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Learn to Identify, Assess, and Prevent Anterior Knee Pain

Online Course!

Anterior Knee Pain (AKP)

Take this online course to become the go-to expert in treating Anterior Knee Pain!
In this course, you will gain the knowledge, tools, and expertise you need to identify, assess, treat, and prevent Anterior Knee Pain.

 

• Access the course with a computer, tablet, or smartphone.
• Videos and interactive content designed for a proven learning experience.

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In this online course, you will learn cutting-edge assessments and rehab progressions to treat Anterior Knee Pain from international sports physiotherapist Dave O’Sullivan, accompanied by dedicated 3D anatomical views and unique animations created by Muscle and Motion to ensure you will understand the theory and successfully put it into practice. The course’s animations penetrate through the skin and show the active muscles in each exercise.

The course method is extremely clear and the learning is arranged in subsequent stages  – making it simple to learn and successfully apply in practice with your clients and trainees.

Course Procedure

• Enroll in the course
• View the course content
• Take the test. (You must score 75% to pass)
• Print your certificate of completion by Muscle and Motion

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Frequently Asked Questions

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This course is designed for personal trainers, physiotherapists, fitness trainers, coaches, and movement therapists who want to help clients who are experiencing knee pain (especially front knee pain).

 

• Personal Trainers & Coaches
• Strength & Conditioning Coaches
• Athletic Trainers
• Orthopedics
• Chiropractors
• Movement Specialists
• Physical & Occupational Therapists
• Pilates & Yoga Instructors
• Massage Therapists

Gain the practical knowledge you need to treat Anterior Knee Pain in one comprehensive course!

By the end of this online course, you will be able to:

 

• Identify, assess, treat and train people suffering from Anterior knee pain
• Incorporate unique exercises designed to prevent AKP into your training plans
• Easily perform essential assessments on your trainees
• Describe the best-practice management of knee pain, based on the latest research evidence
• Understand the anatomy and biomechanics of our knee
• Develop confidence in order to enhance the lives of your clients!

 

• Enroll in the course
• View the course content
• Take the test. (You must score 75% to pass)
• Print your certificate of completion by Muscle and Motion
• Become a Knee Rehabilitation Specialist

 

This Course Includes: 

• Full lifetime access
• Access with a computer, tablet, or smartphone

The number of hours of video content included in each course varies depending on the course.

 

Functional Training Anatomy – 3 hours and 30 minutes

Anterior Knee Pain – 3 hours and 30 minutes

Gain the practical knowledge you need to treat Anterior Knee Pain in one comprehensive course! In this course you will learn:

• The anatomy of the knee.
• How to look at the body as a whole when designing your knee rehab programs.
• The importance of muscle balance
• The importance of the big 3 muscles: the soleus, the hamstrings, and the hips, and their role in knee pain.
• Simple assessments to gain clarity and confidence on where to start with your program design.
• The psychology and the framework for giving your clients clarity regarding the problem, solution, and treatment plan.
• Building a solid foundation for your patients before progressing to higher-level progressions.
• How to get all the key muscles working together in more functional positions.
• Bridging the gap from low to high-level rehab.
• How to help your patients return to high-level activities.

8 Detailed Chapters

In this course, we present a unique method for treating and preventing knee pain, with an emphasis on front knee pain.

Chapter 1. Introduction To Knee Pain And The Latest Research

Chapter 2. The Anatomy of Front Knee Pain

Chapter 3. Assessments For The Personal Trainer

Chapter 4. Patient Education and Explanation Of The Rehab Program

Chapter 5 till 8 – Rehabilitation Progressions

24/7 Online Access

Access the online course with a computer, tablet, or smartphone.

You can access our online courses 24/7 from any internet-connected device. Work at your own pace and apply what you learn right away.

Yep! 30% Off for current subscribers.

For our app subscribers, doesn’t matter if you have an active subscription to all our apps or only to one of our apps, as long as your subscription is active, you get 30% Off the regular price.

How to get the discount?

Contact us at sales@muscleandmotion.com with your username to the app that you subscribed to, and ask for the 30% discount code for our online courses.

We will reply to you back ASAP.

 

There are no prerequisites or requirements to enroll in our online courses.

All you need to do is to enroll in the course, sit on your chair, lean back, and watch the screen… Sit tight in your chair because our animations will blow your mind!

Online Courses:
At present, our online courses are available exclusively in English.
However, we are considering expanding to other languages in the near future.
Apps:

(Strength Training, Anatomy, Posture, Yoga)
Our apps support 4 different languages:

English
Spanish
Portuguese
Russian

Once you enter one of our apps, at the signup page and/or log-in page, you will see an icon to choose your language. If you are already in the app, you can go to the main menu > profile > choose a language.

 

*We are working on adding two more languages to all of our apps.

Korean- Coming Soon
German- Coming Soon

Of course!

A certificate of completion by Muscle and Motion will be provided to each participant upon completion of the course.

Please note, in order to get a certification at the end of our online courses, you must score between 70% to 80% to pass (It varies between the courses).
If you do not pass the final test, you may retake the test:)

When enrolling in Muscle and Motion online courses, you get continuing education credits/units from several different institutions, equivalent to time spent in hours devoted to maintaining education and knowledge in the fitness field.

 

When enrolling in our “Functional Training Anatomy” online course, you get:

 

When enrolling in our “Anterior Knee Pain” online course, you get:

 

Coming Soon

We are working with other relevant authorities in order to approve our courses and give you CEUs at the end of each online course.

Who Is The Anterior Knee Pain Course For?

This course is designed for personal trainers, physiotherapists, fitness trainers, coaches, and movement therapists who want to help clients who are experiencing knee pain (especially front knee pain).

In this course, we present a unique method for treating and preventing knee pain, with an emphasis on front knee pain.

 

• Personal Trainers & Coaches
• Strength & Conditioning Coaches
• Athletic Trainers
• Orthopedics
• Chiropractors
• Movement Specialists
• Physical & Occupational Therapists
• Pilates & Yoga Instructors
• Massage Therapists

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A Snippet Of The Course Content

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Course Progressions Overview

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Course Introduction Part 1

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General Assessment

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Lateral Hip Loading

Instructors

David O’Sullivan

David O’Sullivan

 

Dave O’Sullivan is a Chartered Physiotherapist and holds a master’s degree in Strength and Conditioning.

Dave is a graduate of the University of Huddersfield with a degree in Physiotherapy. Since completing his degree Dave has had an impressive range of professional sports and clinical experience including work as a consultant rugby physiotherapist for the England Rugby Union.

Over the years, Dave developed a unique step-by-step approach for use with his own sporting and non-sporting patients.
He now teaches his innovative methods to therapists all over the world.

Click here to read more about Dave O’Sullivan

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Muscle and Motion

Muscle and Motion is one of the most complete resources on muscular and anatomical dynamics in the world!

With thousands of hours of detailed 3D animated videos of muscle functions and movement, our apps and courses help anatomy students, educators, personal trainers, athletes, fitness coaches, and fitness enthusiasts enhance their knowledge of muscle movement.

Today, Muscle and Motion offers a range of apps and online courses helping both professionals and enthusiasts in the sports, health, and fitness spheres in over 100 countries worldwide.

 

Click here to read more about us:)

What’s Inside The Course?

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Introduction

Understand the importance of the big 3: The Soleus, The Hamstring, and The Hip’s role in Knee Pain

Why the Quadriceps are often doing too much work?
How to look at the body as a whole when designing your knee rehab programs.

In this chapter, Dave talks about the importance of muscle balance between the Vastus, Lateralis/Gastrocnemius for anterior shear forces, and Soleus/Hamstrings for posterior shear forces.

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The Anatomy Of  The Knee Joint

Watch in 3D the Origin, Insertion, and Actions of all the muscles that connect to our knee.

The course material is accompanied by advanced 3D animations that ensure you will understand the theory and successfully put it into practice. In this chapter, we will gain a better understanding of the anatomy of the knee, and how parts of the knee work together to maintain normal function.

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Assessments For The Personal Trainer

In this chapter, you will learn some simple assessments to gain clarity and confidence on where to start with your program design.
You will learn how to perform and interpret the following tests.

• Quadriceps Length Assessment
• Supine Knee Flexion Test
• Knee to Wall Test
• Hamstring Midfoot Bridge Test
• Single Leg Squat Test
• Functional Sit to Stand Test
• Lunge Assessments

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Patient Education And Explanation

In this chapter, you will learn how to explain the findings to your client for maximum buy-in and adherence to the full treatment plan, even when the pain eases. You will learn the psychology and the framework for giving your client clarity on the problem, solution, and treatment plan.

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Rehabilitation Progressions

In this chapter, we will go through some great rehab exercises and we will show you how these exercises will help your clients. We will do it step by step using 3D animations so you will understand the “why” behind each exercise and not only the “how”,
check out the 4 phases below:

Phase #1 – How to start and build a solid foundation for your patient
Phase #2 – How to get all the key muscles working together in more functional positions
Phase #3 – How to bridge the gap from low to high-level rehab
Phase #4 – How to build resilience and help your patient to return to high-level activities

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How To Instruct Your Patients

This bonus chapter includes all the exercises of the progressions proses we learned in this online course, but this time Dave demonstrates all exercises with a partner in order to show you how to instruct your clients, step-by-step, so you will be able to work with your patients like a movement professional once you finish this online course!

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Course Content

• Chapter 1 – Introduction To Knee Pain And The Latest Research
• Chapter 2 – The Anatomy of Front Knee Pain
• Chapter 3 – Assessments For The Personal Trainer
• Chapter 4 – Patient Education and Explanation Of The Rehab Program
• Chapters 5 to 8 – Rehabilitation Progressions

 

Course Procedure

• Enroll in the course
• View the course content
• Take the test (You must score 70% to pass)
• Print your certificate of completion by Muscle and Motion
• Become a Knee Rehabilitation Specialist