Online Continuing Education Courses

Anatomy and Pathophysiology of the CORE

• Define the hip and trunk CORE
• Evaluate the CORE muscles and structure
• Delineate the difference between local and global muscles on the back
• Identify the muscles of the abdominal area that are considered stabilizing
• Identify the spinal muscles that stiffen the spine
• Evaluate the CORE dysfunction 
• Instruct patients in exercises designed to strength hip and trunk muscles
• Identify the correlation between muscle weakness in the hip and lower extremity injuries