Manual Medicine Course Descriptions
No walk-ins or auditing of
these courses is permitted.
Manual medicine courses are restricted to licensed D.O.s, M.D.s, D.D.S.s
and P.T.s.
ADVANCED CLINICAL PEARLS FROM 100 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Prerequisite: Principles
of Manual Medicine, Muscle Energy: Part I and Craniosacral
Techniques: Part I
Recommended but not required: Direct
Action Thrust, Exercise Prescription as
a Complement to Manual Medicine and Indirect,
Functional Approach to Manual Medicine
Description: The purpose of this course is to provide participants
with the ability to spend one-on-one time with two of the most renowned
experts in the manual medicine field and to experience their clinical
application of a variety of techniques. Dr.
Philip E. Greenman and Dr. Edward G. Stiles will demonstrate their individual
approaches to common and uncommon clinical problems. The class
will be tailored to the specific needs of the participants.
Objectives: Participants will have: deeper understanding of diagnosis
and treatment of complex musculoskeletal problems; better knowledge
of how to integrate various manual medicine techniques for improved
patient care; the opportunity to have their individualized needs
met regarding specific patient problem solving processes for patient
care.
Credit hours: 24
Early
Bird Tuition: $800 Full
Tuition: $1000
Course Chairpersons: Philip E. Greenman, D.O. and Edward G. Stiles,
D.O.
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CRANIOSACRAL TECHNIQUE: PART I
Prerequisite: Participants
need to have proficient hand skills and understand basic manual
medicine. They need at least the Principles of Manual
Medicine course, or a minimum of 20 hours of manual medicine training
and passing the pretest
for principles with an 80%. An excellent skills
course needs to be taken prior to this course with lots of practice time.
Documentation needs to be submitted and approved by Dr. Briner if other
manual medicine courses have been taken.
Description: This four and one/half day course
is designed to provide a solid anatomic and physiologic foundation
for the diagnosis and treatment of structural problems within the
craniosacral mechanism. The course has ample opportunity for hands-on
experience.
Objectives: The course objectives are: 1) to
understand the primary respiratory mechanism; 2) to apply palpatory
skills and diagnostic understanding to the craniosacral mechanics;
3) to understand potential dysfunctions within the craniosacral system;
4) to apply the principles of manipulative management to craniosacral
dysfunction; and 5) to have a biomechanical understanding of temporomandibular
joint dysfunction as a structural dysfunction.
Credit Hours: 36
Early Bird Tuition: $1,200 Full
Tuition: $1,400 Repeat
Tuition: $1050
Course Chairperson: Barbara Briner, D.O.
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CRANIOSACRAL TECHNIQUES: PART II
Prerequisites: Principles
of Manual Medicine or pretest
for principles passed with 80% or better and Craniosacral
Techniques: Part I
Description: This
five day course provides a thorough review of all material
presented in the Part I course. More specialized techniques
are given in the diagnosis and treatment of the sacrum, the diaphragm,
face, and TMJ problems. Diagnosis and treatment of the infant skull
will be addressed. Students
will be introduced to the craniosacral principles applied to the
whole body.
Objectives: The course objectives are: 1) to be familiar with the
anatomy of the skull and cranial articulations; 2) to be proficient
in the four quadrant diagnosis concepts; 3) to be proficient in the
methods of craniosacral treatment via dural membranes, fluid techniques,
articular release, and the sacrum; 4) to be thoroughly cognizant
of articular restrictions involving the face; 5) to understand the
biomechanics and structural treatment of temporomandibular joint
dysfunction and; 6) to begin to use the inherent tissue motion in
the diagnosis and treatment of strain patterns in the trunk and extremities.
Required Text: Course Syllabus
Credit hours: 40
Early
Bird Tuition: $1,300 Full
Tuition: $1,500 Repeat
Tuition: $1,125
Course Chairperson: Barbara Briner, D.O
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CRANIOSACRAL TECHNIQUES: PART III
Prerequisites: Principles
of Manual Medicine or pretest
for principles passed with 80% or better and Craniosacral
Techniques: Part I and Craniosacral Techniques Part II
Description: This five day intense
course will take what you’ve learned in the Cranial I and II
courses to a new level. You will learn to understand fascial
linkages throughout the body, get more information on the cranial
rhythmic impulse, how to use the CR 1 throughout the body for diagnosis
and treatment of various musculoskeletal disorders, effect of emotions
on the CR1 and tissue mechanics, utilize the Becker Technique of
the fulcrum, understand and treat tissue memory in physical and emotional
trauma and understand the human bioenergy field and it’s relationship
to the CR 1 in health and disease
Objectives: Assess fascial restrictions
throughout the body by assessing the CR 1, treat the restrictions
in CR 1 by utilizing the CR1 as a treatment modality, assess the
emotional component of musculoskeletal restrictions, utilize the
CR 1 via focused tissue unwinding techniques and Becker’s Fulcrum
Techniques to assess and treat myofascial disorders, assess and treat
complex musculoskeletal injury patterns utilizing tissue memory and
major vectors of injury and begin to assess the bioenergy field of
the human body and it’s interconnection with and influence
on the physical body in health and disease.
Required Text: Course Syllabus
Credit hours: 40
Early Bird Tuition: $1300
Full
Tuition: $1,500
Course Chairperson: Barbara Briner, D.O.
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DIRECT ACTION THRUST: MOBILIZATION WITH IMPULSE
Prerequisite: Principles
of Manual Medicine or pretest
for principles passed with 80% or better, and Muscle
Energy: Part I
Description: This is
a four-day intensive course of lectures, demonstrations, and small
group practice sessions on the principles and use of direct action
high velocity manipulative technique. Emphasis will be placed upon
the spine, pelvis, and thoracic cage.
Objectives: 1) to be
able to diagnose somatic dysfunction of the vertebral column, pelvis,
and thoracic cage; 2) to understand the principles of high velocity
technique including the cavitation phenomena; 3) to identify components
of somatic dysfunctions that are most amenable to direct action thrust
manipulative technique; 4) to be able to apply direct action thrust
technique to all of the regions of the vertebral column, pelvis,
and rib cage; 5) to understand the role of long and short level arm
localization development of fulcrum and application of force from
lever are to fulcrum in direct action thrust technique; and 6) to
understand relative and absolute contraindications and possible complications
from these techniques.
Required Text: Principles of Manual Medicine, Greenman,
PE, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, First, Second or Third Edition.
Credit Hours: 32
Early Bird Tuition: $950
Full
Tuition: $1,150 Repeat
Tuition: $862
Course Chairperson: Carl
Steele, DO, MS, PT
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EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION AS A COMPLEMENT TO MANUAL
MEDICINE
Prerequisites:Principles
of Manual Medicine or pretest
for principles passed with 80% or better and Muscle
Energy: Part I
Description: This four-day
program was developed in 1992 by Mark Bookhout, P.T. based upon
the work of Vladimir Janda. This unique course is designed to complement
the muscle energy biomechanical model. The exercises taught assist
the participant in developing an individualized exercise program
based upon the patient’s
biomechanical findings and help to maintain the changes made with
manual therapy treatment.
Objectives: 1) to understand the functional
anatomical connections of the upper and lower quarter musculature
to the proximal trunk and pelvis; 2) to introduce the concept of
neuromuscular imbalance as a contributor to chronic musculoskeletal
dysfunction; 3) to be able to identify local versus centrally mediated
causes of neuromuscular imbalance; 4) to understand the role of adverse
neural tension as a contributor to neuromuscular imbalance especially
in chronic pain patients; 5) to learn specific exercises to refine
neuromotor control in both the upper and lower quarter; 6) to learn
exercises to address specific somatic dysfunctions found in the vertebral
column and pelvis; and 7) to be able to develop a treatment program
and rational to address musculoskeletal dysfunction related to the
vicious overload cycle.
Required Text: Course Syllabus
Credit Hours: 32
Early Bird Tuition: $950
Full
Tuition: $1,150 Repeat
Tuition: $862
Course Chairpersons: Mark
Bookhout, M.S., P.T., and Lisa DeStefano, D.O.
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EXTREMITIES - MANUAL MEDICINE RELATED TO SPORTS
AND OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES TO THE EXTREMITIES
Prerequisite:Principles
of Manual Medicine or pretest
for principles passed with 80% or better. (Muscle
Energy: Part I recommended but not required)
Description: This three-day course is an application
of manual medicine and the diagnosis, treatment and management of sports
and occupational injuries. Techniques for examination and treatment
of the upper and lower limbs will be emphasized. The principles of
joint play, muscle energy and mobilization with impulse technique will
be introduced and practiced. Treatment will be based on a specific
diagnosis with consideration of comprehensive rehabilitation strategies.
Objectives: 1) to introduce the principles of
joint play examination and treatment; 2) to review the diagnosis of
acute injuries and chronic dysfunctions of the joints of the upper
and lower limbs; 3) to present the joint play and muscle energy treatment
of common sports injuries of the limbs.
Required Text: Principles of Manual Medicine,
Greenman, P.E., Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, First, Second or Third
Edition and course syllabus
Credit Hours: 24
Early Bird Tuition: $700
Full
Tuition: $900 Repeat
Tuition: $675
Course Chairpersons: Jennifer
Gilmore, D.O. and Jake Rowan, D.O.
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INDIRECT, FUNCTIONAL APPROACH TO MANUAL MEDICINE
Prerequisites: Principles
of Manual Medicine or pretest
for principles passed with 80% or better,
and Muscle Energy: Part I
Description: This is a three-day tutorial style course with
emphasis on hands-on practice. The functional approach was described in
the osteopathic literature in the 1950’s. This course was
inspired by the work of George Laughlin, D.O., A.T. Still’s grandson. The
course offers: indirect treatment options, especially useful in painful
or chronic conditions; application of the principles of indirect, functional
treatment to all areas of the body; opportunity to improve palpation
skills; single treatment for organizing and sequencing manual treatments.
Objectives: 1) learn indications, involved
mechanisms, and principles of indirect, functional techniques; 2) demonstrate
and practice application of functional technique to vertebral column,
ribs, upper and lower extremity and pelvis; 3) understand clinical
applications of functional techniques; 4) practice screening for area
of greatest restriction; 5) design treatment sequence based on screen.
Required Text: Course Syllabus
Credit Hours: 24
Early
Bird Tuition: $700 Full
Tuition: $900 Repeat
Tuition: $675
Course Chairpersons: Harriet Shaw, D.O. and Marcy Schlinger,
D.O.
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INTEGRATED NEUROMUSCULAR AND MYOFASCIAL RELEASE
Prerequisites: Principles
of Manual Medicine or pretest and passed with 80% or better
(Muscle Energy: Part I and Exercise Prescription recommended but not
required).
Description: Using an integrated myofascial approach, this course provides
an intensive exposure to diagnosis of movement and postural patterns. The
fundamentals of myofascial release techniques will be applied to common
pain patterns, with an emphasis on “myofascial pain syndromes”.
Objectives: 1) to introduce the participant
to basic biomechanical concepts of fascia and connective tissue; 2) to
assist the participant in acquiring a working knowledge of the M.A.N.
(mechanics, anatomy and neuroanatomy) concept; 3) to assist the participant
in acquiring myofascial release palpatory and myofascial release skills;
4) to introduce the concepts of inherent motion and their relationship
to the myofascial system; 5) to assist the student in integrating myofascial
release concepts with other manual medicine methods; 6) to assist the
student in developing expanded problem solving skills.
Required Text: Course
Syllabus
Credit hours: 20
Early Bird Tuition: $550 Full
Tuition: $750
Course Chairperson: Lisa DeStefano, D.O.
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MUSCLE ENERGY: PART I
Prerequisite: Principles
of Manual Medicine or passing the pretest
for principles with 80%.
Description: This course expands upon previous
training in manual medicine in the use of muscle contraction as an
activating force. A lecture, demonstration, and small group practice
session format will emphasize the concepts of muscle contraction and
its use in the treatment of dysfunction of the vertebral column and
bony pelvis. Expansion of the structural diagnostic process will include
definitive diagnosis of dysfunctions of the bony pelvis and diagnosis
of dysfunctions on the vertebral column will be reviewed.
Objectives: 1) to understand the principles of
isometric and isotonic muscle contraction and the physiology of the
integration of the nervous system and the musculature; 2) to understand
the biomechanics of motion within the bony pelvis; 3) to be able to
identify dysfunctions of the joints of the pelvic girdle and vertebral
column; 4) to be able to identify and treat by muscle energy procedures
structural dysfunctions of the rib cage; and 5) to understand the role
of exercise in evaluation and treatment using muscle energy technique.
Required Text: Principles
of Manual Medicine, Greenman, P.E., Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins,
First, Second or Third Edition. If you have not taken the principles
course you will be responsible for obtaining your own copy of the
text book.
Credit Hours: 36
Early Bird Tuition: $1,200
Full
Tuition: $1,400 Repeat
Tuition: $1,050
Course Chairperson: Carl
Steele, D.O., M.S., P.T.
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PRINCIPLES OF MANUAL MEDICINE
Principles of Manual Medicine is restricted to licensed PT’s,
DO’s, MD’s and D.D.S.’s who have not had any or
recent manual medicine clinical exposure.
Description: Principles
of Manual Medicine is a combination of didactic, lectures and “hands-on” experience
sufficient to understand the principles involved in the diagnosis
and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders amenable to manual medicine
methods. Emphasis will be placed on the integration of manual medicine
into total health care.
Objectives: 1) to introduce the principles
of diagnosis of vertebral, rib, pelvic and extremity motion and dysfunction;
2) to present clear indications for treatment of the musculoskeletal
system using manual medicine techniques; 3) to introduce the principles
and practical application of manual medicine using muscle energy,
myofascial, mobilization with impulse, articulatory and functional
techniques.
Required Text: Principles of Manual Medicine,
Greenman, P.E., Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Third Edition (a
copy of the text is included as part of the registration fee)
Credit Hours: 36
Early Bird Tuition: $1,200
Full Tuition: $1,400
Course Chairperson: Sherman Gorbis, D.O.
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