COMT-1 Lumbo-pelvic Gateway to Musculoskeletal Therapy

This lab intensive course applies clinical reasoning and differential diagnosis through formulating illness scripts based upon a thorough subjective history and a hands-on musculoskeletal assessment of the lumbar spine. This course is designed to equip the clinician with the proper subjective and objective evaluation to determine the appropriateness of physical therapy, recognize the need for a referral for signs and symptoms of serious pathology and generate a provisional differential diagnosis of lumbar spinal dysfunction. Pain science, including acute and chronic nociceptive mechanisms are discussed and applied through clinical scenarios. Furthermore, intervention  techniques and management of common spinal pathologies are demonstrated, including soft tissue techniques and joint articulation techniques.  Neuromuscular reeducation and therapeutic exercises are introduced to reinforce each manual treatment. Courses can be taken in any order as each course covers different bodily regions.

Format:

1 day online (7 hours) with 2 assessments + 2 days onsite (14 hours) = 21 hours.

1.5 credits / 2.1 CEU’s

*Parking information:  Parking will be available starting at 7:30 AM (one hour before the start of the course and up until the start of the course) in the parking garage under the building. Once the course starts, the overhead door will be closed. The entrance is located on the south side of the building on Quimby St, just off NW 18th Ave. 

Additionally, there is off-street free parking in a surface lot located on the NE corner of NW 18th Ave and Raleigh St. It's a surface lot that indicates 'Parking for 1515 NW 18th Ave.'

*The lobby doors will be manned and open at 7:30 AM (one hour before the start of the course and up until the start of the course).