Erin McGuire PT, OCS
10/07/2024
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2 great opportunities to get started with or grow your DNS practice.
Improve your assessment and reasoning skills
Improve your re-education and training skills
Improve outcomes
18/03/2024
DNS IAP/LE INTEGRATION SKILLS IN THE BOOKS.
What a pleasure it was to spend a day teaching with this special group of PTs and movement professionals . Thank you to .
Was the 2nd time running this new DNS skills course. Understanding and training integration of IAP and lower extremity support function is important for rehab and performance. When you have a client that doesn’t appear to be responding or has plateaued, in many cases this can be the key to breaking through.
09/01/2024
Re-Posted 🧠ELEVATE YOUR PRACTICE: IMPROVE RESULTS🧠
This virtual workshop is designed for all movement professionals eager to enhance their knowledge of assessing and training breathing and core stabilization. Whether you’re already utilizing the Core360 Belt in your practice or exploring its potential, this workshop provides valuable insights for optimal use and integration.
LIVE EVENT 4:00 - 6:00 PST (+ 3 weeks availability to view post Feb 7th)
Register by Jan 10th for early pricing.
For more detailed information and registration, please find link in bio/linktree.
Coupon not valid with other offers or coupons. Expires Feb 1st, 2024
Just a quick read about my health insurance plan. 🙄
26/12/2023
NEW PRACTICAL SKILL DNS COURSE
Focus for this skills course will be on integration of trunk stabilization (IAP) and lower extremity support function. There will be a special emphasis on the influence on low back, hip and knee rehabilitation and performance enhancement.
With a limit of 8 participants, individualized instruction and feedback is ensured. There will be ample opportunity to have your questions answered.
Registration now open!
Pre-requisite: must have taken one prior DNS course
For registration or more information: link in highlight or in bio of: or
20/09/2023
ACCELERATE YOUR DNS PRACTICE, IMPROVE YOUR OUTCOMES
This one day intensive practical will help you break through your specific barriers to successfully implementing DNS and develop your ability to achieve desired outcomes with your clients.
- limited to only 8 participants
- intimate setting ensures hands on feedback and time for questions
- must have one prior DNS course
- see link in bio for more information and registration
- close to Denver/Boulder
08/09/2023
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
▪️2 Spots left
▪️CEUs approved for CA and CO PTs
▪️16:1 student:instructor ratio 🔥
▪️link with registration and info in bio
▪️open to all movement professionals
23/02/2023
🔘Get registered now! Link in BIO🔘
This DNS course is open to ALL movement professionals and healthcare practitioners.
Early registration pricing available through March 14th!
CEUs for Colorado PTs - submitted and awaiting approval.
CEUs approved for California PTs
14/02/2023
🔘DNS EX 2: THIS IS WHERE IT GETS REALLY FUN!🔘
In DNS Ex 1, we focus on understanding what ideal breathing and stabilization are from a developmental kinesiology perspective. In DNS EX 2 we go to the next level and start to integrate those key functions into higher developmental positions, with planned movement of the extremities and within the whole functional chain.
Find link in bio for registration or more information. Or just go straight to www.core360belt.com.
27/01/2023
Repost 🔘VIRTUAL WORKSHOP DATE SET FOR OUR FIRST ONE! Sign up now🔘
We are kicking off our virtual workshop series with a 2 hour session looking at the detailed mechanics of breathing and trunk stabilization. The more you know and see, the more you can impact your clients performance and outcomes.
This first workshop was created to lay the foundation so we can continue to build upon it with more advanced and specialized workshops.
This 2 hour workshop is geared toward movement professionals. It will consist of 1.5 hours of lecture with 30 minutes of Q&A. It will run from 4:00-6:00 PST on March 1st. You will have access to view the course for 2 weeks following live workshop.
It is not necessary to own/use a core360 belt for this workshop to be applicable to your practice. If you do not currently have a core360 belt, purchase the original version when you sign up for the course to receive $10 credit back to your payment.
22/01/2023
Prone 3 month time - Working maintaining neutral pelvis and spine with good intra-abdominal pressure in order to improve thoracic segmental movement!
21/01/2023
Calm before the storm? Teaching a special closed DNS EXERCISE 1 + FLOW intro course this weekend. Super excited. Thank you for hosting and helping organize.
01/12/2022
🔘GET BETTER RESULTS!🔘
Some of what past participants said about the course:
“Helped me achieve better results in the clinic”
“I improved my cueing strategies”
“Deepened my understanding of DNS”
“Helped fine tune my observations”
Join us for this one day practical session to improve your application of DNS with your clients. To ensure hands on intensive feedback, course is limited to 10 participants.
See link in bio for more details.
Entry level DNS courses also available Los Angeles and Denver area first half of 2023.
Private mentoring or treatment sessions available Sunday Feb 19th for those who are interested. DM for information.
20/09/2022
DNS Exercise/Sport 1: Laying the foundation
JOIN US this February in Los Angeles at Movement Performance Institute. The location is insanely close to the beach and LAX!
To master anything you have to begin with a strong foundation. DNS Exercise 1 kicks off or refreshes your DNS journey by taking a deep dive into the foundation of all our movement: sagittal stabilization! Think trunk stabilization, core stabilization, it is all the same and it all relies upon our diaphragm doing its job!
When you understand how the respiratory and postural stabilization functions of the diaphragm drive good coordination and timing of the spinal stabilization system you will be able to recognize and train better stabilization function with your clients. It is the QUALITY of these functions that matter and that are necessary to effectively integrate sagittal stabilization into functional movement patterns. When you start to train or treat your clients in a way that repairs and builds their foundation instead of just covering up the cracks, your clients will notice and you will start seeing better outcomes.
Automatic motor patterns in our central nervous system drive our development during the first year of life taking us from dependent babies to upright walking humans. DNS is based on this Developmental Kinesiology. These patterns continue to influence our movement and often become impaired causing pain, strain and performance issues. By utilizing key developmental positions and exercises, we can retrain these motor patterns restoring joint and tissue integrity and strong functional movement.
DNS Ex 1 is for all movement professionals: PTs, DCs, ATCs, Personal Trainers, Pilates and Yoga practitioners and coaches.
Link in BIO for registration and more information. Join us in Los Angeles!
Recently I was fortunate to be interviewed by Steven Sashen on The MOVEMENT Movement. Steven is so passionate about what he does so talking with him was enriching and so much fun.
Hope you check it out. Details and link are below.
Reposted• Today on with Steven Sashen: Erin McGuire PT, OCS, has been a physical therapist for over 25 years. Erin is a Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, creator of the core360 belt and a Prague School of Rehabilitation Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) international instructor and practitioner. After more than 20 years at her private practice in Los Angeles, Back in Balance Physical Therapy, Erin recently moved her practice to Colorado where she will focus on teaching, the core360 belt and continuing to treat clients.
Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Erin McGuire about how you must breathe properly to move properly.
Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:
- How your trunk should expand 360 degrees when you inhale.
- How you need to use your diaphragm to breath sufficiently.
- Why breathing and core stability are one in the same.
- How it’s important for your body to learn good patterns you don’t have to think much about.
- Why physical therapists and chiropractors must be open to learning about new techniques to help their patients.
28/06/2022
DNS EX 1 Colorado in the books! What a fun one it was. Such a great group, fully enjoyed working with each and every one of them. Plus, the term “Back Sixpack” will forever carry on into all my future courses because of them.
Thank you for providing such a great space for me to put on the course! It was perfect.
Posted • This was an amazing weekend, and an amazing experience learning from
I am excited to incorporate DNS into my own training and move forward with understanding how this system as a whole and how it will help me become better in my field. ..
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We had such a great time hosting DNS Exercise Course 1 this weekend
A HUGE thank you to for bringing us back to our foundations of movement in such a fun and motivational atmosphere! 🙌🏼
29/04/2022
DNS Exercise 1: Laying the foundation
To master anything you have to begin with a strong foundation. DNS Exercise 1 kicks off your DNS journey by taking a deep dive into the foundation of all our movement:
Sagittal stabilization! Think trunk stabilization, core stabilization, it is all the same and it all relies upon our diaphragm doing its job!
When you understand how the respiratory and postural stabilization functions of the diaphragm drive good coordination and timing of the spinal stabilization system you will be able to recognize and train better stabilization function with your clients. It is the QUALITY of these functions that matter and that are necessary to effectively integrate sagittal stabilization into functional movement patterns. When you start to train or treat your clients in a way that repairs and builds their foundation instead of just covering up the cracks, your clients will notice and you will start seeing better outcomes.
Automatic motor patterns in our central nervous system drive our development during the first year of life taking us from dependent babies to upright walking humans. DNS is based on this Developmental Kinesiology. These patterns continue to influence our movement and often become impaired causing pain, strain and performance issues. By utilizing key developmental positions and exercises, we can retrain these motor patterns restoring joint and tissue integrity and strong functional movement.
DNS Ex 1 is for all movement professionals: PTs, DCs, ATCs, Personal Trainers, Pilates and Yoga practitioners and coaches.
Link in BIO for registration and more information. Join us in Colorado!
08/03/2022
One spot just opened back up for DNS Ex/Sport 1 in Pasadena March 19th-20th, 2022.
Link to registration and information in BIO!
22/02/2022
🔘Bank error in your favor - early bird pricing extended until Friday🔘
Looks like I missed my own deadline for course pricing so decided to extend it until this Friday. We only have 3 spots left for this March course in Pasadena. I am keeping it at 10-12 participants so there will be lots of opportunity for questions and hands on feedback! Link to get registered is in bio.
25/01/2022
🔘DNS Ex 1 begins with teaching proper respiratory and stabilization patterns and how they relate to and impact our entire movement system🔘
DNS principles are based on developmental kinesiology. Watching the baby develop that first year of life informs us about stabilization function and movement patterns.
DNS exercise 1 introduces you to these principles and shows you how to integrate them into rehab and fitness training. Day one following the course you will be able to implement new strategies to help your clients recover, improve their performance and prevent injuries.
Link in bio with more information and registration info.
28/12/2021
Do you want to up your movement game with your clients and get more creative? Join us for DNS Exercise 1. I will be doing 3 courses during the first part of 2022 to get you started.
DNS Exercise 1 is where your DNS journey begins. Having a better understanding of Developmental Kinesiology and how it drives the foundation of our movement: respiration, core activation/trunk stabilization and functional movement patterns, will help you improve your client’s outcomes. The truly amazing think about DNS, is that the principles and strategies apply across the spectrum, from rehabilitation, to training, to performance. Early Bird pricing still available.
Pasadena, CA: March 19-20th, 2022
Golden, CO: June 25-26th, 2022
(Registration and information can be found via link in bio)
Santa Barbara: March 12-13th, 2022
(See link in bio of for details)
06/12/2021
DNS A: I second that . Was such a great time teaching this weekend, especially with such a great group. Thank you for asking me to join you. Really nice to be getting back to teaching!
Posted • 🙋🏻♂️I had a great time teaching the DNS A Course this weekend with Erin McGuire, PT and Maggie Rintala, DNSET
Join us January 21-23, 2022 for the follow up DNS B Course in San Diego, California: Link in Profile
18/10/2021
🔘ONE SPOT JUST OPENED BACK UP! LINK IN BIO.. JOIN US🔘
Practical Workshop November 13th- Limited to only 6 participants!
Understanding the principles of DNS and practically implementing them don’t necessarily go hand in hand. With participants limited to 6, this workshop is geared toward ensuring each participant receives individualized feedback and hands on assistance to improve their understanding and implementation of DNS to improve the quality of their client’s movement and performance. This small setting allows for better practitioner growth in their DNS practice.
Focus will be on practical application, problem solving and modifications to improve facilitation of stabilization and movement patterns. A large focus will be on improving recognition of proper alignment and proper quality/coordination of trunk stabilizers, as well as understanding the role of support function, phasic function and joint centration with all exercises or movements. Workshop will be tailored to participant questions.
For more information and to register see link in bio.
24/09/2021
Practical Workshop November 13th- Limited to only 6 participants!
Understanding the principles of DNS and practically implementing them don’t necessarily go hand in hand. It can be difficult to progress your DNS skills without having another practitioner around to ask questions or show you how to modify or change your approach when you are not getting the intended results. With participants limited to 6, this workshop is geared toward ensuring each participant has an opportunity to ask questions and receive individualized feedback and assistance to improve their understanding and implementation of using DNS to improve the quality of their client’s movement and performance.
For more information and to register see link in bio.
Took this snippet from a prior core360 belt post I did because I am starting to outline the 3 key levels of 360° breathing and core activation on .
Working on the quality of how you are breathing has so many benefits. In my practice there isn’t one patient who doesn’t get some level of focus on this training. Breathing has such a huge impact on how well we move, that it has to be a part of any successful rehab or wellness program.
This video shows you the basics. What it should look like as you inhale. Even small improvements can begin to change how you move and feel.
Re-posted • 🔘Basic breathing at the WAIST (primary level)🔘
Since we just discussed this key level, I grabbed a clip from a prior video that nicely shows the 360°expansion that occurs around the waist when we are breathing properly.
22/09/2021
DNS Exercise 1 : 2022
Excited to announce 2 DNS courses coming up next year!
First one will be in LA area in March.
Class size will be limited in some way based on current COVID situation. This of course is meant to keep us all safe and healthy, but added bonus of each participant getting more one on one instruction and feedback time. Registration link? Hit sign up button above.
DNS Exercise I is a great course to up your movement game! Whether you are a PT, DC, trainer, yoga or Pilates practitioner, or coach, Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) can help you improve your client's outcomes. The course begins with the theory and basis behind the DNS approach, developmental kinesiology. Developmental kinesiology teaches us the process of a baby's development during the first year of life; from how they develop sagittal stabilization (core stabilization), to the inborn central nervous system movement patterns driving them to roll or crawl, to the integration of these stabilization and movement patterns required for them to become upright, walking beings. In DNS, we utilize the key developmental positions (think quadruped, “happy baby”, half kneel, oblique sit) that occur during the first year of life to both assess and improve/treat our clients stabilization and movement patterns. The amazing thing about DNS is that it is truly applicable to all levels of rehab, training, and performance.
20/08/2021
These two things are so important. Specific focus and training them with quality should be included, to some degree, in every rehab and fitness program…..
Re-post• The word is out for sure! Breathing and core activation play a key role in our overall well-being and our ability to move well. Working in concert these two things greatly impact our ability to create functional stability, strength and power, while at the same time protecting our joints, tendons, muscles, discs and other tissues. This means more integrated and efficient movement with less chance of pain, strain or injury. But…..and there is a big but!
To have this effect on our movement system, aka, our body, it is the WAY we breathe and activate our core that matters.
Starting a practice where you focus on breathing and your core is a great start. But why not improve the likelihood of your efforts helping you improve and meet your goals by bringing your awareness to, and focusing on, the quality of how you are doing these things from the get-go?
Our training and performance tools have been designed by a physical therapist with the intention of helping you do just that so you can go further, faster, in your training..
Having the cueing and feedback from the core360 belt can definitely improve performance when cycling, but it is also a crucial part of any rehab program helping to translate what you learn in PT to “real life” situations. If you have low back, hip or knee pain and you have been working on improving the way you breathe and how you activate your core muscles by doing specific PT prescribed exercises, that new way of moving won’t automatically work when you return to your prior activities…you need to make sure you challenge and retrain that new coordination during more difficult movements as well to make sure you don’t return to your old patterns and re-stress your tissues and aggravate your symptoms. This is necessary in order to optimize your recovery.
Re-post • 🔘A little cueing from the core360 belt goes a long way to improve performance 🔘
If our core muscles are not working with good coordination, we have a difficult time stabilizing our low back and pelvis/hips (due to lack of good IAP or intra-abdominal pressure). On the bike, we need this good stabilization in order for our leg muscles to create power; however we see this lack of stability often with cyclists.
Not only will we lack power and efficiency if we cannot stabilize our spine, or core, but we also set ourselves up for injury or strain/pain.
Using the to help you feel how to create and maintain this good expanded core activity while on the bike is a great way to train this key function. As you build endurance, the cueing can help you maintain better core activity throughout your ride to take your performance further.
You can see with this cyclist, there is significant improvement of her stability, but she will need to continue to work with her core360 belt on and off the bike to improve her stabilization even more and her ability to maintain that good coordination for the duration of her ride. The majority of people will need to begin using the core360 belt off of the bike and build up to using it while riding….
Does adding resistance automatically make you use your diaphragm? For my repost of this video, I focused on how breathing influences your movement, so I wanted to take on a different perspective for this post.
Of course, the answer to the question is it depends, but I think it is important to view breathing just like any other movement pattern. If we have a poor movement pattern ingrained in our brain, adding weight or resistance to that pattern, in many cases, just reinforces that poor pattern. Why would this be different for breathing? If you are a chest breather and tend to use your chest and neck muscles to inhale, adding resistance to that inhalation can just make you use those chest and neck muscles even more. The resistance doesn’t automatically make you find the right muscle coordination.
Breathing trainers that are placed in the mouth can be great tools, just don’t forget to look at the quality of that breath before and while the resistance is being applied. Sometimes it is a matter of finding the right level of resistance and sometime it is just necessary to work on the quality of how you are breathing first, then add some resistance to it.
I am biased of course (since I created it), but combining the core360 belt with a breathing trainer placed in the mouth can be a powerful combination.
Re-posted • 🔘Does breathing influence our movement? You bet! 🔘
Great demonstration of how our breathing pattern influences our ability to create intra-abdominal pressure (or IAP) and why 360° breathing is one of two key basic functions everyone should be working on in order to improve how well we move..........Please go to for full post.
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