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Comprehensive Management of the Cervical Spine

Rob Landel, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

April 21-22, 2012

Good Samaritan Hospital

San Jose, CA

APTA Member $299

Non-APTA Member $499

Level: Intermediate

Audience: Physical Therapists

This course is designed for the physical therapist who wishes to learn and refine the manual skills necessary for the examination, evaluation and management of patients with cervical musculoskeletal disorders. In keeping with the principles of evidence-based practice, participants are given a pre-course reading list and are tested on the material. This prepares the participant with the relevant evidence, reduces the need for extensive lectures, allows for informed discussion, and leaves more time for hands-on lab sessions. Discussion will focus on the validity and clinical usefulness of manual examination procedures, and the indications and outcomes for given manual interventions.

Introduction of topics follows a case-based theme. Clinical problems covered include determining the appropriateness of PT for a patient with acute onset (traumatic and atraumatic) neck pain, cervical radiculopathy, cervicogenic headache, cervicogenic dizziness, cervical hypo- mobility, and cervical hypermobility.

The majority of the course is spent in lab instruction and practice sessions, to allow time for acquisition of motor skills. The participant will be able to utilize techniques learned in this course immediately. A CD-ROM with all of the techniques (photos, written descriptions, and videos) is provided as part of the course fee.

Rob Landel, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS has taught orthopedic physical therapy theory, evidence and practice to physicians and physical therapists across the US, Europe, Asia and Australia, from small group settings to scientific and professional meetings. He has authored or co-authored 13 peer reviewed papers and 3 book chapters. He is an associate professor of clinical PT in the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy at the University of Southern California. A graduate of USC (MS 1984, DPT 1996), he is Board Certified in Orthopedic PT (1992), CSCS in 2004. He continues to treat patients at USC Physical Therapy Associates, the faculty practice he founded in 1989. He has been Teacher of the Year at USC (2005), and was recently awarded the Gould Excellence in Teaching Award from the Orthopedic Section of the APTA.

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