CEU’s: Pending

Counts towards: COMT & Manual Therapy Fellowship

Course Description: This course will present a contemporary approach to managing neuromuscular dysfunction.   Emphasis will be placed on integrating human biomechanics, myofascial kinetic chains and respiration enabling the clinician to utilize a multi-planar examination approach that respects multi-systems and environmental demands placed on human movement system.  Utilizing theoretical concepts as well as evidence-guided principles for examination and treatment, discussions will focus on related issues pertaining to clinical reasoning and decision making involving the whole individual, multiple systems, and tri-planar muscle and joint assessment.  The 2-day live course will include structured laboratory sessions that provide hands-on instruction in pertinent assessment and treatment techniques.

Course Presenters:

Chris Roosa, PT, DPT, OCS

Mike Timko, MS, PT, FAAOMPT

Nick Kyle, PT, DPT, OCS, COMT

Target Audience: Physical Therapists

Pre-requisites: Successful completion and passing of Movement Control Approach: Foundations, The Activation Phase, Acquisition, and Matching Treatment to Examination Findings (Video Lectures)

Cost: $400

Cancellation Policy: Link

Student/Instructor: 15 students/1 instructor

Course Objectives:

1. Following this course, the participant will be able to independently correctly describe anatomy as it relates to respiration.
2. Following this course, the participant will be able to independently correctly describe anatomy as it relates to myofascial kinetic chains.
3. Following this course, the participant will be able to correctly identify 2 myofascial demands placed on human movement and function.
4. Following this course, the participant will be able to correctly identify 2 environmental demands placed on human movement and function.
5. Following this course, the participant will be able to identify 1 decision making principled focused on objective data collected from a tri-planar examination process that is both passive and active.
6. Following this course, the participant will be able to correctly describe 1 treatment principle of breathing.
7. Following this course, the participant will be able to correctly and independently perform passive tri-planar orthopedic testing.
8. Following this course, the participant will be able to correctly and independently perform active testing- Breathing assessment, Regional and Global movement assessments.

Day 1:

• The Movement Control Approach
• Elevated Psychosocial Risk Profile
• Review of Respiration
• The Activation Exam
• Applied Case Example
• Non-manual treatments

Day 2:

• Acquisition Phase
• Case Review
• Acquisition Phase treatment
• Assimilation Phase Examination
• Applied Case Example(s)
• Round Table Group discussions