Advancing Musculoskeletal Health Through Movement
Musculoskeletal (MSK) health is one of today’s most significant health and performance challenges.
For nearly 30 years, Functional Movement Systems has helped professionals better understand the role movement plays in identifying limitations, guiding interventions, and improving long-term outcomes.
The FMS Summit brings together practical strategies, proven methodologies, and innovative approaches for addressing MSK health across fitness, rehabilitation, performance, and wellness.
Over two days, industry-leading professionals will explore the entire continuum of MSK health—from communicating more effectively with patients and clients to applying specific screening, assessment, exercise, and intervention strategies.
Throughout the Summit, movement serves as the foundation, while recognizing that lasting MSK health requires a broader, individualized approach.
Attendees will leave with actionable tools and strategies they can immediately apply to help people move better, stay active, maintain independence, and perform at their best throughout life.
EVENT DETAILS:
Dates & Times:
Friday, January 29, 2027
9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Social immediately following the day's sessions
Saturday, January 30, 2027
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location:
Wyndham Lake Buena Vista – Disney Springs Area
Horizons Ballroom
1850 Hotel Plaza Boulevard
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Registration Pricing:
Early Bird Registration — $299
Available through November 1
Standard Registration — $379
After November 1
DAILY SCHEDULE:
FEATURED SPEAKERS & SESSIONS:
Alwyn Cosgrove, CSCS
Session: Why We Screen: Building Better Programs and Better Coaches
Alwyn Cosgrove is the owner of Results Fitness, a complete fitness programming and consulting service, and founder of ResultsFitnessUniversity.com. He is one of the country’s most sought-after fitness professionals.
About the Session
This session explores the evolution of the FMS through the lens of nearly three decades of real-world use—from an initial introduction to the system to why it remains a foundational part of practice today.
Learn how FMS results can help guide program design, create consistency in decision-making, and provide a common framework for introducing new staff to a movement-based approach.
Arianne Missimer
Session: The Missing Link: How Breathing and Airway Function Shape Human Performance
Dr. Arianne Missimer, DPT, RD, IFMCP, CSCS, and author of Rise Up, is the founder and CEO of The Movement Paradigm®, an integrative health center that brings together physical therapy, functional and root-cause medicine, nutrition, movement, and nervous system regulation.
A nationally and internationally recognized speaker and educator, Dr. Missimer specializes in translating complex physiology into practical, clinically relevant strategies. Her work explores the interconnected roles of airway function, breathing mechanics, metabolic health, autonomic regulation, and movement in shaping human health and performance.
Through her teaching and clinical practice, Dr. Missimer advances an integrated, root-cause approach that looks beyond isolated symptoms and biomechanics to understand the underlying physiology influencing how the body moves, adapts, recovers, and performs.
About the Session
Breathing and airway function are often overlooked components of human performance, influencing how the body stabilizes, moves, sleeps, recovers, and adapts to stress.
Explore the connection between airway mechanics, sleep quality, nervous system regulation, diaphragmatic function, intra-abdominal pressure, and reflexive core stabilization.
Attendees will learn how to identify potential airway and breathing dysfunction through practical screening strategies, recognize when referral may be appropriate, and apply actionable tools to integrate breathing with core stability, movement, and recovery to optimize human performance.
Kyle Kiesel
Session: The Joint-by-Joint Approach Application to Low Back Pain and Multifidus Muscle Dysfunction — Why Movement Matters
Dr. Kiesel is Senior Director of Functional Programs and Education at Mainstay Medical and Professor Emeritus at the University of Evansville.
His research focuses on motor control of the core and functional movement testing and training. An expert in the rehabilitation of patients with low back pain, he is actively engaged in education and the clinical adoption of Reactiv8, a new technology for treating the condition.
Dr. Kiesel has authored nearly 50 peer-reviewed publications and regularly presents his work nationally and internationally, having taught and conducted research in 20 countries. He consults for professional and college sports teams as well as the military, assisting with injury prevention and implementation of the Functional Movement Systems model.
As a cofounder of FMS, he has extensive experience teaching lecture and lab courses on core training and functional movement appraisal and intervention, including both the Functional Movement Screen and Selective Functional Movement Assessment.
About the Session
The Joint-by-Joint Approach is a biomechanical model describing how functional units throughout the body alternate between a primary role of mobility and stability.
This session examines the concept through the lens of low back pain, exploring how muscle inhibition develops and contributes to altered core muscle function.
Attendees will also review new research linking lumbar multifidus dysfunction to low back pain and explore how impairment of the multifidus relates to broader movement dysfunction.
Simple tests of multifidus muscle function will be demonstrated that can be integrated into a routine functional movement assessment, helping clinicians identify and address this impairment when present.
Greg Dea
Session: Well Beyond the Screen — How Accessible Movement Screening Reached Elite-Level Player Availability and Tracked the Scoreboard
Greg Dea is a titled Sports Physiotherapist (APA) and IFSPT-registered International Sports Physical Therapist whose career includes serving as Head Physical Therapist to the China Women’s National Volleyball Team during a World Cup gold-medal campaign.
His experience spans elite programs in Shanghai and Tianjin, injury-prevention work with the Australian Army, and consultant physiotherapy for the UK Ministry of Defence and British Forces Germany.
As Head of Medical Services at Frankston Football Club from 2021–2024, he built a screening-led wellness system that pushed squad availability past the elite AFL benchmark.
An FMS/SFMA instructor and FMS Clinical Fellowship Advisory Board member, Greg has completed approximately 70 teaching engagements across seven countries.
About the Session
This session explores how a semi-professional Australian football club used movement screening to build an accessible player-wellness system and achieve injury and player-availability outcomes comparable to elite-level programs.
Through pre-activity baseline testing and proactive management of movement-related risk factors, the club was able to reduce injury recurrence, protect player availability, and demonstrate how keeping athletes available can directly support performance on the field.
Lisa Chase
Session: You Can’t Scale Excellence Without Alignment
Lisa Chase, PT, CFMM, OMPT, Astym Certified, is a nationally recognized physical therapist, author, educator, and Founder & CEO of Back 2 Normal Physical Therapy.
With more than 35 years of experience in orthopedic manual therapy, sports medicine, and human performance, Lisa is known for her whole-body approach to identifying the root causes of pain, restoring movement, and optimizing performance.
She has worked with professional and elite athletes worldwide and has served in leadership and medical roles with the WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, and the Olympic Games.
Lisa is also the author of beresponsible™: Because the System Isn’t and creator of the Whole-Body Healing Method & Certification.
About the Session
High standards alone don’t create a 5-star culture—the right people, shared beliefs, and aligned practices do.
Drawing from 35 years of lessons in physical therapy, professional sports, education, and business leadership, Lisa shares how the principles she uses to evaluate movement and heal the whole body became the foundation for building a high-performing, 5-star team.
She’ll connect lessons from the WTA Tour, Functional Movement Systems, her 5 Pillars of Recovery, and the Whole-Body Healing Method to show how leaders can create greater alignment, stronger team buy-in, and a culture that moves together.
Almir Maljević, PhD
Session: Beyond the Screen — How Context-Driven Movement Assessment Became Our Most Powerful Tool for Client Engagement, Referrals, and Business Growth
Almir Maljević, PhD, is a university professor, human performance specialist, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Pro-Fit Health & Strength Conditioning (PFHSC) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A former decathlete, Almir has spent his career bridging movement science, coaching, and business, helping fitness professionals turn better assessment and decision-making into better client experiences and sustainable business growth.
He is an international educator for Functional Movement Systems (FMS Level 1 & 2), Perform Better Europe (Certified Functional Trainer Level 1 & 2), and EXOS (Performance Mentorship Phase 1 & 2), teaching and mentoring fitness and performance professionals across Europe.
About the Session
This session explores how movement assessment can extend beyond identifying dysfunction and guiding programming to become a powerful tool for understanding and connecting with the whole person.
Learn how combining movement findings with insight into a client’s lifestyle, goals, motivations, and personal context can strengthen communication, increase buy-in and adherence, improve retention, and ultimately support both better outcomes and sustainable business growth.
Dr. Stephen Matta
Session: Emerging and Integrative Approaches to Longevity and Healing
Dr. Stephen Matta is the Chief Physician and Founder of Meeting Point Health, a performance-driven medical practice specializing in regenerative orthopedics and advanced longevity medicine.
He is board-certified in Family Medicine and Sports Medicine, with additional board certification in Stem Cell Therapy and Peptide Therapy.
Dr. Matta also holds advanced certifications from the Titleist Performance Institute and in Medical Acupuncture, reflecting his focus on biomechanics, movement efficiency, and performance optimization.
He serves as faculty with Seeds Scientific Research and Performance Institute, where he teaches peptide therapy alongside Dr. William Seeds and helps train physicians in advanced regenerative and peptide-based medicine.
About the Session
This session will explore emerging and integrative approaches to supporting longevity, healing, and recovery, including peptides, stem cells, IV therapies, and hormone optimization.
Attendees will gain a better understanding of how these evolving therapies may support the body’s ability to repair, recover, and maintain movement health throughout the lifespan.
Greg Rose, DC
Session: Connecting Movement Screening with Exercise Prescription
Dr. Greg Rose is a Doctor of Chiropractic and holds an engineering degree from the University of Maryland.
He is:
• Co-Founder of the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI)
• Co-Founder of the Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA)
• Co-owner of Functional Movement Systems (FMS)
• Founder of OnBase University for baseball and softball
• Founder of RacquetFit for tennis
About the Session
Dr. Rose will cover the latest discoveries in sport science and how they are changing the way athletes are trained.
Over the past five years, sports performance has experienced a major influx of new technologies, ranging from markerless 3-D motion capture to AI and machine-learning applications.
Dr. Rose will highlight both the positives and negatives of these technologies and provide practical insight to help professionals make better decisions with the athletes they train.
HOTEL INFORMATION
Stay at the Wyndham Lake Buena Vista – Disney Springs Area
Make your Summit experience even more convenient by staying at the host hotel.
Wyndham Lake Buena Vista – Disney Springs Area
1850 Hotel Plaza Boulevard
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Phone: 407-828-4444
FMS Summit Room Rates:
Lake Buena Vista Main Tower Room — $199/night – Book Here!
King or two Queen beds
Lake Buena Vista Garden Room — $149/night – Book Here!
King or two Queen beds
