Our courses are designed to improve your clinical efficiency through real hands on learning opportunities. Course offerings will continue to be updated so check back often as more courses and dates are announced.
Course 1: Comprehensive Manual Therapy for Low Back pain
Goal of the course: To assess the major contributing factors to your patient's back pain and to learn the corresponding manual treatment to address each.
Course Description Low back pain is one of the most prevalent and costly ailments seen in a variety of healthcare settings. Diagnosing and treating low back pain can be challenging and frustrating. Due to the complex nature of the lumbosacral region, the root cause of lower back pain is often elusive. This course intends to simplify evaluation and treatment for the most common lumbar and sacroiliac joint dysfunctions from a manual therapy perspective. This is a hands-on course that is meant to impart a streamlined approach for care of the lower back that can be applied to both acute and chronic conditions. Manual techniques that will be covered in this course include muscle energy, mobilization, articulation, and manipulations. A brief overview of Pilates-based stabilization exercises will also be covered to ensure long-term effectiveness of the manual corrections. It is intended that each course attendee be able to immediately utilize the covered techniques to improve their clinical efficiency.
Course 2: Comprehensive Manual therapy for the thoracic spine and ribs
WPTA course approval #: 17087 California course approval #: 18-396
Goal of the course: to assess the most common dysfunctions of the Thoracic Spine and Ribs and to gain skill in the manual therapy techniques for each
Course Description: Diagnosing and treating thoracic and rib pain can be challenging and frustrating. Due to the complex nature of the thoracic region, finding the root cause of mid back pain is often difficult. This course intends to simplify evaluation and treatment for the most common thoracic and rib dysfunctions from a manual therapy perspective. This is a hands-on course that is meant to impart a streamlined approach for care of the mid back that can be applied to both acute and chronic conditions. Manual techniques that will be covered in this course include muscle energy, mobilization, manipulations, and myofascial release. A brief overview of therapeutic exercises for the thoracic spine with be covered to ensure long term success of manual treatments. It is intended that each course attendee be able to immediately utilize the covered techniques to improve their clinical efficiency.