PIC or DFAMAT?

I remember when Jacques Henri Taylor presented in my internship in July 2011 he brought up the idea that there are very specific reasons why you might choose to utilize a PIC instead of a DFAMAT when addressing a position of inefficient contractile ability.  He cautioned us not to disown the PIC because we had been exposed to the DFAMAT, but rather to explore why we might employ one over the other.





I've thought about that a lot since his presentation, trying out different methodologies and lines of reasoning as to why I would want to use a PIC versus a DFAMAT.  After sitting through his FNS1 presentation in Toronto last September and then hearing him present again for a short day after the Upper Body masters course in Denver this past June, I feel like I have a more sound logic behind why I might choose to use either PIC or DFAMAT, but I'm wondering what yours is.

• Do you see the PIC as a progression from the DFAMAT?
• Do you use PIC when you retest after performing a DFAMAT and a position doesn't hold like you would expect?
• Do you default to DFAMAT and then choose PIC when it doesn't seem like the former was enough?
• Do you use PIC as a means to try and stress certain tissues or as a means to reinforce positions?
• Do you only use PIC when assigning "homework" to clients"?
• Do you use PIC when a DFAMAT is just way too sensitive and painful for a client?
• Do you even use PIC at all?

Or do you have a different thought process on when to use PIC and DFAMAT?

I can honestly say I've experimented with all of those ideas and right now my thought process is one that I didn't list, but that is definitely open to changing.  What I will say, though, is it is less of me choosing to use one or the other and rather--via Jacques' presentations--me trying to have a better understanding of what each is doing so as to determine which may be more appropriate in a given scenario.  And truthfully what I've been seeing from how clients' bodies respond has been pretty cool.

As I stated above, FNS1 was incredibly helpful in molding my thought process in this regard and then the course on the Sunday after Upper Body mastery really laid things out nicely, so if you get the chance I highly recommend those if you are wanting to explore this further.

I think it is important that we as professionals continually question and explore why we make the decisions we do not only to better-serve our clients but also to have a better understanding of what it is we are actually doing.  Again, being a huge advocate of the educational process, the courses I listed above are must-attends if you want to keep diving into this.  And not just attend but study and re-view the information again and again as you would an AMC&S testing position or DFAMAT site.

Your body.  Your training.

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