JOSEPHINE KEY : FREEDOM TO MOVE

freedom to Move is an evidence informed practical resource which
provides movement therapists of all disciplines with an exercise
blueprint for rehabilitating spinal pain and many related ‘injuries’.
In essence, Freedom to Move describes what goes wrong in the
spine and what to do about it. It integrates the applicable
contemporary neuroscience around spinal movement and pain with
the clinical evidence and understanding gained from the author’s
enquiring practice, and her exploration of various movement
approaches and their contribution – or otherwise, to spinal well-being.
It examines the relationship between healthy torso structure and
functional control and describes and explains the author’s model of
spinal dysfunction – the remediation of which forms the basis of the
author’s model of care for the spine, The Key Approach®.
The book’s main focus is on a practical, therapeutic
exercise/movement approach which addresses the common
movement faults and dysfunctions observed in people with spinal
pain and stiffness.
In particular, the Fundamental Patterns of control are introduced as
important, innate ‘key’ movements which naturally provide the sound
foundations necessary for a healthy spine – but which have
commonly been ‘lost’ in the movement repertoire of people with
spinal pain syndromes.
These are re-established and reincorporated into various poses,
movements and stretches by way of specifically directed mindful
movement explorations. The client is helped to regain more optimal
function and move out of pain – with more freedom.
The approach is applicable within all industry models of teaching
therapeutic movement: in the rehabilitation of spinal pain within
physiotherapy, Pilates and Yoga; and in the fitness industry, for
injury prevention, health promotion and optimising spinal health in
exercise programmes in general