Friday, December 28, 2012

The Janda Approach


GRIP Approach is pleased to present ‘The Janda Approach To Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes’ as taught by his long time pupil Robert Lardner, PT


“Protective reflexes serve as the basis for all human movement and dominate in Pathology” – Janda 


Vladimir Janda Md, DSC is considered to be the father of Czech rehabilitation and one of a handful of physicians responsible for how the rehabilitation field was shaped internationally. He systematically defined characteristic and predictable muscle imbalance syndromes in relationship to the adaptations of the CNS and the ensuing chronicity – something we commonly call ‘Janda’s crossed syndromes’. He viewed the sensory motor system as an indivisible unit and stressed that effective treatment and the rehabilitation process would have to respect this unity and its implications. His teachings influenced many people, including Robert Lardner who co-authored the book ‘Assessment and Treatment of Muscle Imbalance – The Janda Approach’.




This unique 2-day lab intensive will introduce the main theories, concepts, and research of Dr Janda. Significant time will then be spent in hands-on lab learning diagnosis according to Janda via visual inspection, gait analysis, movement patterns, muscle quality, and trigger points. The final half of the seminar will be spent learning Janda’s treatment methods, normalization techniques, activation techniques, and sensorimotor training. This intensive promises to greatly enhance your understanding and abilities of treating musculoskeletal pain syndromes, and offer many additional clinical pearls from Robert Lardner.

For details and registration visit our website.
For more information about Dr Janda, visit the website of his US students and read this tribute paper.

Robert Lardner was born in Nigeria in 1961. His first career was as a professional ballet and modern dancer after studying at the Rambert Ballet Academy outside London, England. Going back to University he graduated from the Department of Physical Therapy, Lund’s University, Sweden in 1991. He has worked in several in- and out- patient rehabilitation facilities in Sweden prior to moving to the United States in 1992.
Having been a staff physical therapist at McNeal Hospital, Clearing Industrial Clinic, and a physical Therapy supervisor at Mercy Hospital, He has also been in charge of physical therapy services at a number of private outpatient and sports clinics.
He has studied extensively with Professors Janda, Lewit and Kolar from the Czech Republic who are pioneers of functional rehabilitation and manual medicine and who have strongly influenced his philosophy and practice of physical therapy. He is a member of the International College of Applied Kinesiology (ICAK). Currently, he is in private practice in Chicago and teaches various rehabilitation seminars throughout the United States and Europe.

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