Franklin method

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The Franklin method is a globally offered alternative medical movement theory, invented in the early 1980s by the Swiss sports scientist Eric Franklin . The focus should be on mental training. With the help of "thought images " ( Dynamic Neurocognitive Imagery abbreviated: DNI ), the Franklin method is intended to increase the exerciser's body and movement sensation and thereby increase motor skills such as strength, flexibility and coordination.

The Franklin method is based on ideokinesis , a movement theory founded by Mabel Elsworth Todd (1874–1956) in the 1930s, and seeks elements from sports science, psychomotor skills , Far Eastern movement theory, kinesiology, the Alexander technique , Feldenkrais theory, yoga , Pilates , and neuroplasticity .

application

  • Imagination: In the Franklin method, visualization techniques lead to an inner experience of the anatomy. The method differentiates between a. anatomical, metaphorical, biological and anatomical-metaphorical images.
  • Embodiment: This term can be explained using the example: The human spine holds it upright, its double S-curve is the snapshot of a wave. The nervous system only reacts through the embodiment of a function, which then improves the function: Sit or stand and let the feeling of swaying ocean waves and calm flow seep into your spine. At first only in the imagination. Then, when you feel the inner wave more and more clearly, allow a fine wave movement also externally. Enjoy the ocean waves in your spine for a few minutes and then calm down externally. Inside, feel something else.
  • Learning spiral: At the beginning of the training, the student scans his body, which means that he first directs his attention to the feet, then to the legs, to the upper body, to both arms, to the hands and to the head, and also to feel his breath. Then he plans the movement mentally (feedforward). Finally he decides on the movement, accompanies it with a picture, with a certain inner dialogue or the teacher touches him. When he finishes the lesson, he compares the result with the initial situation (feedback). If the student likes the new feeling, he anchors it in everyday life and, if possible, even finds his own image for this new physical state.

Study situation

One study sees DNI training as a promising rehabilitation method for improving imagination, the severity of the disease, and motor and non-motor functions in patients with Parkinson's disease. Users also refer to an unpublished study by the private society for social science research in medicine (GESOMED) from 2010. There are also studies with small groups of dancers and a success report with musicians.

education

The term is protected under competition law. The Institute for Franklin Method in Wetzikon (Switzerland) offers workshops and trains movement pedagogues for the Franklin Method and Franklin Method therapists. The training is designed for three or five years. Students are mostly dance teachers, rhythmicists, physiotherapists, yoga, tai chi and pilates teachers, sports teachers and competitive athletes.

There are seminars for the Franklin Method at the University of Dance and Music in Cologne (Germany), at the University of Vienna (Austria) and at the Juilliard School in New York. The Franklin Method can be used in dance medicine.

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Sources and individual references

  1. ↑ umbrella organization Xund: The natural methods of complementary therapy. xund.ch
  2. ^ William H. Watkins, Eric Franklin: Breakdance. Contemporary Books, USA, 1984.
  3. ^ A. Bernard, U. Stricker, W. Steinmüller: Ideokinesis - A creative way to exercise and posture. Huber, Bern / Göttingen / Toronto / Seattle 2003.
  4. ↑ Amit Abraham et al .: Dynamic Neuro-cognitive imagery improves mental imagery ability, disease severity and motor and cognitive functions in people with Parkinsons's disease. In: Neural Plast. Mar 14; 2018 doi: 10.1155 / 2018/6168507
  5. ^ Klaus Riemann: Evaluation of the Franklin method . Ed .: Society for Social Science Research in Medicine [GESOMED]. 2010.
  6. ↑ Teresa Heiland, Robert Rovetti: Which images and image categories best support jump height? In: R. Solomon, J. Solomon (Eds.): Abstracts of the 20th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science 2010. IADMS, Birmingham, UK 2010, pp. 74-75.
  7. ^ Savior Teresa L. et al. Effects of visual, auditory and kinesthetic imagery interventions on dancers plié arabesques. In: Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity Vol 7, 2012: Issue 1, Article 5 doi: 10.1515 / 1932-0191.1065
  8. ^ Savior Teresa L. et al. Examining effects of Franklin Method metaphorical and anatomical mental images on college dancers' jumping height. In: Research in Dance Education Volume 14, 2013 - Issue 2 doi: 10.1080 / 14647893.2012.712105
  9. ↑ Rosa Diketmüller: Music and muscles. Being relaxed makes you strong. Ways to healthy and conscious music-making. Evaluation of the final report. Project management Walter Wretschitsch and Silvia Erdik. University of Vienna, February 2010, pp. 12–13 and p. 62.
  10. ↑ Institute for Franklin Method, Wetzikon, Switzerland https:// franklin- Methode.ch/
  11. ↑ Elisabeth Exner-Grave (Ed.): Tanzmedizin. Schattauer Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, pp. 121–126; Institute for Franklin Method, Wetzikon, Switzerland.