36. Position of Strength Transfers

About This Lesson

Position of Strength Transfers demonstrates how nurses and caregivers can protect their backs while helping others move safely.

Originally produced as part of the Freedom From Back Pain program, the lesson applies the Position of Strength throughout a variety of patient transfers. The basic principles are consistent: keep your back straight and knees bent, use stomach and thigh power, keep the person’s weight close to your body, and pivot rather than twist.

The program demonstrates bed-to-chair and wheelchair transfers, transfer belts, mechanical lifting devices, and techniques for responding when a patient begins to fall.

These principles reinforce the Back Safety Zone and the correct-movement skills taught in The Centered Human Being program.

The larger lesson extends beyond patient transfers: practice the Position of Strength throughout daily activities until strong, safe movement becomes a natural habit.

All In The Zone Skills Training Lessons

• 1. In The Zone Skills Training – Introduction
• 2. Relaxed Moves
• 3. Soft Stomach Breathing
• 4. Position of Comfort and Relaxation Therapy
• 5. Autonomic Nervous System
• 6. Relaxed Flow vs Stress and Tension
• 7. Power Moves
• 8. Power Breathing Routine
• 9. Polyvagal Theory 1 – Introduction
• 10. Polyvagal Theory 2 – Mind-Body Integration
• 11. Polyvagal Theory 3 – The Vagus Nerve
• 12. Social Learning Theory 1 – Introduction
• 13. Social Learning Theory 2 – How To Maximize Success
• 14. Social Learning Theory 3 – How Perception Shapes Behavior
• 15. Social Learning Theory 4 – Expanding Constructs
• 16. Social Learning Theory 5 – The Language Of Science
• 17. Social Learning Theory 6 – Internal and External Locus of Control
• 18. Social Learning Theory 7 – Reward Value & Self-Navigation
• 19. Social Learning Theory 8 – Become A Self-Learner
• 20. Social Learning Theory 9 – Self-Navigation
• 21. Social Learning Theory 10 – Applying SLT
• 22. Social Learning Theory 11 – Be Your Own Coach
• 23. Social Learning Theory 12 – Reward Value
• 24. Social Learning Theory 13 – Behavior Potential
• 25. Social Learning Theory 14 – Expectancy
• 26. Social Learning Theory 15 – Psychological Situation
• 27. Elastic Moves
• 28. Basic Stretching Routine
• 29. Advanced Stretching Routine
• 30. Total Readiness Routine
• 31. Focused Moves
• 32. Healthy Back Exercises – Section One
• 33. Healthy Back Exercises – Section Two
• 34. Healthy Back Exercises – Section Three
• 35. Healthy Back Exercises – Advanced Back Routine
• 37. Polyvagal Theory 4 – Expectancy and Neuroception
• 38. Polyvagal Theory 5 – Integration
• 39. Skills Review
• 40. Welcome To The Mulry Method
• Foundational Research & Theoretical Sources