11 October 2025
to
12 October 2025
8:30 AM
to
5:30 PM
CES Centre
171 Chin Swee Road
SGD$1700
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Proper diagnosis is the first step to effective treatment.
This course teaches our movement based diagnostic system and provides healthcare professionals with an efficient and systematic tool to reach a comprehensive movement diagnosis.
The SFMA fills our clinical need to assess for stability and/or motor control dysfunctions as well as mobility dysfunctions.
The SFMA is our clinical assessment for those who experience pain. It is a movement based diagnostic system which systematically finds the cause of pain – not just the source – by logically breaking down dysfunctional movement patterns in a structured, repeatable assessment.
Look at it this way. When you head to the hospital for shooting arm pain, the immediate course of action is to check your heart, not your arm. The symptoms down your arm are just a result of a problem elsewhere in the body. Similarly, the SFMA focuses on underlying dysfunctional movement to find the cause of pain, not just the source. This concept is better known as regional interdependence – how seemingly unrelated problems are actually driving the dysfunction.
What makes SFMA unique? We are the first organized system that takes into account altered motor control – the inability to coordinate proper movements. This system allows us to identify the correct problems – mobility versus motor control – to best equip clinicians for a successful outcome.
There are many great mobility treatment systems, but in the SFMA, we introduce you to our methodology on reprogramming motor control. We use the neurodevelopmental perspective – the way we learn to move as infants – to create a system to reteach our brains how to communicate with our bodies.
When you leave this course, you will be armed with a repeatable diagnostic system to apply the manual techniques already in your toolbox, as well as now add a motor control component tool. The primary focus of Level 1 is to empower participants to not only gain experience with the assessment, but also to develop confidence to successfully integrate the system into their clinical practice.
Who should attend: Singapore and Overseas Registered Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors, Rehabilitation Therapists (with relevant professional degrees) and Medical Doctors.
Population to be discussed: SFMA Level 1 can be applied to any person who can move. There are certain reasons the SFMA Level 1 wouldn’t be performed, such as with a person with Alzheimer’s, post-surgery and chemical pain.
All three components are required to receive your certification.
Greg is an Australian Sports Physiotherapist who completed a Bachelor of Science in 1996 and a Bachelor of Physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne in 1999, competing for the university as a track sprinter. In his early years, he worked as a consultant clinician and injury prevention advisor to the Australian and British Defence Forces in Australia and Europe, refining tactical and sporting injury management. To transition to national and international level sports physiotherapy, Greg completed a Masters degree in Sports Physiotherapy out of Latrobe University in 2008. He worked full time in football for 2 years before being recruited to the position of Sports Medicine Coordinator at the Northern Territory Institute of Sport in Darwin, Australia. Greg’s experience in this and other roles, as well as training in the Functional Movement Screen and Selective Functional Movement Assessment, was seen as an asset in international sport, so he was recruited to head the Performance Physical Therapy service for EXOS at the Shanghai Research Institute of Sports Science, China. In 2015, he was recruited to help manage the China Women’s Volleyball team as they prepared for the 2015 World Grand Prix tournaments, culminating in victory at the 2015 FIVB World Cup. He returned to Australia in 2016 where he is the head of medical services at Frankston Dolphins VFL football club, as well as coach and sports physiotherapist at Virtus Performance in Mornington, Victoria. In between clinical work, Greg continues to teach in Poland, Brazil, China, New Zealand, and Australia and occasionally provides performance sports physiotherapy to teams and athletes abroad as requested.
Rod is a practicing Osteopath in the Southern Highlands of NSW in Australia. He has a broad range of experience treating everyone from professional athletes to the general population, adolescents to senior citizens. Additionally, Rod has been an active competitor in Mixed Martial Arts events as both an amateur and professional fighter and is currently an MMA coach. He has also taught advanced hand to hand & weapons combat tactics and techniques to police, prison tactical response groups, and security guards, as well as self-defense for all populations. It was his experience in traditional martial arts that had Rod look more closely at how fundamental human movement underpins elite athletic performance. Rod uses the SFMA & FMS in daily Osteopathic practice, personal training and group fitness settings. In addition, Rod also uses the FCS and YBT in MMA coaching. Rod also holds certifications as a personal trainer, sports coach, a kettlebell instructor and nutrition coach.
Registration and Payment: Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Submission of the registration form does not guarantee a place in the course. Payment must be received by the due date prior to attending the training. Further payment instructions will be provided after submission of the registration form.
Confirmation: Registration is confirmed upon receipt of payment or issuance of an invoice.
Cancellation and Substitutions: Once minimum numbers are registered, you will be enrolled in the pre-requisite online course (7 hours). At this time, no refunds will be provided for participant cancellations, including medical leave. Substitutes are not allowed after participants receive the online course.
Event Cancellation: Payment does not guarantee that the event will proceed as planned. If the event is cancelled, a full refund will be issued to all registered participants. No additional claims will be accepted.
Meal Entitlements: For full-day seminars, one meal entitlement per day is provided. For half-day seminars, only coffee and tea will be available.
Food Policy: Food served will be “no pork and no lard.”
