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BSMPG is proud to have Dr. Marvin Chun from Yale University as our opening speaker at the 2013 BSMPG Summer Seminar - May 17th and 18th, 2013!  Dr. Marvin Chun joins keynote speakers, Dr. Stuart McGill and Marco Cardinale for this weekend event.  With the most thorough and integrated speaker line-up assembled to date, the 2013 BSMPG Summer Seminar will be the WORLD'S most sought after Sports Medicine & Performance Seminar to date!!

We are expecting the largest crowd to date with speakers and attendees traveling the globe to be in Boston in May of 2013, and thus have already made plans to move our main lecture hall to a newly renovated multi-tier auditorium.

Be sure to save the date now - hotels will fill fast with this event along with normal Boston traffic so start making plans now!

See you in Boston next May!!!

DR. MARVIN CHUN

Yale University 

TOPIC:  Vision Training - Making a Difference

Dr. Marvin Chun is Professor of Psychology and Neurobiology at Yale University, where he also serves as the John B. Madden Master of Berkeley College.  His laboratory employs functional brain imaging to study visual attention, memory, decision-making, perception, and performance. His research has been honored with early career awards from the US National Academy of Sciences and the American Psychological Association.   In Yale College his teaching has been recognized with the Lex Hixon Prize and the Phi Beta Kappa DeVane Medal. He previously served on the Board of Directors of the Vision Sciences Society and is now a scientific advisor for Nike SPARQ. 

BSMPG is proud to announce Dr. Rob Butler as a speaker within the popular Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Track at the 2013 BSMPG Summer Seminar - May 17th and 18th, 2013!  Dr. Rob Butler joins Dr. Stuart McGill and Marco Cardinale for this weekend event.  With the greatest speaker line-up assembled to date, the 2013 BSMPG Summer Seminar will be the WORLD'S most sought after Sports Medicine & Performance Seminar to date!!

We are expecting the largest crowd to date with speakers and attendees traveling the globe to be in Boston in May of 2013, and thus have already made plans to move our main lecture hall to a newly renovated multi-tier auditorium.

Be sure to save the date now - hotels will fill fast with this event along with normal Boston traffic so start making plans now!

See you in Boston next May!!!

DR. ROBERT BUTLER

Duke University

Robert Butler, DPT, PhD is currently an Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy at Duke University and a Clinical Researcher for Duke Health Systems. Previously, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Marietta College in 1999 and his Master of Science degree in Movement Science with a concentration in Biomechanics from Springfield College in 2001. He then received his PhD in Biomechanics and Movement Science from the University of Delaware in 2005. Following his PhD study, he completed a post-doc at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before completing my DPT at the University of Evansville.

Dr. Butler’s research has focused on the role of functional movement outcomes in identifying and addressing movement dysfunction as it relates to reducing injury risk, improving therapeutic outcomes, and reducing the rate of joint degeneration. He has presented abstracts at multiple national and international conferences and has a number of published of manuscripts in rehabilitation and biomechanical journals. Dr. Butler serves as a movement based outcomes consultant for a number of orthopedic and sports medicine groups nationally and internationally in populations ranging across the lifespan.

Click below to see highlights from our 2012 BSMPG Summer Seminar featuring Andrea Hudy from the University of Kansas and Keith D'Amelio from Nike.

More highlights are set to come in the next few weeks so stay tuned!

A special thanks again to our SPONSORS!

Remember to save the date for the BSMPG 2013 Summer Seminar - May 17 & 18, 2013

BSMPG is proud to offer Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization Course "B" this coming April 27-April 30th in Boston as a follow up from the hugely successful Course "A" offering this past year.

Both Clare Frank and Marcela Safarova will serve again as instructors for this course as they did for course "A".

This course is limited again to 30 attendees, and like Course "A", is sure to fill quickly.  

Learn more about this course, the instructors, and registration details by clicking HERE.

Register for this course today to avoid disappointment.

Clare C. Frank DPT, MS, OCS, FAAOMPT

Dr. Frank received her physical therapy degree from Northern Illinois University. She completed the Kaiser Permanente Orthopedic Residency program in 1993 while working on her Master of Science degree in Physical Therapy at University of Southern California. She received her post-professional doctorate degree from Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California 2004. She is a board certified specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy and a fellow in the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy. Her clinical career has been greatly influenced by Shirley Sahrmann PT, PhD, and the Prague School of Manual Medicine faculty, namely, the late Vladimir Janda MD, Karel Lewit MD, and Pavel Kolar PT, PhD.

Dr. Frank practices at a private clinic in Los Angeles, California. She has been instrumental in setting up the Movement Science Fellowship at Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles. She has served on the medical team for the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles, as well as the injury prevention team for the Chinese Olympic Teams 2010/11. She currently teaches in the U.S. and internationally and has co-authored “Assessment and Treatment of Muscle Imbalances: The Janda Approach”

BSMPG is proud to bring the face of British Olympic Sport to Boston for the 2013 BSMPG Summer Seminar - May 17th and 18th, 2013!  Dr. Cardinale is one of the world's authority on sport preparation and performance and joins Dr. Stuart McGill as the second keynote speaker for this weekend event.  With the greatest speaker line-up assembled to date, the 2013 BSMPG Summer Seminar will be the WORLD'S most sought after Sports Medicine & Performance Seminar to date!!

We are expecting the largest crowd to date with speakers and attendees traveling the globe to be in Boston in May of 2013, and thus have already made plans to move our main lecture hall to a newly renovated multi-tier auditorium.

Be sure to save the date now - hotels will fill fast with this event along with normal Boston traffic so start making plans now!

See you in Boston next May!!!

MARCO CARDINALE

British Olympic Sport Association

Dr. Marco Cardinale is the Head of Sports Science and Research of the British Olympic Association. Dr. Cardinale is also the director of the Science and Research Unit of the British Olympic Medical Institute based in University College London, Institute of Sport Exercise and Health. Dr. Cardinale led the Sports Science activities for the preparation of Team GB at the Beijing 2008, Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Games.

Dr. Cardinale is a former Handball coach and has been involved in coach education in various countries in the area of strength and conditioning and exercise physiology. A widely published and cited author in the scientific literature on various aspects of human performance, he has also patented an innovative exercise device consisting of an vibratory biofeedback system which received research awards from NEStech and the Scottish Design Council.

Dr. Cardinale holds honorary academic appointments at University College London in the division of surgical and interventional medicine, the University of Aberdeen in the School of Medical Sciences and a visiting professorship at the University of Genova. He has been an advisor to various companies (e.g. Polar Electro, Medisport and Technogym), government agencies (e.g. the European Space Agency, UK Sport and Higher Education Funding Council) and professional sport organizations and national governing bodies in 4 countries (USA, Italy, Spain, Sweden) before working in the UK. Dr. Cardinale has been invited speaker in scientific conferences and coaching clinics in 21 countries and has been ad-hoc reviewer for over 15 scientific journals and research grants agencies in the areas of sports science, physiology, biomechanics and bioengineering.

Dr Cardinale holds a B.Sc. from ISEF in Italy, an M.Sc. from the US Sports Academy in the USA and a PhD from Semmelweis University in Hungary.

Save the Date: May 17th and 18th, 2013 - BSMPG Summer Seminar

BSMPG is bringing Dr. Stuart McGill back to Boston for the 2013 BSMPG Summer Seminar - May 17th and 18th, 2013!  If you were here in Boston with us the last time Dr. McGill lectured you'll remember that he presented to a packed house and this year will be no exception.  With the greatest speaker line-up assembled to date, the 2013 BSMPG Summer Seminar will be the WORLD'S most sought after Sports Medicine & Performance Seminar to date!!

We are expecting the largest crowd to date with speakers and attendees traveling the globe to be in Boston in May of 2013, and thus have already made plans to move our main lecture hall to a newly renovated multi-tier auditorium.

Be sure to save the date now - hotels will fill fast with this event along with normal Boston traffic so start making plans now!

See you in Boston next May!!!

STU MCGILL, PHD

University of Waterloo

Stuart McGill is a professor of spine biomechanics at the University of Waterloo. He has been the author of over 200 scientific publications that address the issues of low back function, injury mechanisms, development of evidence-based rehabilitation and performance exercise, diagnosis, and the formulation of injury avoidance strategies. As a consultant, he has provided low back expertise to various government agencies, many corporations, elite athletes and teams from many countries, and legal firms. Working at the interface between basic foundational science and clinical practice, he is one of the few scientists who is regularly asked for consult by the medical community regarding particularly difficult back cases, and by world-class athletes from around the world.

Visit Dr. McGill's website for more information on his work by clicking HERE.

Save the Date: May 17th and 18th, 2013 - BSMPG Summer Seminar

Complete details coming soon! Check back to bsmpg.com in the near future.

This will be an event that you do not want to miss!!

by Mike Davis

DOES STABILITY PRECEDE MOBILITY OR DOES MOBILITY PRECEDE STABILITY?

There are various schools of thought concerning this question. Some believe that in order for one to exhibit mobility, proximal stability must take place to provide a foundation to support said movement. Some believe that without mobility there is nothing to stabilize. Thus, mobility must come before stability. Then there are others that reside within the various shades of grey of these two ideas.

While neither of these ideas trump the other and neither of these ideas are incorrect, I will propose a slightly different way of approaching this dilemma. Let us explore these ideas in an attempt to gain understanding.

While the concepts of stability and mobility have been around for some time, two prominent figures have been assigned as leaders of each: Shirley Sahrmann and Gray Cook.  Sahrmann believes that stability needs precede mobility.  Cook believes that mobility needs precede stability. The goal of this article is not to explore the differences of these approaches in an attempt to elevate one over the other, but to explore a common ground of which these two approaches can potentially become one. 

A case for stability before mobility

It is much easier to shoot a cannon from a battleship than it is from a canoe. The battleship offers a stable platform from which the cannon can be mobilized/operated with success. The canoe offers little stability and therefore complicates the successful operation of the cannon. The body does not differ in this respect. It is widely accepted that proximal stability gives way to distal mobility. Nothing illustrates this better than watching a baby go through the process of developmental kinesiology.

Continue to read this article by clicking HERE.

Click below to see highlights from our 2012 BSMPG Summer Seminar featuring Joel Jamieson.

More highlights are set to come in the next few weeks so stay tuned!

A special thanks again to our SPONSORS!

Click below to see highlights from our 2012 BSMPG Summer Seminar featuring Jose Fernandez who travelled from the UK to be with us and present.

More highlights are set to come in the next few weeks so stay tuned!

A special thanks again to our SPONSORS!

Pain: its more than just skin deep.

Watch this 5 minute video to learn more about pain, where it comes from, and how your lifestyle, diet, and exercise and influence your recovery from pain.