From core stability to functional exercise prescription

Presenter: Eyal Lederman

In the last two decades, core stability training has dominated exercise and movement rehabilitation practices. Despite its popularity, core stability has failed to deliver the benefits that were attributed to it. In this webinar, Eyal Lederman will discuss the problems with core stability principles and why this approach was doomed to fail as a therapeutic tool and a method for improving human performance. He will present an alternative; a science-based osteopathic functional exercise approach.

About Presenter:

Dr. Eyal Lederman graduated from the British School of Osteopathy and has been in practice since 1986. He is the director of CPDO, an international centre providing continuing professional development for manual and physical therapists. Dr. Lederman completed his PhD at King's College, London, where he researched the neurophysiology of manual therapy. He also researched and developed Osteopathic Harmonic Technique, Osteopathic Functional Neuromuscular Rehabilitation and Osteopathic Functional Stretching. He has been an Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London (UCL), Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science UCL where he has conducted research into functional movement rehabilitation. He has also been a visiting professor at Unitec, NZ.

Apart from these activities, Dr. Lederman regularly teaches osteopathy and manual therapy to various groups and universities in the UK and abroad. He has published several articles in the area of manual and physical therapy and is the author of the books 'Harmonic Technique, Fundamentals of Manual Therapy', 'The Science and Practice of Manual Therapy', 'Neuromuscular Rehabilitation in Manual and Physical Therapy' and 'Therapeutic Stretching: Towards a Functional Approach'. His latest book 'Functional Exercise Prescription: Supporting Rehabilitation in Movement and Sport is due to be published in March 2022.

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