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Upcoming Coned Courses
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Upcoming
District Coned Courses
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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