Stability, Sport and Performance Movement

Joanne Elphinston is a Performance Consultant, international lecturer and physiotherapist working with elite and professional athletes including Olympic, Commonwealth and World Championship medallists, Premiership footballers and professional golfers. Joanne has been a consultant on Performance Movement to the British Olympic Association, as well as advising professional sporting organisations on technical movement enhancement for performance, injury prevention and rehabilitation. She also has extensive experience in child and adolescent movement development for sport and its progression into senior competition. With Paul Pook, Joanne co-wrote the best-selling The Core Workout.

Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction Section One: Foundations and Fundamentals Chapter 1: Force, Flow and Functional Force Management; Chapter 2: Exploring the Stability Concept; Chapter 3: The Anatomy of Stability; Chapter 4: Key Concepts for Efficient Movement; Chapter 5: Functional Assessment Section Two: Building Progressive Programmes Chapter 6: Phase 1 - Activation and Awareness; Chapter 7: Phase 2 - Integration; Chapter 8: Phase 3 - Global Coordination; Chapter 9: Phase 4 - Dynamic Control; Chapter 10: Stability Across the Training Programme; Chapter 11: Sample Programmes; Chapter 12: Treatment Pathways; Resources; Index