What Do You Need To Know About Movement System Impairments? With Sylvia Czuppon

Published: Oct. 23, 2020, 10 a.m.

b"What Are Movement System Impairments? With Sylvia Czuppon\\n\\n\\n\\nSylvia\\xa0Czuppon is a physical therapist, professor at the Washington University in St. Louis DPT program, and co-founder of the St. Louis Female Sports Medicine Initiative where she volunteers her time to speak to youth sports teams about injury prevention strategies.\\n\\n\\n\\nSylvia\\xa0describes a movement system involving\\xa0a variety of systems (neurologic, endocrine, etc.) but these systems work together to create movement.\\n\\n\\n\\nTreating patients in clinical practice occurs using two models\\n\\n\\n\\n* Kinesio-pathologic model \\u2013 impaired movements that create the pathology* Patho-kinesiologic model \\u2013 an existing pathology which create impaired movement\\n\\n\\n\\nTherapists mainly use the kinesio-pathologic model believing movements overtime with poor mechanics will eventually create pain or pathology which ultimately lead to movement system impairments (MSI). Therapists should understand pattern recognition when classifying a patient's movement.\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\nStandardizing movement quality helps the therapist to understand the range of motion considered normal in a movement pattern. Since every person is different (i.e. structural anatomy), these values will not fit all patients but assist in finding the cause of the MSI.\\n\\n\\n\\nIf you are looking for more information on movement system syndromes, check out these books from Shirley Sahrmann\\n\\n\\n\\n* Diagnosis and Treatment of Movement Impairment Syndromes* Movement System Impairment Syndromes of the Extremities, Cervical and Thoracic Spines\\n\\n\\n\\nCheck out the\\xa0courses\\xa0offered by\\xa0Washington University in St. Louis on Movement System Impairment Syndrome.\\n\\n\\n\\nQUOTES\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u201cOne of the greatest skills as a physical therapist is pattern recognition.\\u201d \\u2013\\xa0SYLVIA\\n\\n\\n\\nPARTING SHOT\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u201cEach patient is an individual. They have individual needs. They have individual movement patterns which feed into the reason they might have pain. If we are not exercising our brains to try to help them out with a more individualized and tailored approach to their treatment, we are doing them a disservice.\\u201d \\u2013\\xa0SYLVIA"