More about CENT - Principles of Controlled Eccentric Neuromuscular Training.

Now to the meat...

CENT stands for Controlled Eccentric Neuromuscular training. It is partly because the acronym spells something that it was chosen. It will stick in your head and make writing about it easier. (See "Introducing DAP notes" article for some of my views on acronyms.)

Guiding Principles:

Switching between agonist / antagonist muscle actions takes time, effort and is not necessary to start.

The Flexor Synergy exists for a very good reason, if you're a caveman...

Praxis is the key to purposeful movement.

"The more you do the more you can do" (a basic Functional Therapy tenent that applies here too).

Next time we'll break these out a little.


Ed Kaine, OTR/L, RFT
President of the League of Functional Therapists, LLC.