Laura is proud to offer Pilates Professionals the opportunity to gain experience with the SmartSpine Wellness System ™ invented by Marie José Blom-Lawrence. Her work has been an exceptional contribution to current research connecting wellness, movement, and the fascial system of the body.
The SmartSpine wellness system will enhance your movement sessions and provide the additional feedback your hoping to offer your clients.
This System is taught at three levels of intensity and can be brought to your studio!
To learn more about the SmartSpine System visit www.SmartSpine.com
1 DAY THERAPEUTIC WORKSHOP
The one-day workshop is geared to the clinical practice or therapeutic environment. The objective is to place an effective treatment tool in the skilled hands of the practitioner. The SmartSpine™ is designed to be used heated during sessions, or movement education and adds another dimension in proficiency and success when it comes to the process healing.
The curriculum is a hands-on progression of protocol and technique, which will include:
- Mobility of the foot and ankle (talus glide)
- Talus glide and mobility related to the sacral biomechanics
- Sacral mobilization to restore the spinal wave
- Optimizing respiratory ability and its relationship to the spine and pelvis
- Treatment protocol for the cervical spine as well as special function-specific skills
2 DAY THE SMARTSPINE™ STUDIO WORKSHOP
This workshop is specifically designed to custom deliver the SmartSpine™ technique to your studio (or host site). The objective is to train and educate the teachers in the SmartSpine™ System protocols and exercises. The added skill set and knowledge will give the teachers of the studio an edge on integrated whole body wellness within the existing program.
The curriculum includes:
- Extensive work opening the respiratory system
- The spine, restoring the natural spinal wave
- Protocol for the hips, pelvis, and cervical spine
- Strategies suitable for working with scoliosis
- Corrective work for the feet
- Pilates equipment repertoire integration
Objective:
- Learn new approaches to postural patterning through spinal alignment & supportive breathing techniques.
- Broaden the understanding of SmartSpine teaching tools as they relate to the Biomechanics of the Spine and New Core Principals.
- Optimization of tactile and sensory cueing into whole-body awareness of the client/patient.
Professional and Business Advantages:
- SmartSpine™ Certificate of Completion
- CEC’s may be offered for other accreditations.
3 DAYS – THE SMARTSPINE™ PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOP
Objective
This extensive workshop aims to train and educate the already established movement educator, physical therapist, or bodywork professional. The objective is to introduce a unique and fresh approach to somatosensory learning in therapeutic movement and/or treatment.
An efficient approach that can be effectively integrated in any existing movement or treatment protocol, delivered through the SmartSpine™ Teach and Treat technique and system, for the teacher/practitioner who looks to deepen the effect of their skill and treatment approach.
The Curriculum
The sciences of Core Ability as well as the current research on the human fascial network. This is the foundation in which the SmartSpine™ principles are grounded.
Course Materials
- Extensive illustrated color manual
- SmartSpine™ Professional Kit with DVD
Professional and Business Advantages
- SmartSpine™ Certificate of Completion
- CEC’s may be offered for accreditation
- Eligible to become a SmartSpine™ Ambassador and Educator.