FAD Metodo Mezieres: ambito sportivo/preventivo

📌 All video lessons are in Italian

🧠 A new way to observe the body — and truly enhance performance.

🎯 Have you ever felt like the body isn’t responding the way it should?
You train an athlete, set up the exercises, correct the form… but something’s off.
The movement looks “right,” but balance doesn’t improve and precision doesn’t stick over time.

That’s normal. The body always adapts — but not always in a functional way.

👉 This course gives you a different perspective:
A biomechanical model that helps you see more clearly, plan more effectively, and act with greater precision.

🧠 Don’t expect “the usual posture work.”
The Mézières Method you’ll explore here is very different from what you might have heard about.
It’s not a passive technique, nor a set of exercises to mimic.
It’s a systemic and scientific approach based on muscular biomechanics, force vectors, and physical laws.
It teaches you to read the body as a system — where every adaptation has meaning, and every well-structured exercise can restore function and precision.

✅ If you train, correct, strengthen, or guide people in movement every day, this course can be the edge you’ve been looking for.

Ogni muscolo risponde alle leggi fisiche che regolano la deformazione dei materiali.
Applicando queste leggi al sistema muscolare, emerge un comportamento differenziato tra le sue componenti:

• Le componenti contrattili (actina e miosina), dotate di un coefficiente di elasticità elevato, si accorciano e tornano alla lunghezza originaria dopo la contrazione.

• Le componenti connettivali (membrane, aponeurosi, tendini), aventi un coefficiente inferiore a 1, mantengono deformazioni residue proporzionali al prodotto forza × tempo applicato.

L’accorciamento, quindi, è funzione più del tempo di tenuta che della forza esercitata:
una contrazione mantenuta a lungo provoca adattamenti più marcati rispetto a una contrazione intensa ma breve.

Nel tempo, attraverso l’accumulo di piccole deformazioni residue, il muscolo subisce un accorciamento progressivo delle sue componenti connettivali.
Questo processo, che si sviluppa nell’arco di mesi o anni, modifica la distribuzione interna delle forze e genera due grandezze inversamente proporzionali:

• Forza Resistente (FR): la resistenza che il muscolo oppone all’allungamento;

• Forza Lavoro (FL): la capacità di produrre movimento utile (forza per spostamento).

All’aumentare dell’accorciamento connettivale, FR cresce e FL diminuisce in modo proporzionale.
Un muscolo accorciato sviluppa una resistenza interna che deve essere vinta prima di produrre movimento:
è come se una parte dell’energia contrattile venisse costantemente dissipata per superare un attrito interno.

Il motore (la componente contrattile) funziona perfettamente, ma l’energia disponibile per il movimento si riduce.
Nel corpo efficiente, la Forza Resistente è minima e la Forza Lavoro massima: l’energia è interamente disponibile per l’azione.
Con l’accumulo degli accorciamenti, la proporzione si inverte: il corpo mantiene la forza ma perde efficienza meccanica; il gesto diventa meno fluido, meno preciso, più costoso sul piano energetico.

L’analisi segmentaria per la performance

Nel corso i muscoli non vengono considerati nella loro realtà anatomica, ma come vettori di forza interdipendenti.
Attraverso la scomposizione vettoriale, è possibile identificare le componenti muscolari che limitano la meccanica del movimento e quindi la performance.

La regola del parallelogramma consente di calcolare le risultanti, individuare i vettori che generano squilibrio e definire gli esercizi specifici per l’ottimizzazione del gesto motorio.
Ogni catena cinetica viene analizzata nelle sue componenti vettoriali per comprendere dove si disperde energia e come ripristinare un flusso efficiente delle forze lungo il sistema.

La colonna vertebrale, osservata tridimensionalmente, rivela compensi e deviazioni che riducono la trasmissione delle forze, compromettendo la coordinazione complessiva del gesto.

L’interpretazione sistemica nella prevenzione

I muscoli non agiscono mai in modo isolato: sono collegati tra loro in catene cinetiche interdipendenti.
L’efficienza segmentaria è direttamente proporzionale all’efficienza globale del sistema.
Più estesi sono gli accorciamenti distribuiti nel sistema muscolare, più difficile diventa organizzare un movimento coordinato e preciso.

Un calo di performance può dipendere da una limitazione situata lontano dal distretto che appare in difficoltà:
una riduzione di mobilità in un’anca o in un tratto toracico può, per esempio, alterare la traiettoria di una spalla durante il gesto atletico.

L’analisi sistemica consente di individuare queste interferenze a distanza, comprendendo come un accorciamento localizzato possa influenzare l’intero equilibrio vettoriale del corpo.
Riconoscere tali relazioni è il presupposto per progettare interventi preventivi realmente efficaci.

Le contrazioni isometriche in massimo allungamento diventano così lo strumento operativo per:

• ridurre la Forza Resistente complessiva,

• migliorare la coordinazione tra le catene muscolari,

• liberare il potenziale biomeccanico del gesto sportivo.

L’approccio per l’ottimizzazione atletica

Il processo di lavoro proposto nel corso segue una sequenza logica e osservativa:

• Valutazione statica: per identificare deviazioni assiali e alterazioni della trasmissione delle forze.

• Valutazione dinamica: per riconoscere dispersioni energetiche e compensi inefficienti durante il gesto.

• Test funzionali: per distinguere limitazioni muscolari primarie da adattamenti secondari.

A partire da queste osservazioni, il professionista del movimento guida l’esecuzione di esercizi attivi mirati a ridurre la tensione nei muscoli accorciati.
Le contrazioni isometriche in massimo allungamento, eseguite attivamente dal cliente o atleta, diminuiscono la Forza Resistente e aumentano la Forza Lavoro disponibile.

Il corso fornisce così strumenti concreti per trasformare l’osservazione biomeccanica in progressioni di esercizi attivi, ottimizzando la performance e prevenendo i sovraccarichi attraverso il riequilibrio vettoriale dell’intero sistema.

Observing movement on the surface isn’t enough:
You need a framework that connects what you see to what’s really happening beneath the skin.

🎯 Do any of these situations sound familiar?

🔸 You train athletes or highly motivated clients, but sometimes it feels like their bodies are compensating rather than truly improving.
🔸 You notice movements that look correct on the outside, but you’re unsure how to make a deeper change.
🔸 You’d like to offer more coherent, progressive exercises — but you lack truly effective tools for reading the body.
🔸 You have a solid understanding of movement, but feel the need for a systemic model that ties everything together with logic.

👉 If you’ve ever felt this way, this course can give you the tools you’ve been looking for.

The Mézières Method taught in this course is not a passive technique, nor a set of exercises to imitate.
It’s a systemic biomechanical model based on:

• vector analysis of muscular forces

• the body’s adaptive dynamics in motion

• the physical principles that regulate joint balance

A scientific and practical approach that enables you to:

✔️ detect early dysfunctions that hinder performance
✔️ identify the shortened muscular vectors that disrupt balance
✔️ design progressive and coherent strategies for muscular reorganization

Throughout the course, you’ll see how these concepts apply in real practice:
Through case observations, real demonstrations, and detailed explanations, you’ll develop a new ability to observe and plan biomechanically.

As Françoise Mézières once said:

“In a healthy body, function governs structure. In a sick body, structure governs function.”

When an athletic movement is performed by muscles in physiological balance — where work force prevails over resistant force —
the body moves more efficiently, joints are protected, and performance improves.

Conversely, when acting forces are imbalanced and resistant force dominates, the movement loses efficiency:
➡️ repetition doesn’t improve quality
➡️ function doesn’t unlock
➡️ and joint loads increase, potentially leading to injury

Two opposing muscular forces are always at play in the body:

🔹 Work Force
This is the muscular energy that generates movement.
Active, functional, and action-oriented.

🔸 Resistant Force
This is the force that opposes movement.
It stems from shortening, stiffness, or dysfunctional motor patterns.
It slows down, deviates, or blocks execution.

👉 When work force prevails, movement is precise, coherent, and efficient.
👉 When resistant force dominates, movement is compensated, performance becomes unstable, and joint load increases.

In this course, you’ll learn how to identify these forces through real cases, video analyses, and practical examples:
✅ to improve your observational skills
✅ intervene with greater logic
✅ and design exercises that are truly effective

The method integrates two levels of analysis:

🔸 Linear Physics
To study muscular vectors and joint misalignments in a measurable, logical way.

🔸 Nonlinear Physics
To interpret the body as a complex, interdependent, adaptive system with emergent behaviors.

This is a scientific, practical, and accessible language — designed for movement professionals who want to enhance their observational skills and biomechanical planning, even in a remote learning environment.

This course doesn’t just provide theoretical knowledge —
it gives you practical tools to observe, guide, and design movement with greater precision, coherence, and effectiveness.

✅ Integrate the Mézières model into your professional practice
You’ll learn to apply its principles to build muscle rebalancing programs tailored to your context —
whether you work in a gym, a studio, or with small groups.

✅ Assess the body through a systemic lens
The body isn’t a sum of segments — it’s an interconnected system.
You’ll develop the ability to detect axial deviations, compensations, and early signs of functional disorganization, even in movements that appear correct.

✅ Identify dominant forces and shortened vectors
You’ll learn a method to pinpoint active dysfunctions, distinguish them from secondary ones, and focus your work on true biomechanical priorities.

✅ Guide execution with greater precision
You’ll discover how to propose exercises that don’t rely on maximal strength, but on precision of movement and neuromuscular efficiency.
You’ll develop a clear, functional language that respects each subject’s real joint physiology.

✅ Plan with logic, adapt with creativity
Thanks to the structured progression of the 10 standard sessions and the guided observation work, you’ll have a strong framework —
one you can adapt effectively for both individual and group settings.

💡 This is true professional growth:
training your eye, your mind, and your sensitivity to read the body systemically, and support it through effective, personalized strategies that respect joint balance.

🎯 By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:

• design interventions based on solid biomechanical logic

• stand out for your ability to assess and guide movement

• communicate with greater confidence and authority in your professional environment

If you work daily with movement — to train, educate, correct, or enhance — this course is for you.
It offers a deeper understanding of the body and gives you the tools to act with greater method, effectiveness, and awareness.

It is designed for:

🔹 Graduates and students in Movement Science (from the 3rd year onward)
🔹 Kinesiologists, posturologists, ISEF graduates
🔹 Athletic trainers, personal trainers, Pilates instructors
🔹 All professionals who design and lead programs in movement, prevention, and body rebalancing

📌 No healthcare degree is required.
The course is fully compliant with current Italian regulations.

✅ AIFiMM Certificate
Issued upon course completion, valid for the application of the Mézières Method in non-clinical settings focused on sports and prevention.

✅ Real Practical Skills
Postural assessment, biomechanical analysis, and planning of functional rebalancing programs.

✅ Immediate Integration into Your Practice
You’ll be able to apply what you’ve learned right away in your movement, prevention, education, and postural re-education programs.

✅ Professional Videos and Downloadable Materials
You’ll have access to over 21 hours of lessons, operational worksheets, technical images, and in-depth resources — available anytime.

✅ Access to the AIFiMM Network
Join the Mézières community: ongoing updates, professional exchange, and inclusion in the official AIFiMM practitioner registry.

Mauro Lastrico and Laura Manni
Physiotherapists and educators with over 25 years of experience, both trained directly by Françoise Mézières.
They combine clinical rigor, practical expertise, and teaching effectiveness.

🎥 9 video modules – total duration: 21.5 hours
📁 Downloadable supplementary materials – worksheets, diagrams, and in-depth resources
🔁 Unlimited access for 12 months – study anytime, anywhere
📜 Final AIFiMM certificate – for the use of the Mézières Method in sport and prevention settings
💳 Price: €350 + VAT – payable in 2 installments

📌 Is this a clinical course?
No. This is not a healthcare-oriented course and does not teach treatment techniques.

📌 Can I use it to lead group sessions?
Yes. The 10 protocols are specifically designed for use in group or individual settings.

📌 Does it include individual treatment?
No. It includes observational sessions to help you improve your verbal guidance and movement analysis skills.

📌 Do I need to be a physiotherapist?
No. The course is intended for Movement Science graduates and movement professionals.

📌 Is there a version for physiotherapists?
Yes. We offer a separate program specifically for healthcare professionals, with clinical content and advanced applications.

Allenare significa guidare un sistema complesso verso la sua efficienza naturale.
Ogni esercizio, ogni gesto, ogni adattamento lascia un’impronta: meccanica, connettivale, funzionale.
Il compito del professionista del movimento è riconoscerla, rispettarla e orientarla.

Questo corso nasce da un principio semplice e profondo:
si può migliorare la performance senza compromettere la salute del corpo.
Basta conoscere le leggi che lo governano, e imparare a dialogare con esse.

Il modello biomeccanico sistemico derivato dal Metodo Mézières restituisce al movimento la sua dimensione scientifica:
non più una sequenza di esercizi, ma un linguaggio di forze che il corpo traduce in equilibrio.

Imparare a leggere quel linguaggio significa prendersi cura del futuro del movimento umano.
Ed è questo, più di tutto, ciò che questo corso vuole insegnare.