1. By
Brandon Lewis MS,CPT,CSCS

2.  Kinesthetic awareness or sense and
proprioception are terms that are commonly
interchangeable within most talks amongst
professionals. However , though they
complimentary to each other , there are
distinct differences.

3.  Kinesthetic Awareness(sense)- external
output of the body's physical awareness and
how we move.
 Proprioception- internal messaging of where
the body is in the space around it allowing
the coordinated patterns to be performed
through the networks of joints, muscles, and
fascia.

4.  Kinesthetic Awareness is our ability to
perform movements without thinking of the
pattern due to proprioception feedback.

5.  Vision
 Hearing
 Taste
 Touch
 Smell
 Joints
 Muscles
 Fascia

6.  Assuming that because we work with
“athletes” the baseline of kinesthetic and
proprioception awareness is naturally set.

7.  Kinesthetic Learning
 Motor Imagery
 Kinesthetic motor Imagery
 Calisthenics
 Mirror
 PETTLEP model

8.  Essententially learning hands on.
 Role playing.

9.  Mental rehearsal of physical activity without
actual physical execution.(Mental reps)

10.  Not only imagining the performance ( Motor
Imagery) but also actually sensing the
motion.

11. Typically exercises that uses the body’s weight
as the lifter’s resistance.

12.  Placing an individual in front of a mirror and
queing on what the lift or exercise should
look like

13.  The athlete matches the actual performance
in seven aspects.
 Physical,Enviorment,Task,Timing,Learning,
 Emotion, and Perspective (KMI)

15.  Because proprioception is targeted through
balancing techniques ,various balancing
exercises will train this area.

16.  Test athlete with Rombergs test
 Test staggard walk (sobriety test)
 Balancing on one leg eyes open and closed
 Peturbation with eyes close
 B52’s
 Standing on one leg with bosu
 Standing on one leg with dynadisc
 Upper body on wobble board,baps, fitter
 Basic, upper, or lower level birdogs

17.  Increases in injury
prevention
 More awareness of
where athlete is
physically; internally
and externally
 Improvements in
performance
 Reduction in fear of
failing (improvement in
confidence)