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AIFIMM Systemic and segmental musculoskeletal biomechanics
From clinical reasoning to therapeutic decision-making
AIFIMM Systemic and segmental musculoskeletal biomechanics
From clinical reasoning to therapeutic decision-making

Applied physics for musculoskeletal clinical practice

Muscles generate forces. Those forces determine joint positioning. When muscles shorten structurally, the resulting force configurations alter joint axes, load distribution, and movement efficiency.
Vector analysis allows you to identify these forces, predict their mechanical effects, and guide intervention from assessment to treatment.
This is the foundation of everything we teach: a physics-based clinical reasoning model that connects biomechanical assessment directly to therapeutic decision-making in joint and spinal pathologies.

From assessment to prediction to intervention

The model identifies the muscular vectors responsible for joint and vertebral misalignments, analyzes their interactions, and anticipates how they will evolve.
Treatment integrates systemic rebalancing with selective intervention on the muscles directly responsible for the clinical picture.
Segmental and systemic analysis proceed in parallel — reducing distant compensations, increasing the stability of clinical results, and accelerating symptomatic response.

Independent certification

Course content independently evaluated by the CPD Certification Service (UK) and approved by CE Broker (USA, Florida). Credits recognized in international continuing education systems.

Online course

38 hours of on-demand video with live clinical demonstrations, downloadable PDF materials, and direct chat with instructors throughout the course. Biomechanical principles introduced progressively, from clinical observation to the underlying physical laws.

Scientific publications

Peer-reviewed articles and books grounded in applied physics, connective tissue mechanics, and vector-based musculoskeletal analysis.

Assessment and treatment

You learn to identify which muscular shortenings maintain the joint misalignment driving symptoms: an internally rotated humerus, an accentuated lordosis, a valgus knee. Vector analysis tells you where to intervene to modify the forces responsible for the alteration.
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Hypothesis verification

At the end of each session you evaluate three parameters: symptom, mobility, and compensations. If improvement is present on all three, the direction is confirmed. If partial or absent, you revise the therapeutic hypothesis.
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Predictive capacity

Joint alterations are not random — they follow predictable anatomical dominances. When you observe an anteriorized humerus or a foot tending toward cavus, you can anticipate what will happen if you do not intervene. This prediction guides treatment priority.
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Differential reasoning

If you treat the symptomatic area and improvement is temporary, you have treated the effect, not the cause. The model allows you to distinguish when the symptom is local, referred, or compensatory — and to direct your therapeutic choice accordingly.

Featured articles

Musculoskeletal biomechanics: articles, publications, and clinical model

Mauro Lastrico, PT — Laura Manni, PT

The AIFIMM biomechanical model is an analytical and systemic clinical framework for interpreting pain, dysfunction, and joint and spinal pathologies. This page collects scientific articles, theoretica...
Free e-book: physical and clinical foundations of the AIFIMM biomechanical model

Mauro Lastrico, PT — Laura Manni, PT

This e-book presents the theoretical and clinical principles underlying the analytical and systemic biomechanical model developed by AIFIMM — Institute of Applied Musculoskeletal Biomechanics. I...
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