From Alignment to Neural Readiness: Reframing Posture as a Nervous System Control Problem

Course overview

This neuroscience-informed continuing education course reframes posture, movement, and persistent pain through the lens of central nervous system (CNS) control. Instead of viewing posture as a static alignment target or pain as a direct readout of tissue state, the course examines both as adaptive outputs emerging from sensory input, prediction, perceived threat, and the availability of movement options. By integrating historical context, contemporary motor control research, and practical clinical reasoning, the course equips clinicians to interpret posture and pain more accurately, communicate with greater clarity, and make safer decisions in non-emergent musculoskeletal and balance-related presentations.