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I hold nationally recognized certifications and have been practicing full-time - over 1000 one-on-one contact hours annually - as a NASM-CES (Corrective Exercise Specialist) in both corporate fitness and private venues since 2012. To maintain professional standards, among many others, I completed the following continuing education courses and seminars.
These learning modules, combined with peer-reviewed studies and abstracts I investigated from Pubmed, Medline, Biomed, Cochrane Library etc., regarding Applied Kinesiology, Neurophysiology and Movement Anatomy, and continually testing theoretical proposals for various training challenges have improved my ability to formulate exercise based harm-prevention/recovery plans for persons at differing ends of the fitness spectrum.
I have since produced reproducible results, and documented turnarounds using modified versions of Thomas's and Ober's test positions with individuals having trouble keeping the pelvis or knees dynamically aligned post-rehab. Also allied with care providers to improve core strength and spine-segment stability in persons with occupation or activity related low-back stiffness or weakness, and prevent recurring neck /shoulder muscle fatigue/tension by improving the synergistic cooperation of muscles linking the hips with the upper extremities.
At the other end of the fitness spectrum, I helped Tennis players, Climbers and Swimmers modify shoulder action, including starting/ending scapular positions to avoid impingement (Lukasiewicz A.C. 1999; Kim M.K. 2018), taught recreational Runners, Skiers and Cyclists the importance equitable strength-ratio between the quads and hamstrings, unilateral hip control (Meyer, G. D. 2008, Burnett, A. F. 2004) and balanced left/right development (Kim, Y. 2013, PMID-23053132). Also instructed triathletes, Cross-Fit, Dance and Pilates instructors/fans how to avoid overloading the knees (ACL), lower back and other injury-prone structures (Zazulak, B.T. 2007, Sadler, S. G. 2017) with periodic antagonist co-activation, focused breathing and mental imagery (Yue, G., JNeurophysiol. 1992)
This broad-based learning environment and collaborating with rehab experts has improved my ability to screen movement patterns for muscle imbalances using NASM's classification system (Janda& Smith 1980, Richardson 1992, Kendall 2005) and consider clinician's guidelines and contra-indications to define clear and specific training goals and stages of exercise program development. I also have investigated the immediate and delayed effects of PNF (Clare Frank, 2013), sensory feedback (Santello, M. 2001), diaphragmatic breathing (Hodges, P. 2000), fascial release (Schleip, R. 2013), mental focus (Brad J. Schoenfeld 2016), force transmissions (Thomas W. Myers 2014) on a person's ability to learn, reproduce, and recall biomechanically correct muscular coordination and patterns of movement, and how to apply these strategies to individual cases.
Would I be able to expose the weakest links and "red-flags" in your chain of actions? Then arrange simple poses or tasks into a corrective sequence to reduce movement errors, tension patterns and other personal triggers?
To find out, sign up for my method class!
By reflecting on your body's responses and residual effects that follow, you can decide on whether this integrated approach to fitness, which focuses on altering your movement habits and by what sequence muscles are used, can potentially alleviate the neural and or mechanism related factors that commonly underlie chronic tightness, tenderness or weakness.
I can promise this...your experience will be far different from what you are used to from a personal trainer; in fact you'll be so pleased with the after effects that you'd want to improve your ability to safeguard affected parts by getting the right muscles involved.
Zoltan
Cell - 516 637-6802
©Design Better Bodies 2017,
- Finding the right angle to remedy knee pain - (2015)
- The shoulder complex - (2015)
- Prehab vs. Rehab - (2017)
- Sustaining Mobility and Movement: Human Movement Science - (2017)
These learning modules, combined with peer-reviewed studies and abstracts I investigated from Pubmed, Medline, Biomed, Cochrane Library etc., regarding Applied Kinesiology, Neurophysiology and Movement Anatomy, and continually testing theoretical proposals for various training challenges have improved my ability to formulate exercise based harm-prevention/recovery plans for persons at differing ends of the fitness spectrum.
I have since produced reproducible results, and documented turnarounds using modified versions of Thomas's and Ober's test positions with individuals having trouble keeping the pelvis or knees dynamically aligned post-rehab. Also allied with care providers to improve core strength and spine-segment stability in persons with occupation or activity related low-back stiffness or weakness, and prevent recurring neck /shoulder muscle fatigue/tension by improving the synergistic cooperation of muscles linking the hips with the upper extremities.
At the other end of the fitness spectrum, I helped Tennis players, Climbers and Swimmers modify shoulder action, including starting/ending scapular positions to avoid impingement (Lukasiewicz A.C. 1999; Kim M.K. 2018), taught recreational Runners, Skiers and Cyclists the importance equitable strength-ratio between the quads and hamstrings, unilateral hip control (Meyer, G. D. 2008, Burnett, A. F. 2004) and balanced left/right development (Kim, Y. 2013, PMID-23053132). Also instructed triathletes, Cross-Fit, Dance and Pilates instructors/fans how to avoid overloading the knees (ACL), lower back and other injury-prone structures (Zazulak, B.T. 2007, Sadler, S. G. 2017) with periodic antagonist co-activation, focused breathing and mental imagery (Yue, G., JNeurophysiol. 1992)
This broad-based learning environment and collaborating with rehab experts has improved my ability to screen movement patterns for muscle imbalances using NASM's classification system (Janda& Smith 1980, Richardson 1992, Kendall 2005) and consider clinician's guidelines and contra-indications to define clear and specific training goals and stages of exercise program development. I also have investigated the immediate and delayed effects of PNF (Clare Frank, 2013), sensory feedback (Santello, M. 2001), diaphragmatic breathing (Hodges, P. 2000), fascial release (Schleip, R. 2013), mental focus (Brad J. Schoenfeld 2016), force transmissions (Thomas W. Myers 2014) on a person's ability to learn, reproduce, and recall biomechanically correct muscular coordination and patterns of movement, and how to apply these strategies to individual cases.
Would I be able to expose the weakest links and "red-flags" in your chain of actions? Then arrange simple poses or tasks into a corrective sequence to reduce movement errors, tension patterns and other personal triggers?
To find out, sign up for my method class!
By reflecting on your body's responses and residual effects that follow, you can decide on whether this integrated approach to fitness, which focuses on altering your movement habits and by what sequence muscles are used, can potentially alleviate the neural and or mechanism related factors that commonly underlie chronic tightness, tenderness or weakness.
I can promise this...your experience will be far different from what you are used to from a personal trainer; in fact you'll be so pleased with the after effects that you'd want to improve your ability to safeguard affected parts by getting the right muscles involved.
Zoltan
Cell - 516 637-6802
©Design Better Bodies 2017,