Structuredmotion.com

Our Business

Find out what are customers want, go and provide it to them in a way that expresses our values is how we have grown our business. 

Through the innovations in treatment planning and change management we have developed a system to get the results that patients and clients desire.

Instructors

Jeremy Nelson MPT – jeremy@structuredmotion.com

 Expert in movement analysis and movement correction.

Rehabilitation program developer and coordinator. 

Jeremy D. Nelson MPT,  born and raised in Southern California, had a very active formative years playing multiple sports.  He focused on cycling, racing on the local, regional and national levels.  An injury lead him to his profession of Physical Therapy, which was the blend of what Jeremy has enjoyed most:  movement, analysis, anatomy, structure and creating results. 

It was the last section of creating results that Jeremy found most interesting during his so far 11 year career in physical therapy.  Motivated by a desire to improve others involvement in life, Jeremy sought out the most effective and efficient forms of therapy available.  He observed early on that some therapists and clinicians consistently got the outcomes that their patients and clients desired.  Other clinicians were more inconsistent. 

Another observation was that inconsistency was regardless of years of experience or type of system being used (Maitland, McKenize, etc.)  Wanting to understand the path to consistent results for his patients and clients Jeremy sought the advice of a number of clinicians and mentors.  The suggestion from many of the skilled clinicians was to learn many different approaches, essentially “increase the size of your tool belt” so that he would have the correct tool for any eventuality in the clinic.  Taking this advice he spent the subsequent years studying many of the current rehabilitation processes, from the mechanical to the esoteric, in an attempt to improve his performance. 

As his career continued he was provided the opportunity to learn the business of delivering healthcare through entry level management positions.  Again with a focus towards performance and consistency, as a manager he saw the opportunity to systematize the knowledge of and execution of the techniques available.   The trends of managed care and cuts in Medicare focused his management approach as “doing more with less” became essential for clinic survival.  Survival was one thing, but how can you also improve performance?

Further focus on improving the execution of technique did not yield the desired results.    Neither did gathering further information and detail about the anatomy, physics, chemistry or rehabilitation theory.  Knowledge it appeared was not enough.  In fact, many of the most successful clinicians and sports performance specialists did not have high degrees or lofty backgrounds.  They were able to get results, all the time, every time.  What was going on?

So if it wasn’t a focus on execution of better technique what was making the observable difference?  Paralleling his clinical career, Jeremy began, through the background gathered in clinic management, to perform business consulting.  Maybe a business is like the body, able to rehabilitated and performance improved with the right techniques applied. 

Simply change the internal processes and the performance should improve.  Similar to his clinical career, a pattern of success and failure developed.  Through a search for the best techniques available for consulting he was introduced to the original works of Robert Fritz.  Mr. Fritz and colleagues have developed the field of structural dynamics over the past 30+ years.  The practice of structural consulting seeks to understand the relationships of the structure that give rise to observable patterns of behavior and results.  When results are adequate, the structure of the process  or organization is examined to understand better the results.

These key principles have guided the development of Structured Motion and are responsible for the improved outcomes.  Through the applications of these principles, Jeremy and his colleagues have gained deep insight into the structure of the human body, human motion, creating successful change efforts, getting and keeping results.

 

 

Gregory P. Ulanday ATC, PTA, CSCS 

 

Expert in movement analysis and movement correction.

Performance program developer and coordinator. 

From the tennis court to the golf course and the sports field to the slopes, many athletes know that Gregory Ulanday’s approach to injuries goes beyond treating the chronic sore lower back or strained shoulder or knee.  Gregory’s philosophy to developing athletic programs and treatment is to first screen basic fundamental movement. Being able to pinpoint the root cause of an injury by examining balance, endurance, and sport specific strength is a practice that becomes even more valuable when recognized before the injury occurs.  In this manner it reduces the chances of injury due to poor mechanics. From there specific performance movements are reinforced. 

As an athletic trainer Gregory has rehabilitated and developed performance programs for many of today’s top athletes. On the professional level he has worked with athletes in the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and the MLS. On the amateur level he has worked with many National and Olympic athletes in volleyball, soccer, and track & field. Locally Gregory has been an athletic trainer for the 10-time champion San Diego Sockers and the 5-time Taylor cup Champions San Diego Gulls. Both teams had the least amount of athletes missing games due to injury with Gregory on their training staff. He has also been key advisor to many of San Diego’s top high school athletic programs. He has developed programs for many X-game athletes and has worked with several MMA fighters.  Recently he has developed programs to improve overall performance in golf, tennis, snowboarding, and several water sports. 

“It’s important to pull back and look at the injury from a movement perspective. I will have the person squat, hurdle step, lunge, and other tests that show that a back problem, although is painful in that location, probably had its origins within the hip or even mid-back. Inconsistencies in either of these locations will increase the load on the lower back, which can develop into an injury. Yes, an isolated lift on a particular day might have hurt the back but, it was the years of poor mechanics that broke the back down.  Our practice evolved from seeing people needing certain services and the profession not answering them correctly.” 

Gregory is a graduate from San Diego State University, where he earned a degree in Physical Education with and emphasis in Athletic Training.  He has more than 20-years of experience on the field of athletic training and rehabilitation.