Develop your foundation, open new doors and push your programming to higher levels for greater achievement and more fun, stimulating training.
Develop your foundation, open new doors and push your programming to higher levels for greater achievement and more fun, stimulating training.
Designed by Physical Therapists, but perfect for any movement professional.
Upcoming Events
KIME Hands on Strategies – April 2nd, 2022
(CEUs Offered)
KIME Bridge the Gap – May 14th & 15th, 2022
(CEUs Offered)
KIME Speed + Agility + Plyometrics – Sept 11th, 2022
(CEUs Offered)
KIME Kettlebell Resilience – Oct 15th, 2022
(CEUs Offered)
Attending the KIME Bulletproof Summit was as much of a game changing experience as any continuing education I’ve had throughout my career.
The innovative and scientifically based process that goes into programming and planning is unparalleled in today’s traditional physical therapy models.
In a culture of quick and generic treatments, the KIME philosophy stands apart as a means to not only regain basic function but to restore the client to the level that allows them to soar again.
Pain to Performance Process
- PAIN Reduce pain on the path to become PAIN FREE.
- MOTION Achieve enough MOTION to allow fluid movement.
- STRENGTH Develop a STRENGTH foundation to allow for controlled movement, coordination, and establish motor control of appropriate patterns.
- SPEED Build velocity on the way to gain SPEED. Maximize POWER production through the kinetic chain.
- PERFORM Begin drills for sports from predictable to reactive patterns, then build endurance. Return to play and PERFORM better than ever.
On-Demand Courses
Learn at your own pace with the Bulletproof Series on FMT+
You decide how to learn. KIME offers both in-person and online courses through FMT+.
Bulletproof Shoulder by KIME
Our first course in the Bulletproof series that instructs professionals on optimizing upper quarter dynamic movement, strength, and speed for clients of all ages.
Bulletproof Knee by KIME
Our second course in the Bulletproof Series learn techniques to achieving knee health and performance by optimizing movement, strength, and more.
Bulletproof Spine by KIME
This course in the Bulletproof Series instructs professionals on developing a program that optimizes complete spine health and performance.
The Bullet Proof Summit is an invaluable course linking traditional physical therapy, training, performance and wellness into a well-integrated package that is immediately usable in daily clinical practice. THIS IS NOT JUST FOR SPORTS MEDICINE.
The principles are solid, applying to everyday people, work injuries and geriatrics. Tony and his group are dynamic presenters. The course is like going to camp, versus a classroom.
Monty Merrill Physical Therapist
I have been a fitness trainer for over 20 years… Continuing education is a vital part to what keeps my mind fresh and my clients continuing to progress. What I look for is information that is progressive, scientific, and scalable.
I recently attended the Bulletproof Summit put on by KIME Performance Physical Therapy. Our facility brought 7 trainers down to participate. This event was awesome. It was a perfect blend of scientific explanation, hands on application, competition, and fun.
By the end of the weekend, we were all fired up over the information and couldn’t wait to plug it right into our programming. I have attended a lot of different programs. This program was by far one of the most inclusive, applicable, and enjoyable that I have been to. If you have a chance to attend a KIME event, I highly recommend it!
Live Course – April 2nd, 2022
KIME Hands on Strategies
Get Strong. Move Free.
Improve patient outcomes and expand your knowledge of manual therapy techniques with KIME’s exclusive Hands on Strategies for Manuel Therapy in the Sacramento area at one of our clinics.
Register below.
This course utilizes evidence-based instruction of advanced manual therapy skills with an intentional focus to allow for improved movement. Coursework will focus on reason- based development of individualized examinations aimed at patient/client classification into: management of an initial diagnosis, progression to a specific neurophysiological, fascial, and joint by joint movement examination, symptom/intervention/rule-based classification groupings, or referral to another health-care provider. Procedural interventions will include education, manual therapy techniques (including manipulation), and individualized neuromuscular rehabilitation prescription, with the goal of restoring normal function and preventing disability.
This is a CEU approved course from CPTA and will be 8-hours. We will provide a pre-course video of 3-hours to be reviewed ahead of time so we can focus on labs and technic on the day of the course.
- Appreciate the provided continuum & the roles of neuro & motor development of manual therapy.
- Appreciate the Joint-by-Joint approach, and biomechanical perspective of a multi-joint complex.
- Recognize fascial lines and their influence on manual therapy techniquesImplement assessments for the spine, shoulder, hip, knee, and ankle.
- Recognize the importance of creating functional tests, as well as re-testing including orthopedic special tests.
- Demonstrate understanding of appropriate testing and re-testing.
- Demonstrate the use of cups, flossbands, IASTM, & tape.
- Determine appropriate method(s) of manual therapy depending on the individual.
- Demonstrate movement and strength drills that allow the changes from manual therapy to be maintained.
- 7:30-8:00 – Registration
- Meet and greet teams (Team: Russ, Tony, Aaron, Evan)
- 8:00-9:00 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Welcome / Plan for the day
- KIME manual therapy framework (big picture)
- Continuum/Pyramid
- Neuro – homunculus / motor development
- Joint by joint
- Fascial lines
- Soft tissue assessment: shoulder, spine, hip, knee, ankle
- 9:00-9:45 – Lab – (teams)
- Soft tissue assessment practice
- Test re-test (make it functional)
- 9:45-11:15 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Continuum (beginning)
- How to influence with manual therapy (neuro, JbyJ, FL)
- Types of manual therapy intervention
- Cups, Flossband, IASTM, Tape
- How and why to select type of manual therapy intervention
- 11:15-12:00 – Lab – (teams)
- Intervention practice Test re-test
- 12:00-1:00 – LUNCH
- 1:00-1:15 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Regroup on continuum and discuss next steps specific to shoulder and spine
- How to make changes stick (movement, strength)
- 1:15-2:40 – Lab – (teams)
- Implement follow-up movement/strength task that pairs with manual
- intervention specific to shoulder and spine Performance (case study) discussion
- 2:40-3:15 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Regroup on continuum and discuss next steps specific to hip, knee, ankle
- How to make changes stick (movement, strength)
- 3:15-4:45 – Lab – (teams)
- Implement follow-up movement/strength task that pairs with manual intervention specific to shoulder and spine
- Performance (case study) discussion
- 4:45-5:00 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Regroup and sum up day
Live Course – May 14th & 15th, 2022
KIME Bridge the Gap
Develop Your Foundation + Open New Doors.
Develop your foundation, open new doors, and push your programming to higher levels for greater achievement and more fun, stimulating training. A two day experience with a learn by moving philosophy in the Sacramento area at one of our clinics.
Register below.
Develop your foundation, open new doors, and push your programming to higher levels for greater achievement and more fun, stimulating training. A two day experience with a learn by moving philosophy and an online segment devoted to our methodology, which is rooted in foundational strength and mobility. You will leave with: testing protocols, modifiable exercise progressions, implementation strategies, coaching cues and access to our exercise video library so that you may continue to develop your skills outside of our course.
This is a CEU approved course from CPTA and will be a 16 hour (2 day) course.
- Appreciate the Joint-by-Joint approach, Thomas Meyers Anatomy Trains, and biomechanical perspective of a multi-joint complex
- Develop respect for the biomechanics, joint contributions, myofascial layerings that influence an individuals performance and health
- Demonstrate ability to perform baseline assessment for necessary movement quality prior to implementing high level fitness
- Implement appropriate mobility interventions for specific limitations
- Implement appropriate exercise progression along the rehabilitation and performance continuum
- Demonstrate proficiency in the developmental drills for the Upper and Lower Quarters
- Demonstrate proficiency in the Hardstyle Kettlebell Basic Patterns including: The Arm-Bar, The Halo, The Overhead Carry, The Single-Arm KB Press, The Get Up
- Recognize situations where the use of a kettlebell will facilitate improved motor control and strength
- Demonstrate appropriate exercise and mobility implementation following Case Study learning model
- Demonstrate proficiency in listed assessments and interventions
- 7:30-8:00 – Registration
- Meet and greet teams (Team Russ, Tony, Aaron, Evan Island)
- 8:00-9:00 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Welcome / Plan for the day
- KIME blueprint framework (review from videos) (big picture)
- Continuum/Pyramid
- Neuro – homunculus / motor development
- Joint by joint
- Fascial lines
- 9:00-9:30 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Spine overview in context of (neuro, JbyJ, FL)
- Continuum (beginning)
- 9:30-9:45 – BREAK
- 9:45-10:45 – Lab – (teams)
- Beginning of Continuum drills
- Motion/Motor control
- 10:45-11:00 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Regroup on continuum and discuss next steps (strength, Speed)
- 11:00-11:05 – Snack break
- 11:05-12:00 – Lab – (teams)
- Strength drill progression
- Pattern development – hinge
- 12:00-1:00 – LUNCH
- 1:00-1:15 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Regroup on continuum and discuss next steps (speed, performance)
- 1:15-2:00 – Lab – (teams)
- Speed drills
- Performance discussion
- 2:00-2:30 – Lab – (teams)
- Continuum spine assessment
- 2:30-2:45 – BREAK
- 2:45-3:15 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Knee overview in context of (neuro, JbyJ, FL)
- Continuum beginning
- 3:15-3:45 – Lab – (teams)
- Knee continuum assessment
- 3:45-4:45 – Lab – (teams)
- Beginning of continuum drills
- Motion/slow twitch development
- 4:45-5:00 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Regroup and sum up day and go over plan for tomorrow
- Putting all the pieces together
- 7:30-8:00 – Coffee/Snacks/Social
- 8:00-8:30 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Welcome back
- Sum up Day 1
- Revisit KIME blueprint – continuum and pyramid
- Back on knee progression next levels of continuum (strength pattern development)
- 8:30-9:30 – Lab – (teams)
- Strength continuum progression
- Pattern development squat/one leg
- 9:30-9:45 – Lecture (whole group)
- Regroup on continuum
- Discuss speed/power
- 9:45-10:00 – BREAK
- 10:00-10:30 – Lab – (teams)
- Speed power progression
- 10:30-11:00 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Shoulder overview in context of (neuro, JbyJ, FL)
- Continuum with shoulder
- 11:00-12:00 – Lab – (teams)
- Shoulder assessment
- Shoulder continuum drills motion and foundational strength slow twitch development
- 12:00-1:00 – LUNCH
- 1:00-1:30 – Lecture – (whole group)
- After eating at lunch discuss Pyramid building blocks -sleep/nutrition
- 1:30-1:45 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Shoulder continuum progression open and closed chain strength and pattern development
- Speed/power and development
- 1:45-3:15 – Lab – (teams)
- Shoulder continuum progression of strength pattern development – speed/ power
- Assessment questions revisited
- 3:00-3:15 – BREAK
- 3:30-4:00 – Lab – (whole group)
- THE GET UP (checks boxes in all of spine/shoulder/knee categories)
- 4:00-4:30 – Lab – (whole group)
- Group workout
- 4:30-5:00 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Sum up weekend
- Tie it all together with big picture of pyramid and continuum
Live Course – September 11th, 2022
KIME Speed + Agility + Plyometrics
Speed & Agility Evolved.
We’ll breakdown the progression of speed & agility skills, what drills to use and when, and how to get the best results from your athletes and clients. This event will be hosted in the Sacramento area at one of our clinics.
Register below.
This course is designed to teach and breakdown the progression of speed & agility skills, what drills to use and when, and how to get the best results from your athletes and clients. You will learn about our performance continuum, and the roles of neuro & motor development, joints, and fascial lines as they pertain to speed and agility development. This course teaches various acceleration and deceleration drills as well as change of direction drills to improve performance and decrease injury risk. At the completion of this course you will be able to bridge the gap in progression along our performance continuum to enable development of top speed, as well as discuss the difference between practice and game speed. The information, strategies, and drills prepare you to immediately improve the results you deliver to your athletes.
This is a CEU approved course from CPTA and will be 8-hours.
- Appreciate the provided continuum & the roles of neuro & motor development of speed
- Appreciate the Joint-by-Joint approach, and biomechanical perspective of a multi-joint complex
- Recognize fascial lines and their influence and participation in speed and agility movements
- Develop respect for the biomechanics and joint contributions that influence an individual’s performance
- Determine limiting factors and requirements for speed
- Implement acceleration, deceleration, and change of direction drills
- Demonstrate an understanding of minimum requirements for speed and ability to measure them
- Determine what and how much training is appropriate
- Implement speed progressions and regressions
- Demonstrate speed, acceleration, and change of direction drills
- Recognize & appreciate the difference between practice & game speed and the effect of competition
- 7:30-8:00 – Registration
- Meet and greet teams (Team Russ, Tony, Aaron, Evan Island)
- 8:00-9:00 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Welcome / Plan for the day
- KIME speed framework (big picture)
- Continuum/Pyramid
- Neuro – homunculus / motor development
- Joint by joint
- Fascial lines
- 9:00-10:00 – Lab – (teams)
- Joint by joint assessment
- Fascial lines assessment
- 10:00-11:00- Lecture (whole group)
- Determinants of speed
- Limiting factors
- Requirements for speed
- Acceleration (control bias)
- Deceleration (control bias)
- Change of direction (control bias)
- Determinants of speed
- 11:00-12:00 – Lab – (teams)
- Screening for minimum requirements for speed
- Motion/Motor control
- Strength
- Determining a tipping point
- What is good enough
- Screening for minimum requirements for speed
- 12:00-1:00 – LUNCH
- 1:00-2:00 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Regroup on continuum
- Speed progressions
- Speed regressionsAcceleration (power bias)
- Change of direction (power bias)
- 2:00-2:45 – Lab – (teams)
- Speed drills
- Acceleration drills
- Change of direction drills
- 2:45-3:30 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Continuum and bridging the gap between speed and performance
- Practice speed vs game speed
- Effect of competition
- Reactivity
- 3:30-4:30 – Lab – (teams)
- Mirror drills
- Reaction drills
- Sensory stimulus
- Competition
- 4:30-5:00 – Lecture – (whole group)
- Regroup and sum up day
- Putting all the pieces together
- Regroup and sum up day
Live Course – October 15th, 2022
KIME Kettlebell Resilience
When we have a bulletproof foundation we can develop true resilience in the entire body. This event will be hosted in the Sacramento area at one of our clinics.
Register below.
When we have a bulletproof foundation we can develop true resilience in the entire body. Kettlebell Resilience is a one day experience learning how to develop the body with its many systems and address limiting factors. Spend the day learning and demonstrating key elements of a resilient body including kettlebell movement standards, methods of stress adaptation, developing energy systems, and recovery strategies. The course experience culminates into a test that will challenge your understanding and abilities of tissue adaptation and movement relating to all the core elements of the body.
After completion, you will receive a Kettlebell Certification through KIME Performance. This course is a CEU approved course from CPTA and will be 8 hours.
- Demonstrate proficiency in Hardstyle Kettlebell Patterns
- Understand exercise progression and regression necessary to achieve excellent patterning and skill with Kettlebell movements
- Appreciate the multifactorial nature of the body’s ability to recover from stress
- Demonstrate proficiency in the ability to coach essential movement patterns of the body and identify primary limiting factors
- Appreciate the various energy systems operating in the body and the body’s response to training
- Understand use of the Performance Continuum to guide training and programming decisions.
- (7:30-8:00) – Registration
- Meet and greet teams (Team Russ, Tony, Aaron, Evan Island
- (8:00-9:00) Continuum lecture/talk (bulletproof → resilience, pyramid, development, limiting factors)
- (9:00 – 9:30) – Bulletproof Testing
- (9:30 – 10:45) – Hinge 20m, Squat 15m, Press 15m, Pull Up 10m, Stability 15m
- (10:45-11:00) Break
- (11:00-12:00) AM Workout/testing
- (12:00-1:00) Lunch
- (1:00-2:00) – Lecture/talk – principles of KIME, mental strategy, general preparedness, pearls of coaching, mental hardship of setbacks, coaching through hurdles, be patient but hustle
- (2:00-2:15) Specials: crooked, bent press, windmill
- (2:15-3:15) Nutrition/regeneration 10m, Strength and movement 20m, Programming/conditioning 20m
- (3:15-3:30) Break
- (3:30-4:30) PM Workout w/ movement focus
- (4:30-5:00) Discussion/questions/closing
KIME Instructors
Attend courses taught by leaders at KIME Performance Physical Therapy.
Dr. Aaron Crouch
A former NCAA Division I baseball player, Aaron is an expert physical therapist and certified strength and conditioning specialist. He holds a StrongFirst SFG Level 1 Instructor certification. In addition to receiving his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Sacramento State, he has accumulated vast professional experience in diverse organizations, including the San Francisco Giants, Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) and the USA Track & Field Championships, where he worked as a medical team member.
Dr. Evan Hauger
Evan is a StrongFirst Certified Level 1 instructor and earned his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Sacramento State University. He has worked with athletes of all calibers, including MLB, NFL, NBA, UFC, and Olympians. He has also spent time with some of the best minds in sports physical therapy in Boston, MA, been a medical team leader for the USA Track and Field National Championships, assisted with NFL combine training, and been the performance coach for a group of Olympic athletes.
Dr. Tony Mikla
Tony is a leading sports physical therapist, performance coach, and researcher. He speaks and teaches nationally on sports physical therapy and regularly publishes research in international journals. Tony previously served as the Physical Therapy Manager at the world-renowned EXOS in Phoenix, AZ, working with some of the best athletes in the world. He was the Medical Director for the Sacramento Sports Commission and adjunct faculty in Physical Therapy at Sacramento State University and Northern AZ University.
Russell Dunning
Russ comes from a background as a martial arts and strength athlete. He pursued becoming a StrongFirst Kettlebell Instructor to complement his Sports Medicine Physical Therapy focus. He is published and active in research. As a PT, he is deeply involved in his patient’s successes, and as a coach, he leads groups of both young and professional athletes to better their total body performance, strength, and conditioning. Russ is the Sports Medicine Coach for the UFC Hall of Fame, Urijah Faber, and Team Alpha Male.
Coach Vince Mini
Vince is the owner of the House of Pain since 1996 and is the Lead Kettlebell Instructor. Vince received a full scholarship to attend Temple University and play Division 1 football where he was named captain his senior year and continued on professionally with the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL. Vince’s own athletic path is one of the many reasons that he relates so well to not only the student athletes, but also the adult population wanting to become the “Elite Performer” in their lives.
Vince holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Temple University in Criminal Justice along with the following certifications: USAW level 1, FMS level 1, StrongFirst kettlebell Instructor, Member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Advisory board member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA, Northern California). Vince is equally as committed to his beautiful family.