Movement System: Upper Quarter (Recorded Webinar)

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This course is a recording of a previously hosted live webinar event. Polling and question submission features are not available for this recording. Format and structure may differ from standard MedBridge courses.

This course teaches you how to use the movement system to assess, diagnose and treat athlete movement dysfunction. The material is highly interactive with an emphasis on the practical application of principles covered in the course. Concepts utilized in the course include symptom modification procedures, dynamometry, anatomical slings, neuromuscular chains, dual vectors and reflexive activation.

Additional Content
Additional athlete movement system courses presented by Dr. Jared Vagy include:

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The Movement System: Advanced Running Assessment and Treatment

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Movement System: Advanced Running Assessment and Treatment

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This course will utilize the movement system as a framework to assess advanced running biomechanics. You will improve your movement assessment skills by learning concepts of speed of force generation, maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC), closed kinetic chain testing, mirroring movement, and cross body assessment. Based on your movement observations and biomechanics knowledge, you will then learn how to provide running-specific treatments to correct inefficient movement.

Additional Content
Additional athlete movement system courses presented by Dr. Jared Vagy include:

The Movement System The Athlete Movement System For more information

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The Movement System: Practical Swimming Biomechanics and Treatment

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Movement System: Practical Swimming Biomechanics and Treatment

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This course will utilize the movement system as a framework to assess the biomechanics of swimming. You will learn how to analyze the four common swim strokes: freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke, and backstroke. You will then advance your movement assessment skills by learning how to integrate swim stroke assessment in the clinical environment. Based on your movement observations and biomechanics knowledge, you will then learn how to classify movement dysfunction and provide swim-specific treatments to correct inefficient movement.

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Additional athlete movement system courses presented by Dr. Jared Vagy include:

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The Movement System: Throwing Biomechanics and Treatment

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Movement System: Throwing Biomechanics and Treatment

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This course will utilize the movement system as a framework to assess the biomechanics of throwing. You will learn how to classify scapular, humeral, and thoracic movement patterns. You will then advance your movement assessment skills by learning the biomechanics and critical events of a throw. Based on your movement observations and biomechanics knowledge, you will then learn how to classify movement dysfunction and provide sport-specific treatments to correct inefficient movement.

Additional Content
Additional athlete movement system courses presented by Dr. Jared Vagy include:

The Movement System The Athlete Movement System For more information

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The Athlete Movement System: Lower Quarter (Recorded Webinar)

Presented by Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

The Athlete Movement System: Lower Quarter (Recorded Webinar)

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This course is a recording of a previously hosted live webinar event. Polling and question submission features are not available for this recording. Format and structure may differ from standard MedBridge courses.

This course incorporates biomechanical, movement, and sport-specific based assessments to analyze and treat the lower quarter athlete. Concepts utilized in the course include relative flexibility, quality and timing of muscle contraction, dynamometry, closed kinetic chain muscle testing, speed of force generation, cross-body assessments, anatomical slings, neuromuscular chains, dual vectors, and reflexive activation. After the course, you will have a greater understanding of how to integrate clinical movement-based assessments into sport-specific treatments.

Additional Content
Additional athlete movement system courses presented by Dr. Jared Vagy include:

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