CAFS Course Notes
My notes from the Gray Institute Course
Compression is required for
Transformation: is either expending energy or “cultivating energy”
- this means that you either harness energy or waste it
Transformation refers to the transitional point between “loading” and “exploding.”
Movement checklist
- Action
- Environment
- Position
- Drive
- Direction
- Height
- Distance
- Load
- Rate
- Duration
Action
subdivided into global movements and local movements
Global Movements
- Fundamental
- Skills
- Tasks
Local Movements
- Regionally
- Structurally
Environment
- outdoors / indoors
- pool vs ocean
Positions
- Standing
- Seated
- Kneeling
- Prone
- Side Lying
- Supine
- Transitions
Transitions: positions between two other positions:
- Between sitting and lying would occur during bed mobility
Driver
Raise R arm overhand and rotate the arm as far as you can to the right:
Results in pronated L foot and supinated R foot.
Assessment and Programming Strategies
CAFS breaks down their assessment and programming in 4 key parts:
- Subjective
- Global
- Local
- Plan
Subjective
- Listen:
- Direct:
- Guide:
The goal of the subjective is to understand the person’s goals and functional threshold
Holistic programming Example:
- muscle hypertrophy (aesthetics)
- decreased pain during activity (sport)
Functional threshold can be broken down into:
- What activity do they
Global
Global is split into skills and tasks and Fundamental movements.
Skills and tasks consist of ADLs, walking, sports, and hobbies
Fundamental movements refer to:
- Gait
- Lunging
- Squatting
- Reaching
- Pulling
- Pushing
- Jumping
- Lifting
Local
Local is divided into 2 subcategories: Isolated and Structure specific.
Isolated regions include:
- Cervival
- Thoracic
- Lumbar
- Hip
- Knee
- Foot and Ankle
- Shoulder/Elbow/Hand
Plan
The plan is broken down into the 10 observation essentials and Manipulate and manage