Functional Movement Screen (FMS)
question with answers
Who developed FMS and when was it developed? - -Greg Cook, 15 years ago
-How many functional movement patterns are there? - -7
-What is the purpose of the FMS? - -- Assess mobility and stability
- Uncover deficiencies
- Expose pain and/or dysfunction
-What is FMS not? - -Not a training protocol or a competition
-Is FMS a holistic or isolated approach? - -Holistic
-Look at muscles -> - -Forget movement
-Look at movement -> - -Impossible to forget muscles
-How do most people function in regard to movement patterns? - -With poor
movement patterns
-Corrective exercises can work.... - -...from the ground up to decrease the risk of
injury
-From bottom to top, what are the pillars of movement? - -Foundation or Base
Platform > Performance: Gross Power/Athleticism > Sport Specific Skill
-Where on the pillar of movement pyramid should we begin? - -On the Foundation
or Base Platform so that people develop good movement patterns
-Benefits of the FMS - -- Improved function
- Reduced injury potential (research still in development)
- Identifies and corrects deficits
-Generally speaking, out of 21 points, what is a good score on the FMS? - -14
-On each section of the FMS, what is a good score? - -2 (and above)
-What does the FMS help to differentiate between? - -Quantity and quality of
movement
-Mobility - -- Muscle flexibility
- Joint ROM
- Freedom of movement
-Stability - -The ability to...
- Maintain posture
question with answers
Who developed FMS and when was it developed? - -Greg Cook, 15 years ago
-How many functional movement patterns are there? - -7
-What is the purpose of the FMS? - -- Assess mobility and stability
- Uncover deficiencies
- Expose pain and/or dysfunction
-What is FMS not? - -Not a training protocol or a competition
-Is FMS a holistic or isolated approach? - -Holistic
-Look at muscles -> - -Forget movement
-Look at movement -> - -Impossible to forget muscles
-How do most people function in regard to movement patterns? - -With poor
movement patterns
-Corrective exercises can work.... - -...from the ground up to decrease the risk of
injury
-From bottom to top, what are the pillars of movement? - -Foundation or Base
Platform > Performance: Gross Power/Athleticism > Sport Specific Skill
-Where on the pillar of movement pyramid should we begin? - -On the Foundation
or Base Platform so that people develop good movement patterns
-Benefits of the FMS - -- Improved function
- Reduced injury potential (research still in development)
- Identifies and corrects deficits
-Generally speaking, out of 21 points, what is a good score on the FMS? - -14
-On each section of the FMS, what is a good score? - -2 (and above)
-What does the FMS help to differentiate between? - -Quantity and quality of
movement
-Mobility - -- Muscle flexibility
- Joint ROM
- Freedom of movement
-Stability - -The ability to...
- Maintain posture
