Workshop
Franklin Method Shoulder & Spine Workshop
with Tom McCook
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About This Workshop
Concepts & Techniques
- The design of the shoulder girdle
- The design of the spine
- Where movement happens in the spine
- The different orientation of the facet joints
- Movement and self touch of the shoulder girdle and spine
- Corrective exercises on the mat for the spine and Shoulders
- Hands on Corrections for each exercise
- Specific exercises on the Reformer, Tower and Chair
- For spine and shoulder girdle balance and conditioning
Objectives
Props & Equipment
- Balls
- Chair
- Mat
- Reformer
- Small Props
- Stability Sling
- Trap/Cad
Workshop Level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
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| Workshop | Free Member | Forever Member |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin Method Shoulder & Spine Workshop | $59 USD Register Now | $39 USD Get Access |
About Tom McCook
Tom McCook, founder and director of Center of Balance in Mountain View, CA, is an internationally recognized fitness and movement specialist. Beginning his full time career in personal training in 1984, Tom designs progr…
Feedback on Franklin Method Shoulder & Spine Workshop
Great examples of applying experiential anatomy and imagery.Deborah A
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Great examples of applying experiential anatomy and imagery.
Excellent workshop!
Great workshop! Excited to use this with clients and am feeling much more comfortable teaching and explaining questions about the shoulder girdle. Thanks!
thank you, very clear instructionto dive deeper into the understanding of the shouldergirdle complex
Great workshop.
I love Tom and the way he presents this information. He takes complex info and makes it completely accessible for all to understand. Thanks Tom! Please keep creating content for us.
Lots of great ideas for clients with high neck and shoulder tension. Love the focus on finding the connection to the lower scap in order to keep tension out of the upper traps. Fantastic ideas and cues as always!
A wonderful workshop. Very good explanations and very good examples of exercises.
Great course, thank you!
great workshop
Great workshop!
Great workshop. I learned quite a bit. Thank you.
Very informative and full of great exercises to use!
This was a fantastic workshop, I loved all the anatomical visuals and cues it makes the movements so much more clear.Thank you! I'm looking forward to another one.
Clear and well-presented
This was very well explained, clear and understandable. Simple, yet thorough.
Love this workshop, Tom's cueing is beyond!! I learned so much!
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Really great Workshop. Thanks so much .
I always enjoy learning from Tom McCook. As shoulder anatomy has always been challenging, this was helpful with his clear explanations of movements of the scapulae. Although I'm familiar with most of these exercises, he introduced some variations that were new and interesting.
The structure of the class is excellent. The repetition of the movement principles through similar exercises on different equipment was extremely helpful for thinking about how to apply the work in different ways for different bodies.
Great Workshop
Excellent information very helpful.
Loved the course.
Wonderful teaching. I find the imagery of the bones moving so helpful in doing exercises correctly. I really enjoyed the exercise suggestion but since I do not have or teach on a chair or tower I am not able to use some of them...
Thank you very much Tom McCook! It was wonderful workshop. It will help me when I teach. I am inspired by your way of calm cueing, give client to feel sensation their muscle. I would like to add your tips for my session, from today. Thank you!
I appreciated the positioning of bones and mention of specific muscle activations during each exercise. thank you.The shoulders are very complex and there needs to be more of these workshops that focus on tendons, some that focus on the ligaments and what sort of strains we could be potentially putting on them when we are advancing students to harder exercises without having the proper mobility and stability. Loving your workshop content.
Wonderful workshop!
Excellent! When is the pelvis and legs module coming?!
Wonderful, clear, concise, progressions...
Love Tom and his approach to movement. I'll watch anything he puts on this site!
Very nice workshop clear and easy to follow with beautiful demonstration of cueing as well as execution by the model...
Thanks for your feedback Phyllis! We leave the PopUps on screen for about 10 seconds - with the idea that you can click pause at any time to keep them there for as long as you'd like. If we keep them up longer they often block the view when we cut to a different angle. Glad you enjoyed the workshop!
I really enjoyed this workshop since I, along with many of my clients, need this work. Everyone seems to be tight in the thoracic area due to the forward flexion in our daily lives. One thing I would ask for is that the informational message bubbles that you post be kept on for a much longer period of time. I like to read and sometimes reread them again to totally digest the information and they disappear too quickly. Other than that, keep up the good work!