DNS – Exercise Course – Part 2
Course Goals and Description
Course objectives
- Review of developmental kinesiology in the context of adult optimal posture, sports performance and global motor patterns to enhance outcomes in sport and human movement.
- Demonstrate exercises in higher developmental positions – tripod, bear, squat, lunge, step up and its modifications & training of body awareness.
- Demonstrate exercises utilizing the principles of developmental kinesiology with elastic bands, barbells, weights, and gymball
- Discuss & demonstrate DNS exercises for specific sport techniques: throwing, jumping, stroke, skating etc.
- Students who want to work towards DNS Trainer certification must pass an online test after DNS Exercise course part II, and before taking DNS Exercise course part III.The online test consists of 30 multiple choice questions, 10 picture and 5 video questions. To pass the test the student must answer 32 out of the 45 questions correctly. The student gets a maximum of three attempts to pass the test. Students are recommended to retake DNS Exercise II course and then to take the online test again in case of failing to pass the test on the three attempts. As soon as submitting the test the student receives results by email. Passing the online test is a prerequisite before taking the Practical test at the DNS Exercise Course part III, and being certified as a DNS Exercise Trainer.
Certification in DNS Exercise Course
To ensure adequate practice with clients, this practical test can only be taken one year after completionof the first DNS course (either DNS Exercise I or DNS A). You may still choose to take DNS Exercise III prior to that 1-year span. However, if you wish to take the trainer certification practical test, you will have to re-take Level III again and sit for the test. Also, completing an online test after DNS exercise II is a prerequisite for taking the practical test at DNS Exercise III course. When you earn your certification, you can choose to have your name listed on the Prague School Rehabilitation website for a one-time fee of 20 Euros. You are required to take at least 1 DNS course every 3 years to retain your certification status.
Course Fee: : 485 € (+100 € DNS Fee)
Course Language: englisch
Instructor: Jakub Novák, DPT, Ph.D.
Course Date:
Saturday, 05.06.2027, 9:00 – 17:00 Uhr
Sunday, 06.06.2027, 8:30 – 16:00 Uhr
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Jakub NovákJakub Novák interned at Do Dragao, a sports clinic in Portugal for one month before starting his physiotherapy career in Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Clinic, University Hospital Motol in Prague in 2016. He completed his Master’s degree in physiotherapy at the 2nd Faculty of Medicine at Charles University in 2018. He then started teaching physiotherapy and medical students at the 2nd Faculty of Medicine at Charles University in 2018. During that same year, Jakub joined the rehabilitation team at Professor Pavel Kolar’s private Centre of Movement Medicine in Prague (http://www.cpmpk.cz).
In his clinical practice, he meets a wide range of patients from the fields of neurology, orthopedics, and sports medicine. He also collaborates on a long-term basis with many national level athletes in various sports such as track and field, Olympic weightlifting, hockey, floorball or baseball. His treatment approach with professional athletes focuses on optimizing the locomotor system for enhanced sports performance.
Jakub is a certified instructor for “Kolar´s Approach to Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization: A Developmental Kinesiology Model.” He has taught numerous courses both in the Czech Republic and Slovakia as well as in other countries.
Jakub completed his PhD from Charles University, Second Faculty of Medicine in 2022. His research focused on the objective evaluation of the postural function of abdominal muscles and intra-abdominal pressure. He has published several original professional papers on this topic in and most recently, in the internationally peer reviewed rehabilitation journal.He currently works also as a supervisor of Ph.D. students at the 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, where he deals with the topic of trunk stabilization and collaborates on research in this area with a foreign institution in the USA. He also participates as an active lecturer in scientific conferences.
Being a former top floorball player and skier, Jakub keep himself active, and enjoys spending his free time cycling, cross country skiing, alps skiing or hiking with his wife and daughters.
