In depth
The science behind the process
PST Process
- Principles
Principles help us understand how the human body works.
- Strategies
Strategies turn those principles into a direction of work built around the person and their goals.
- Techniques
Techniques are the movements and exercises I choose, modify, and progress according to your responses.
The technique can change. The principle remains.
The body is a system. Every part relates to the others.
Human movement comes from the interaction of the nervous system, muscles, fascia, joints, gravity, ground reaction forces, mass, and momentum. The environment, the person’s experiences, and their intentions are part of that relationship too.
This is the view I start from when I observe your movement and build the path: understanding how the different parts work together and how the body responds to what your life asks of it.
One system. Many influences.
Complexity can become clarity.
My goal is to use science to make the path clearer, more personal, and more useful to you.
A part of the body that hurts deserves attention. But the stress it receives can also be influenced by movement, timing, forces, and compensations in other regions.
Observing these relationships helps separate the place where you feel a symptom from the factors that may be contributing to keeping it there.
Why progression matters
The right exercise, at the wrong time, can reinforce the very movement we are trying to change.
The order of exercises matters: it shapes how the body learns to move and to manage load.
When a movement is not available, the body finds a solution with the options it has. Adding load or volume too early can build capacity while keeping the same compensation strategy.
That is why I build the progression from what the assessment shows: exploring movement options, developing control, connecting the work of the different parts of the body, and gradually introducing the demands of life and sport.
Assess
Understanding the current movement strategy.
Restore options
Developing movement options that are useful to the person.
Control
Learning to manage movement and forces.
Introduce load
Building capacity and adaptability through progressive demands.
Transfer
Carrying what we develop into daily activities and sport.
The person. The activity. The context.
Context is what gives movement its meaning.
To understand an exercise I consider who is doing it, what they want to do, and the environment they move in.
The same movement can produce different responses when position, direction, speed, load, environment, or intention change. The person doing it makes a difference too.
What the muscles contribute varies with joint position, gravity, ground reaction forces, mass, momentum, and the movement available in other parts of the body.
An exercise that is useful for one person may need different conditions for another, or belong at a different moment of the path.
Targeted exercises can build specific capacities. Integrated movement can help put them to use inside an activity. The choice starts from what you need today and what will help you progress.
Understand to choose. Choose to progress.
The assessment is the starting point for turning this view into concrete work, built on your possibilities and your goals.