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Mark
Comerford
Performance Stability Director
The Performance Matrix Instructor (UK and worldwide)
Mark
Comerford is a world renowned musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
and lecturer and has taught courses on dynamic stability and
muscle balance, sports physiotherapy and therapeutic exercise
throughout the world.
With Sarah Mottram he has developed Performance Stability,
which offers movement and core stability training courses
for those involved in sport and movement. He has utilised
his extensive knowledge and expertise in movement and core
stability concepts to develop the Performance Matrix, which
he is keen to promote to other professionals. These courses
are based on The Performance Matrix - a method
of stability assessment and retraining designed to find 'weak
links' in the functional performance chain.
Mark has published several papers on the integration of local
and global muscle retraining to enhance joint stability function.
He has presented numerous conference papers and courses internationally
on the area of assessment movement dysfunction and the use
of exercise to treat mechanical stability dysfunction. He
is also the Performance and Stability Consultant for the Chicago
Bulls.
He continues to work clinically in Brisbane at 'Performance
Rehab', established with the aim of providing a multidimensional
approach to the management of musculoskeletal pain, movement
dysfunction and elite level functional performance. Mark is
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Sarah
Mottram MSc MCSP MMACP
Performance Stability Director
The Performance & Pilates Matrix Instructor (UK and worldwide)
Sarah is a Physiotherapist with a special interest in the
assessment and retraining of movement and stability faults.
With Mark Comerford she has developed Performance Stability,
which offers movement and core stability training courses
for those involved in sport and movement. These courses are
based on The Performance Matrix - a method of stability assessment
and retraining designed to 'find weak links in the functional
performance chain'.
She is a Director KC International and a tutor for Performance
Stability and Kinetic Control. Sarah is also a certified Pilates
Matwork instructor with the PILATES Foundation UK and is a
certified GYROTONIC® trainer and incorporates these valuable
tools in her clinical practice. She has a clinical practice
in Ludlow, UK The
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Michael
Nicol
The Performance Matrix Instructor (UK
& Europe)
Michael graduated in Sport Rehabilitation from St Mary’s
College in 2001 before becoming completing a Masters in Sport
Medicine from Nottingham University in 2004. Michael has lectured
on the Undergraduate and Masters Degrees at St Mary’s
College as well as working in both amateur and professional
sport. He sits on the executive committee for the British
Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT)
and the editorial board for Sport Ex Dynamics. Michael is
now also a registered physiotherapist and currently works
as Clinic Director at Sport Dimensions in London, a clinic
which provides Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation and Performance
Training to athletes and recreational sports people.
Michael has taught Performance Stability courses for the last
3 years both in the UK and in Europe. He has also used the
Performance Matrix Screening within professional football,
GB Canoeing and professional golf. |
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Tania
Cotton
The Performance Matrix Course Tutor (UK and Europe)
Tania trained as a physiotherapist at Kings College in London
and subsequently completed an MSc Module in Movement Dysfunction
at Keele University. She has been involved with KC International
for over 10 years and is now an experienced tutor for Performance
Stability Ltd. Tania is also a BASI II ski teacher and a Level
1 GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® trainer. Tania runs 'Movement
Masters' in Chamonix Mont Blanc, France. This clinic offers
a performance focused approach to physiotherapy and movement
analysis. |
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Damien
Moroney
The Performance Matrix Instructor (Canada)
Damien Moroney has been a Physical Therapist in Canada since
1992. He has treated and provided consulting services to the
B2TEN Olympic Athlete Development Program, The Red Bull Canada
High Performance Athletes and PGA touring professionals including
Davis Love III. Damien has been invited to present Performance
Stability concepts and evaluate athletes involved with Cirque
du Soleil, the Montreal Canadians, the Canadian Athletic Coaching
Centre and the Canadian Sport Centre in Calgary. He has taught
Performance Stability courses in Belfast, Calgary, Canmore,
Toronto and Montreal. |
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Chad
Brenzikofer
The Performance Matrix Instructor (USA)
After graduating from Fort Lewis College, USA in May 1999
with a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science, Chad has
taken over 30 manual therapy courses, completed a one-year
high velocity spinal manipulation course, earned his strength
and conditioning (CSCS) credentials through the National Strength
& Conditioning Association (NSCA), and completed a massage
therapy programme at the Massage Therapy Institute of Colorado.
Chad has also done consulting work with Al Vermeil, strength
& conditioning consultant to the Chicago Bulls.
Chad is the director of Muscle Management Therapies, Inc in
Denver Colorado. |
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Michal
Hadala
The Performance Matrix Instructor (Poland & Spain)
Michal is a Physiotherapist and Sport Rehabilitator with a
special interest in the assessment, conditioning and retraining
of movement and stability faults. After completing his Master
degree he was leading the injury rehabilitation unit of the
medical department and assisting with the physical conditioning
of the South African Team during three years of the America’s
Cup.
His most recent experience is that of medical research in
collaboration with Universities, Sports Institutes and a physiotherapy
position in Sports environments in Valencia.
Currently Michal is finishing his European PhD, “Applied
Science in Sport” at the Faculty of Medicine in the
University of Valencia, Spain. |
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Pernille
Thomsen
(Physiotherapist 1991)
Pernille is assisting professor at Skodsborg School of Physiotherapy
University Collage Capitol, Denmark. Pernille has a Master
Degree in Health and Education. In her work she now has a
focus on training and physical activity as a health promoting
factor.
Pernille has presented at National and International Fitness
and Physiotherapy Congresses and lectures on physical therapy,
spinning and health promotion. Pernille has a particular interest
in movement testing and works with elite handball players,
screening for uncontrolled movement (European style handball)
She teaches Performance Stability courses in Danish. |
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