So many of us are confused with our core assessment, just rotely do what we learned years ago, or skip it altogether. 

• Do we even need to be doing a core assessment?

• Should we prioritize objective or functional findings?

• Should we be doing movement, stability, or load/capacity based testing?

• How do we get it done when our evaluation is already feeling rushed?

 

There are so many different options, and it doesn't help that we're rushing to complete the evaluation.  So let's get practical and talk about functional core strength assessment for our patients!