DNS – Exercise Course – Part 1
This intensive two-day course provides healthcare professionals, movement specialists, and trainers with a comprehensive introduction to the principles and applications of Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS). Rooted in developmental kinesiology, DNS offers a structured approach to understanding human movement, postural control, and functional stability, linking early developmental patterns to adult motor function and dysfunction.
Participants will gain a solid foundation in DNS principles, practical assessment strategies, and corrective exercise techniques applicable in both clinical and performance settings. The course combines theoretical lectures with hands-on practice to ensure participants can effectively integrate DNS methods into their daily work.
By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of developmental kinesiology.
- Describe the relationship between early developmental milestones and locomotor dysfunction in adulthood.
- Discuss and demonstrate the basis of human movement: support, stepping forward, biomechanics of motor function, the verticalization process, and functional joint centration.
- Evaluate and correct dysfunctional respiratory patterns.
- Assess the integrated stabilizing system of the spine using both observation and dynamic functional tests.
- Integrate DNS corrective exercises from developmental positions (supine, prone, low kneeling, oblique sit, quadruped) and apply them within broader exercise strategies.
This course is designed for physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, athletic trainers, strength & conditioning coaches, and other professionals seeking evidence-based methods to enhance movement quality, optimize performance, and support rehabilitation.
Join us to build a strong foundation in DNS and elevate your clinical and training practice with proven strategies that connect developmental movement patterns to functional stability in adulthood.
Course Fee: : 585 €
Course Language: englisch
Instructor: Jakub Novák, DPT, Ph.D.
Course Date:
Saturday, 14.11.2026, 8:30 – 18:00 Uhr
Sunday, 15.11.2026, 9:00 – 17:00 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.
