Courses by James Gardiner, FIRSTAR
Access Work for Atheltes Course

ACCESS WORK FOR ATHLETES

Details:
Live sessions: An interactive platform from the comfort of your own space.

A course designed for YOU. 

This model is based on the principle of empowerment, providing guidance and education so you can optimize you.
No equipment, no gimmicks. 
We pursue the components of motion that maximize movement proficiency in order to optimize output: MIND and BODY intensive. You won’t find a course to match this. With over 15 years of experience, James provides a rich and thorough framework and delivers expertise and unmatched intent.

SESSIONS 1 & 2

AWFA Weeks 1 + 2 Intro: Provides overview for the specifics of the first two weeks and targets for learning. 

Intro and Prelude: more specific detail of how the course framework is mapped out overall 

“CARs” videos: instructional and demonstrative videos to be used by registrants for self-learning in Weeks 1 & 2. 

Week 1 

Firstar CEU Membership
From fresh out of school to old school, we all benefit when we explore the profession and go beyond the middle of the box; Let’s chAT explores the corners, opening up creative avenues and stretching the boundaries of what Athletic Therapy is and can be! 

You will earn .4 CEUs for every Let's chAT review that you achieve 80% and over, up to 1.6 CEUs each month. So easy! 

While quizzes close on October 4th, you'll have access to the Zoomcasts and associated quizzes dating back to August 2020.  

Performance Wellness

$400 + HST

The collaboration between FIRSTAR Therapy and mindframe brings a flexible, holistic program to all. The goal is to enable, empower, and enhance each person’s well-being on and off the field of play through a focus on intentful movement and mindful practices.

Dates for this CourseComing soon!

Recalibration Introduction Course

$60+ HST

Introductory (1 week)
Session I: Recognize & Respond
We focus on softening our reactions, therefore decreasing the stress response in mind and body.
Applicative Learning: An exercise in thought containment
Session II: Rebalance 
We focus on situating responsiveness and balancing the right and left hemispheres of the brain, leaving us with stress management strategies.
Applicative Learning: Anuloma Viloma, an exercise in alternate nostril breathing.
Session III: Relaxation
We focus on how to take the mind and body to a state of restfulness, down-regulating the nervous system.
Applicative Learning: An exercise in visualization.
Please note: Our Introductory workshop is a pre-requisite for the 3 Week Advanced Level Course.

Recalibration Advanced Course

$120 + HST

Stage I: 2 sessions

Advanced sessions in thought containment and responsiveness
Stage II: 2 sessions
Progressing breath work through sessions in yogic breath and alternate nostril breathing practices.
Stage III: 2 sessions
Taking control of the stress response through advanced visualization and progressive relaxation techniques.

 

Access Work for Atheltes Course

Injury Deterrence and Sport Training: A Blended

$109.99 + HST

In this Blended Model Course you will Learn:
  • Integration of injury deterrence and sport training
  • Enhance your understanding of individual session development
  • Create a rehab and training plan that works
  • Develop your own relevant screening tools
  • An 8-step screen to suit your athletes’ needs 
  • How to better bulletproof your athletes 
  • Learn the 'Rules to Move by’
Online Course
FIRSTAR Online Course

Work at your own pace through this audio & PDF version of our Blended Model course. 

You will have audio access to the full 1.5-hour course and you can work through the PDF simultaneously as added support.

In this Blended Model course you will learn: 

  • Integration of injury deterrence and sport training
  • Enhance your understanding of individual session development
  • Create a rehab and training plan that works
  • Develop your own relevant screening tools
  • An 8-step screen to suit your athletes’ needs 
  • How to better bulletproof your athletes 
  • Learn the ‘Rules to Move by’

Online Course $79.99 + HST

Take this course with you on your commute, on a run, learn on the go! 

Join James Gardiner, MSc, CAT(C), CSCS, R.Kin, for this live 3 Session Online Hip Course, where you will learn:

  • What to make of a history 
  • How to get more out of the history (evaluation and direction for rehab) 
  • The FIRSTAR 4x4(x4) Matrix for rehab and training progressions
  • Anatomical review 
  • Live case study/ analysis 
  • Looking at athlete screens
  • Determining Regional Interdependencies 
  • Screening tools for the hip
  • Hip Exam specifics 
  • Postural compensation and hip affect
  • Motion, tests, FAI 
  • Gait pattern considerations 
  • Movement analysis 
  • Direct application to your practice
  • Enhancing the standard model of assessment so you can get better

$339.00 + HST (All 3 Sessions Included)

FIRSTAR Performance Wellness Online Courses