Just read their (Vardan) website, they have created new words for therapy and treatments that already exist. They also base their physical therapy protocol upon fundamentally flawed 'functional training'. Just trying to blind all with razzle dazzle.
Functional Manual Therapy = osteopathy, physio or a combination massage methodologies.
Functional Mobilization™ (FM) and Soft Tissue Mobilization = see above
Automatic Core Engagement (ACE) = automatic and exists within patients with back pain regardless of training. Main issue is a delay in recruitment that functional training struggles to affect
Functional Tests = the body will always get better when practicing a skill so testing for a movement you're practicing is always going to show improvement - catch is you need to practice every movement possible (infinite)
- By Kieran Lowe, London
Osteopath & Sports Rehab
