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NeurokineticTherapy (R) is now taught internationally within a 3-stage seminar series and is represented in America, Asia, Europe and Africa.
For information on the
international seminars click HERE
As an official trainer for NeurokineticTherapy (R) in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, I lead the German-language seminars.
The concept is very effective, but requires functional anatomical understanding and practical experience. Therefore, each seminar leads to a practical phase of approx. 3-6 months in which the students can apply the content they have learned before being tested and certified (examination possible online via video conference or in person). Only then can the next seminar be attended.
Seminar dates 2025 in Germany:
NKT Level 1 – “learning the vocabulary”:
CONTENTS:
- Neuronal principles of movement control as the basis of the NKT concept. Why do we need movement control and how do we take it into account in training therapy?
- Practical use of fiber-specific muscle function tests and their interrelated use to assess neuro-based compensation patterns as the basis of dysfunctions in the musculoskeletal system. There are many variants of muscle testing. Classically, tests are carried out for strength deficits or disorders (e.g. in applied kinesiology). NKT refers to movement patterns and the development of compensation patterns due to signaling errors in the proprioceptive system.
- Basic compensation patterns in the myofascial system (what common patterns are there, how are they connected? Deepening in NKT Level 2 and 3)
You would like to complete your training in
NKT start?
Start on 10-11.05.25
with Level 1 in Regensburg!
NKT LEVEL 1
10.-11.05.2025
REGENSBURG
NKT Level 2 – “Forming sentences”:
CONTENTS:
● Testing myofascial subsystems. Thinking in terms of muscle chains instead of individual muscles is progressive. But which structure in the chain is messing it up? Save time in treatment by making diagnostics more specific!
● Consolidation of the basics of the respiratory system laid down in Level 1 (breathing patterns, diaphragm dysfunctions). Interrelationships of the auxiliary respiratory muscles, typical dysfunctions depending on functional diagnostics.
● Deepening the influence of the jaw (force transmission, stability pattern, connections to the pelvis, connection to temporomandibular dysfunctions)
Gait patterns – testing the efficiency of key gait patterns. If individual muscle patterns have been clarified but problems still occur in gait, it makes sense to test gait patterns.
● Joint compression / decompression: testing and correcting the neurological status of joints. Which joint needs traction? Learn the 5 different types of arthrokinetic inhibition and how to resolve them.
● Rotation pattern – testing rotational movements in all vertebral segments, from all possible positions. Very helpful for intrinsic problems and for power transmission, e.g. for athletes.
- Pertubation – Testing stability while standing, in everyday and sport-specific positions and thus simplifying the search for global patterns. What was corrected on the couch may be incorrect again when standing.
NKT LEVEL 2
02.-03.08.2025
REGENSBURG
NKT Level 2
02.-03.08.2025
Physioworld Regensburg
Save another 100$ and book Level 1 and Level 2 in a bundle price!
Note: The additional discount of 100$ is granted on the Level 2 course.
NKT Level 3 – “speak more intelligently”:
- Ligamentous apparatus – proprioceptive hand brakes – how do I test ligaments? They are the structures with the most mechanoreceptors and can therefore trigger a whole range of dysfunctions that cannot be fully corrected at muscle or joint level.
- Hyoid bone – the gyroscope of the human body and its global effects. Particularly important after intubation or trauma to the throat.
- Eyes – the most important structures in the neuronal hierarchy. How do I test dysfunctions in the extraocular muscles? The extraocular muscles are so finely controlled that even a small signal disturbance in a specific angle of vision can lead to global dysfunctions in the entire body.
- Gait patterns – advanced relationships between muscles that make up our gait pattern.
- Scars – advanced methods of testing scars and correcting afferent disorders.
- Prioritization – learn how to recognize more quickly which dysfunction has priority. Dysfunctions build up according to certain principles, like the layers of an onion. The aim is to get to the core and thus be able to help more quickly and successfully.
NKT LEVEL 3
NKT Level 3
No seminar currently planned for 2025
Preparation for Level 1
In the basic course “NKT Level 1” we focus on the practical application of the tests and learning the approach (assessments – decision-making process – protocol – re-assessment – challenge – homework), because this is the foundation of the competence from which you benefit as an experienced user. This does not leave enough time to go into the basics of functional anatomy. It is therefore recommended that you study such knowledge yourself beforehand. This should at least be done by reading the book “NeurokineticTherapy”.
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You can find more book recommendations here
Level 1 & 2:
- Aids to the Examination of the Peripheral Nervous System (Elsevier)
- Anatomy of Movement (Blandine Calais Germain)
- Anatomy of Breathing (Blandine Calais Germain)
- Applied Kinesiology – functional myodiagnostics in osteopathy and chirotherapy (Hans Garten)
- Diagnostics and Treatment of Movement Impairment Syndromes (Shirley Sahrmann)
- Functional anatomy of the joints (Kapandji & Rehart, 2016)
- Movement (Gray Cook)
- Therapeutic Stretching (Eyal Lederman)
- Large picture atlas of palpation (Laekeman & Kreutzer)
Frequently asked questions about Neurokinetic Therapy
What is the difference between Applied Kinesiology and NKT?
NKT has some roots in Applied Kinesiology (AK), e.g. we use the “TL” as a method to identify correlations. Over the years, NKT has specialized in identifying compensation patterns in the musculoskeletal system and their neuro-muscular background. Since the early 1980s, when David Weinstock founded NKT in California, the concept has constantly evolved, with some contents being integrated and others discarded. While AK focuses on disorders that can also be found at the level of organs or chemical imbalances, for example, NKT focuses on the musculoskeletal system and the proriociceptive system, i.e. muscles, fascia, joints, ligaments, tendons and skin tissue. This reference to movement, functional anatomy and the focus on subsequent physical training is one of the key unique selling points. Furthermore, in contrast to most AK approaches, we carry out the muscle testing much more easily (with less effort), as we test the neurological “availability” of the muscle fibers, not their strength.
What is the difference between Z-Health and NKT?
The Z-Health Performance Systems Concept is a comprehensive educational concept for training neuro-scientific content in the area of performance and health. With the Z-Health concept, you will develop an understanding of why the brain is the control center for almost all processes in the human body, including emotions and human behavior. This will lead to new approaches in training science, but also in the therapeutic professions such as physiotherapy, sports therapy, etc. Users of the Z-Health concept learn to comprehensively understand the brain and its task in relation to movement control and maintaining health and to apply targeted methods to activate areas of the brain in the long term and thus set positive neuroplastic processes in motion.
NKT relates more to the proprioceptive system as a part of the 3 large movement-controlling systems (proprioceptive, vestibular, visual). Within this system you will be much more effective with NKT (based on experience). I often compare it to the difference between a shotgun (large dispersion, more general activation training, e.g. used in LifeKinetics, or if you combine brain jogging with ergometer training), a pistol (e.g. possible with Z-Health, significantly more precise control options through the specific activation of brain areas) and a sniper rifle (e.g. possible with NKT, here we can precisely locate and neutralize proprioceptive signal errors).
My experience in NKT, but also AK and Z-Health allows me to have a differentiated view between all systems. If you have any questions about the similarities and differences between the various approaches, please get in touch with me free of charge!
