PhilPaso Therapy

PhilPaso Training extends the movement control of the lower extremities through interactive upper body movement of the hips, shoulder girdle, arms, hands and head. With simultaneously guided and coordinated movement sequences, optimized habitual movement patterns are trained at a high repetition frequency. This superlative training involves the whole body through adaptive movement guidance, which can be performed under your own power or with electronic motor assistance.

Superlative training for the whole body with adaptive movement control: powered by your own strength or electronic motor control

PhilPaso was developed on the basis of patent no. 196030315 by Dr Klaus Berndsen and Sabine Berndsen. The patent includes an articulated pedal system for training walking, running and foot rolling movements.

Superlative training for young and old

Movement control, strength, complex movement patterns

Competitive and recreational sports
Rehabilitation after illnesses, injuries and operations
Malpositions and/or incorrect movements of feet, legs, hips, arms
Balance and/or movement coordination disorders
Congenital and acquired disabilities
Guided movement to develop correct, brain-coordinated and automated whole-body movements (neurophysiological movement patterns)
Smooth movement sequences without jerky pressure on the joints
Adjustment of the hip loading angle – up to overcorrection possible
Guidance of the foot rolling movement
Training of opposing movements (cross movement): Legs – arms / shoulder girdle – hips
Adjustment of leg length, leg lift (knee height of the playing leg), stride length, arm extension and arm angle, variable joint-friendly elliptical movement adjustment
Variable sitting and standing training
Swivelling seat as an entry aid and seat belt safety device
Drive by own power or motor control
Stable, customisable device for professional use: one device for all sizes

PhilPaso

The name PhilPaso is a neologism and means the path (el paso) of Philipp. Philipp is the son of Dr Klaus Berndsen and Sabine Berndsen. He was born in 1991 with cerebral palsy and, according to the “experts”, was never able to learn to walk. For several years, the boy persistently but unsuccessfully underwent numerous treatments in Germany and other countries around the world. In order not to give in to resignation, his parents began to develop special training devices for acquiring complex running movements and patented their mechanisms. After intensive training on the equipment, Philipp took his first independent steps at the age of 9. Based on their experience and the patented equipment, they gradually developed their best training device. They called it PhilPaso because the device paved the way for their son Philipp to learn to walk. Numerous other patients have since benefited from this method. Due to the very high development costs, it has only now been possible to develop a stable device for professional use that can be used without constant technical corrections.

Special features of PhilPaso Training

PhilPaso training extends the movement control of the lower extremities through the coordinated interactive upper body movement: Hips, shoulder girdle, arms, hands, head. High repetition frequencies with simultaneously guided and coordinated movement sequences are used to train optimised habitual movement patterns.

Neurophysiological principles

Dr Berndsen/Berndsen define important brain-coordinated body-functional principles for their training method:

The brain does not recognise individual muscles, but controls complex movement patterns. These can only be acquired or re-acquired if the training (therapy) takes into account the far-reaching interactive complexity of the movement sequences: Movement coordination “from the head to the toes” (example: walking movement)
Isolated training of partial movements disrupts the development of neurophysiological movement patterns and leads to secondary damage (lesions).
Movements should be performed in such a way that they are as close as possible to the correct movement pattern (controlled movement): Incorrect movements and incorrect loads must not be permitted.
Neurophysiological movement patterns develop through the precision of execution and a high repetition frequency of identical exercises. This is not possible manually and requires special training equipment: PhilPaso
Lesions require compensatory movements. These must be resolved as quickly as possible, adapted to the regeneration process.
Necessity of development-oriented training: If more highly developed cortical functions have already been developed and complex neurophysiological patterns can already be realised, exercises to work through developmental precursors should be avoided. They disrupt coordination patterns and cause motor irritation.
Orientation towards neurophysiological movement patterns. Deviations from this disrupt the necessary coordinative interactions of movement. This results in dyskinesia of muscles or muscle groups.
Necessity of individual movement adaptations:
e.g. leg, arm length adjustment, hip joint loading angle, stroke lengths, sitting and standing heights, foot angle