Workshops

The Key Approach^® is an evidence-informed complimentary manual and movement therapy method that offers unique insights and management solutions for simple and complex skeletal pain presentations.

The premise of the Key Approach is that most musculo-skeletal pain disorders evolve from defective neuromuscular control of the spine and proximal limb girdles. This alters spinal loading patterns and movement ability – which in time ‘bothers the spine’ and its pain sensitive structures.

In other words, the way we move and posture ourselves contributes to many of our problems.

The Key Approach^® Workshops: Getting to the source of your patient’s musculo-skeletal pain explore The Key Approach Model in detail focusing on the bodies control of ‘functional’ movement – both healthy ‘normal’ and compromised. The workshops address the link between pain syndromes and movement impairments. And how altered movement compromises the function in many of the body’s interrelated systems – the nervous, myofascial and joint systems. Variable changes in breathing, postural and movement control, continence and balance ensue and commonly underlie most musculoskeletal pain syndromes and many sports ‘injuries’. The approach adopts an integrative, multi-systems perspective which aims to restore function. It also provides the tools for patient education and patient self-reliance - and a preventative approach.

Through these courses you will be guided through The Key Approach^® clinical model of posturo-movement dysfunction. You will learn a clinical framework that helps you assess and classify a person based on their functional presentation and which guides your clinical treatment. You will learn manual therapy skills to address the dysfunction and practical exercise therapy skills that retrain your client’s movement dysfunctions. These workshops will enlarge your understanding around ‘function’. Addressing the underlying functional deficits in all your clients whether they present as principally musculo-skeletal, but also as neurological or cardiothoracic problems, will reap its rewards in improved outcomes.

I usually offer 2 different Key Approach workshop formats.

Key Moves^® 4 Spinal Rehab

I have recently completed my second book: “Freedom to Move: Movement Therapy for spinal pain and many injuries’ - on tailoring exercise for functional rehabilitation of the spine.

Accordingly, I am offering four one-day workshops in the first part of the year which specifically address movement therapy for spinal and related musculoskeletal disorders.

They are suitable for multidisciplinary movement therapists who wish to gain a more in-depth understanding and improved proficiency around assessing and retraining spinal movement control.

There will also be an optional 5th day focusing solely upon experiencing, workshopping, developing, and conducting Key Moves® therapeutic exercise classes.

Upon a suitable hosting request, I am also happy to run this series over 5 consecutive days sometime during the second part of the year.

The Key Approach^® Series

These workshops adopt the previous format of the Key Approach workshops and address the relationship between complimentary manual and movement therapy for more effectively managing spinal pain and related disorders.

These are offered in 3 modules:

The Lower Quadrant: The foundations of control. (2.5 day module)
The Upper quadrant: An integrated model of torso movement (2.5 day module)
Putting it all together. (2 day module)

These workshops are suitable for clinicians who wish to enlarge their scope of practice as both manual and movement therapists - settling the client’s pain and restoring joint and myofascial function – and encouraging self-reliance in their clients through an appropriately prescribed home exercise programme which restores spinal mobility and function.

Upon a suitable hosting request, I am also happy to run either M1 or M2 modules (or the complete series) sometime during the second part of the year.

Refresher/intensive day workshops

Completion of either the Key Moves 4 Spinal Rehab series or the Key Approach modules is a pre-requisite.

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A new way of thinking about core control that includes functional and physiological rehabilitation of the musculoskeletal system.

Anonymous

I've been a remedial massage therapist for 11 years. I have attended many courses over the years and the Key Approach Courses have been of the greatest benefit for myself and for my clients. The courses educated me about causative factors, how to identify problematic body patterns and where and how to effectively treat conditions. Being a body worker I suffered back pain over the years and was always searching for ways to maintain good spinal/muscular health. I now have very low level infrequent pain. For my clients, I am able to pass on information to help them change habits that...

Lauren Schoenauer - Remedial Masseur

A lovely balance of well-based, practical clinical teschnique - invaluable to the hands-on practitioner

Anonymous

Absolutely loved it. Have been feeling lost in my professional development and what/where I want to go as a young physio. This is exactly how I think and I am feeling motivated and positive for my therapy career. Thank you Jo - a real character and conveyer.

Anonymous - Physiotherapist

Great clinical information to add to foundations of lumbar and sacroiliac assessment and treatment. I gained a lot of information and increased understanding of literature and interpretation and clinical application

Anonymous

A very practical and logical approach to movement dysfunction which I can apply to patients immediately in an integrated approach with current treatments. Thoroughly enjoyed this course. Great information and supervisor ratio for prac sessions – far exceeds other courses that I know of.

Dr Anna Lewis - Physiotherapist

In my 35 years as a Physio I have done numerous courses with both local and international presenters. Last year I did the 3 modules of the "Key Approach" with Jo Key. This course takes an extensive and whole-body approach to development of functional movement, movement analysis and dysfunction, using postural adaptation as its base. In particular I found the concepts of the 4 pelvic movement patterns very useful. More so than other courses, this provided me with a very functional way of analysing and correcting spinal, pelvis and limb disorders, as well as looking at the domino effect...

Sigrid Cooper - Manipulative Physiotherapist

Fundamental for any practice

Anonymous

Highly relevant for everyone working with human bodies.

Anonymous

Excellent – fundamental movement/motor control - it was great – pre-reading really helped.

Anonymous

An innovative way of thinking about fundamental movements and their application to dysfunction; excellent insight into breathing.

Anonymous

Liberating! Engaging, thought provoking and it all just makes logical sense. How the body moves and why we as humans disrupt it and continue too!!

Anonymous

A distillation of Josephine Keys experience and passion in finding to 'core' or functional problems

Tammy Noden - Physiotherapist

Challenging! - very cerebral - it changes the way you think about movement and ‘core stabilisation exercises.

Anonymous

I promote your work a lot, as I am seeing results! On myself and my clients! I really hope that physio's are RUNNING to your workshops to learn all of this work you've presented! I can't tell you how frustrating it is seeing clients that their physio gave them exercises that are in my opinion really missing the mark, and not actually addressing the underlying issues. Just a little grumble!

Anonymous - Level 4 Pilates practitioner

A really great whole-angel lense view which is still backed up by clinical experience, research, pragmatisim and professional self-love

Anonymous

Relevant to many areas of practice. Excellent assessment techniques for function/movement. Informative and different and great use of evidence.

Anonymous

Concepts (of great importance) to restore correct functional movement patterns; learning the importance of breathing and pelvic control and the ways in which to teach this.

Anonymous

Distillation of over 30 years of clinical practice and relating current clinical research into a practical assessment and programme of treatment. Good course numbers; good reinforcement of, and reassessment of basic patterns.

Anonymous

Very osteopathically relevant in principles, approach and execution of techniques

Im Chuah - Osteopath

I've learned and used so much of your stuff already, virtually every client gets pelvic patterns and pin the Beetle on the table!! I had interesting feedback from a singer/singing teacher yesterday that pin the Beetle has made her sing more easily and with more capacity!!! And she's 60-ish so got a lifetime's with of experience. She loves learning and I've been soooo thrilled to pass on your gems!! Soooo much gratitude to you.

Tracy Rowe - Dru Yoga teacher; soft tissue therapist

Excellent. Functional approach and logical framework. Great to focus upon quality of movement. Thanks for a great weekend.

Anonymous

Thoroughly grounded in osteopathic principals, it was quite refreshing, at the same time extremely practical. Can't help but improve clinical practice.

John Mickerson - Osteopath

Best workshop I’ve done in a long time.

Kristin Lyon - Em-Body Pilates

It stimulated me to think about what I do – personally and especially with the people I treat.

Anonymous

Excellent – fundamental movement/motor control - it was great – pre-reading really helped.

Anonymous

Excellent. Fundamental. Simple. Accessible. Profound.

Anonymous

Opens the mind, challenges thought patterns and makes you think. Interesting and well prepared and backed up. Definitely a workshop to attend!

Anonymous

Very clinically relevant, inspiring for treatment and treatment affirming.

Anonymous

Puts activation of pelvic control into function – pulls together multi ideas (MET – hip/knee control – functional exercises; adds some ‘new’ approaches to activate transversus.

Anonymous

“I am breathing deeper than I have in years!!!! Incredible. Thanks Jo

Brooke Sultana - Pilates Instructor; Soft tissue therapist

An ‘eye opener’ for the real core stability with superimposed mobility exercises; a systems thinking approach for postural movement control.

Michael E - Physiotherapist

“I can’t thank you enough for the work you’ve done (you’re doing)! I have just been thriving on this. I have personally needed this intervention and realise how ones bias really inhibits new breakthroughs. I thank you for what you’ve passed on. I will be coming to more of your courses for sure! Yesterday really brought things together for me, I hadn’t properly understood, wasn’t quite getting the big picture. Hopefully I will remember all your wonderful cues and be able to reproduce the new movement patterns in my body to better understand it, and pass it on to ‘willing’ clients!”

Karen Cernicchi - Level 4 Pilates instructor

Gives a different perspective – challenges your gym beliefs! – makes you think about the ‘core’ in a different light!

Anonymous

Fantastic, the way it's simplified in terms of see and feel and to move the scapula to be free of the ribs and spine.

Anonymous

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The Key Approach^® is an evidence-informed complimentary manual and movement therapy method that offers unique insights and management solutions for simple and complex skeletal pain presentations.

I usually offer 2 different Key Approach workshop formats.

Key Moves^® 4 Spinal Rehab

The Key Approach^® Series

Refresher/intensive day workshops

Key Moves® 4 Spinal Rehab Series recognised by

Testimonials

Host a workshop

Improve both your manual therapy and exercise prescription skills with our workshops

Workshops

The Key Approach® is an evidence-informed complimentary manual and movement therapy method that offers unique insights and management solutions for simple and complex skeletal pain presentations.

I usually offer 2 different Key Approach workshop formats.

Key Moves® 4 Spinal Rehab

The Key Approach® Series

Refresher/intensive day workshops

Key Moves® 4 Spinal Rehab Series recognised by

Testimonials

Host a workshop

Improve both your manual therapy and exercise prescription skills with our workshops

The Key Approach^® is an evidence-informed complimentary manual and movement therapy method that offers unique insights and management solutions for simple and complex skeletal pain presentations.

Key Moves^® 4 Spinal Rehab

The Key Approach^® Series