Your client checks a blind spot and winces. You have stretched the traps, released the SCM and mobilised the
joints, and next week the neck is jammed again. In 37 short video lessons David shows you how to test side-bending
and rotation, find what the nervous system is holding on to, and re-test while your client watches.
It is rarely agony. It is an invisible block. The client can tell you exactly where the movement stops, and nobody has been able to tell them why. The workbook calls it the jammed neck.
Rotation
“I can’t check my blind spot.”
Turning one way is fine, the other way stops short. You will learn a visual drill that uses the eyes to open up rotation, and how to check it worked.
Side-bending
“My ear won’t go near my shoulder.”
Lost lateral flexion often follows the spinal accessory nerve, which drives the trapezius and SCM. You will learn to mobilise it on the side that is stuck.
Every week
“It’s tight again by Wednesday.”
When the muscles keep bracing, the signal is the issue. The AMN Calibrate fascia screen shows you where, from the scalp to the hand.
The neck is listening.
Muscles brace when the nervous system loses its clear signal. Restore the signal, and the movement often comes back in the same session.
Three ways in
Nerve. Eyes. Fascia.
Three kinds of input to the nervous system. Then one decision: which comes first for this client.
01
Mobilise
Hands-off, client-led mobilisation of the spinal accessory nerve, with the safety rules for nerve work: how far, how often, and when to stop.
02
Look and feel
A visual drill that leads rotation with the eyes, and a sensory drill that uses novelty and attention to unlock motion. Both your client can repeat at home.
03
Calibrate
The AMN Calibrate fascia screen: swipe a myofascial zone, test, and calibrate where the muscle test changes. Then prioritise, so you start with what matters most.
Inside the workshop
Use it with your next client.
Short lessons, filmed on real clients, written up in the workbook. Here is what you will be able to do.
Chapter · Practical fascia screening · 25 lessons
The neck problem that starts at the temple.
You stand behind the client and swipe the fascia over the temporalis. Their arm drops in the muscle test. Now you know where to work.
Fascia is one continuous web, and it carries an electrical charge. In this chapter David explains why muscle tests respond to stimulation, how to get a client “online” so the test is reliable, then walks you through each myofascial zone and the full lateralised screen, top to bottom.
Head and neckEpicranialTemporalisMasseterSCMTrapezius
Shoulder, arm and handPecsDeltoidsLateral intermuscular septumMuscles of the hand
Why the hand?
The screen runs from the scalp to the thumb and little finger. The same fascial continuum links them, so a finding in the hand can be part of a stiff neck.
TemporalisFascia screenSpinal accessory
Foundations · 3 lessons
Nervous system, in plain terms
How the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves control neck movement, with a cervical case study you will recognise from your own clinic.
Mobility · 5 lessons
Nerve mobilisation, safely
The spinal accessory nerve, cranial nerve XI, and the peripheral nerves of the neck. Side-specific, hands-off, with clear safety guidelines.
Mobility
Sensory and visual drills
Use attention, novelty and the eyes to improve rotation. Quick drills you can teach in a minute and your client can do at home.
Mobility
Holistic cervical integration
Connect the neck to how the whole body moves, so the new range is used, not lost by the next session.
Strategy
What comes first?
Nerve, eyes, senses or fascia. The “priority” principle shows you how to choose the right intervention for each client, with worked examples.
Next step
A taste of the full method
C-Spine is one complete technique from Applied Movement Neurology. When you want the whole system, CES is where it starts.
Included
A workbook for the treatment room.
The 41-page workbook follows the lessons chapter by chapter, so you can check a step without rewatching a video.
The lateral flexion case study and the spinal accessory nerve, step by step
The sensory and visual drills, with how to progress them
Every myofascial zone of the screen and the order to test them
The full workshop
6 modules, 37 lessons.
Most people finish in 2 to 3 weeks at 15 to 20 minutes a day. You keep access for a full year.
Workshop overview and materials 2 lessons
What you will learn and how to use the workbook alongside the videos.
Nervous system foundations 3 lessons
Nervous system introduction, a cervical flexion case study, and peripheral nervous system basics.
Enhancing cervical mobility 5 lessons
Spinal accessory and peripheral nerve mobilisations, safe nerve mobilisation practices, the sensory drill, the visual drill for rotation, and the holistic cervical integration technique.
AMN Calibration: practical fascia screening 25 lessons
How to highlight fascia, why muscle tests respond to stimulation, the piezoelectric effect, deep cervical fascia, getting the client online with troubleshooting, each myofascial zone from the epicranial fascia to the muscles of the hand, building your screening patterns, the full lateralised screen, and calibrating findings at the temporalis, masseter, lateral intermuscular septum and deltoid.
Client intervention strategy 1 lesson
How to prioritise between nerve mobilisation, visual and sensory drills, integrated movement and the fascia screen.
What’s next? 1 lesson
Where C-Spine fits in AMN, and how to keep building your skills.
Practitioners
In their words.
4,286AMN students since 2012
65countries with AMN practitioners
“
Before AMN I had to refer clients with some what are now basic issues to other treatments. … It's completely changed my practice for the good and clients refer friends all the time.
James TilleyAMN practitioner“
It was the best move in my career to study this technique.
Dr Jamie RockwinAdjunct Professor, Hofstra UniversityRobClient story · moving again after a strokeJonathan HallLevel 3 · From injury to practitionerMarian SramkoIFBB pro bodybuilder and personal trainerVeronica SutherlandLevel 2 · Pilates and movement therapy studioDean HaspeyLevel 2 · Clinical therapistGareth RiddyMaster Practitioner · Movement therapistHannah MoodieMaster Practitioner · Health Rewired
Your teacher
David Fleming.
Personal trainer, Holistic Health Practitioner and the creator of Applied Movement Neurology. Practitioners in 65 countries have trained with AMN since 2012.
Yes. It starts from the foundations and needs no previous AMN course. Basic anatomy and some experience of working with clients will help.
Who is it for?
Advanced personal trainers, movement therapists and clinicians who see stiff, restricted necks and want a neurological screen for them.
How long do I have access?
One year from the day you enrol. Most people finish in 2 to 3 weeks at 15 to 20 minutes a day.
Can I get CPD or CEC points?
Check with your professional body. We can provide documentation of your participation to submit to them.
What if I have a question during the workshop?
Contact the AMN Academy team and we will help you with the content.
Is AMN a medical treatment?
No. AMN is an exercise-based system. It does not diagnose or treat medical conditions and does not replace medical advice. Neck pain with numbness, dizziness or a recent injury should be assessed by a medical professional first.
What comes after C-Spine?
CES, the Corrective Exercise Specialist certification: the full identify, reset, reintegrate method for the whole body, with an exam and certificate.
Test. Reset. Turn.
One complete technique for £67. Use it with a client this week.
