Description

Details:

Course Name: Cervical Spine Disorders: Evidence-Guided Examination, Classification,
Diagnosis and Treatment Complete at your own pace
Presenter: Charles Hazle, PT, PhD
Price: $130.00
Number of CCU’s / Contact Hours: 15
Target Audience: PT’s, PTA”s, OT, OTA’s
Included: One Link to Access the Entire Set of Videos, A Course Manual (e-mailed), Sign-in Sheet, Evaluation and Summary Sheet

Course Description:

This 15 hour course will consist of didactic and practical laboratory sessions during which an expansive review of the literature in examination, classification/diagnosis, and intervention of cervical spine pain syndromes will be discussed.  Examination and treatment techniques will be demonstrated and practiced.  Specific and immediate application to daily clinical practice will be foremost priority.  Information, methods, and techniques that are directly pertinent to next-day patient care will be featured in the course content.  The course will include current information on topics such as cervicogenic headache, cervicogenic dizziness, cervical artery issues in manual therapy, the patient in a MVA with neck pain, and regional interdependence with the thoracic spine and upper extremity will also be included.  The course will focus on examination and subsequent decision-making, manual therapy, and exercise.

Topics

Essential Anatomy Review, Examination Procedures, Cervical Spine Imaging, Examination Demo 1, Medical Screening,
Examination Demo 2, Classification/Diagnosis, Cervical Artery Decision-Making, Manual Techniques Demo 1, Exercise Evidence, Exercise Demo 1, Case Discussions and Summary, The Motor Vehicle Accident Patient, Examination Demo 3, Additional Exercise Options
Cervicogenic Headache, Cervicogenic Dizziness, Manual Techniques Demo 2, Exercise, Mechanical Traction– Yes or No?, Regional Interdependence: Thoracic Spine, Shoulder Complex, Manual Techniques Demo, Regional Interdependence: Thoracic Spine,  Shoulder Complex, Manual Techniques Demo 3 Case Discussions, Summary & Conclusions

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion the participant will be able to demonstrate and have an understanding of:

• To assist the practitioner in developing a concise yet informative clinical examination for the cervical and related thoracic spine
• To encourage the evaluating clinician to have an increased awareness of appropriate medical screening for patients presenting with apparent cervical spine pain syndromes
• To elevate the evaluator’s understanding of clinical examination procedures in regards to patient safety, diagnosis, and classification
• To enhance the practitioners ability to classify or diagnose patient presentations of cervical spine pain syndromes
• To allow the clinician the opportunity to practice manual examination and treatment techniques along with understanding the indications and contraindications for their application
• To expand the clinician’s understanding of exercise principles and specific exercise effects to allow greater latitude in their prescription and progression

Presenter: Charles Hazle, PT, PhD

Charles Hazle, PT, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky, teaching in all aspects of the program relating to musculoskeletal disorders. He began teaching with UK while still a full-time clinician managing an out-patient clinic and doing on-site industrial intervention. He has authored multiple publications relating to manual therapy and co-authored two text books on musculoskeletal imaging. His particular areas of interest relate to examination efficiency, clinical reasoning, diagnostic imaging, and manual therapy. He has had multiple international involvements and taught in, presented, or treated patients in Kenya, Australia, Brazil, and Ecuador.