Course Description:

This course is a hybrid (online/live) course that explores an evidence informed approach to clinical examination, manual therapy and exercise treatment interventions for the cervicothoracic region. The course considers the current literature and compares and contrasts the varying classification systems from competing schools of thought. Further emphasis is placed on tissue differential diagnosis and the influence of the shoulder and thoracic spine on movement dysfunction. The course will cover examination and treatment for common diagnosis such as cervicogenic headache, instability, discogenic pain, radiculopathy, facet syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome and myofascial pain syndromes associated with movement dysfunction. The online portion of this course covers a wide range of topics to strengthen your knowledge base regarding the cervicothoracic region. The live portion of this course is lab intensive, covering a variety of proven manual therapy interventions and exercise prescription tools to help you improve your clinical efficiency and achieve optimal patient outcomes.