We have taken video from the live 15-hour lecture and lab course including Power Point slides, demonstration, lab, and audience question and answer sessions. The course is available as a set of 8 DVD’s in total for viewing in the comfort of your home or office. Here’s how it works:
Register online or by phone, fax or mail.
Receive a set of 8 DVD’s by mail via UPS ground.
Watch the 15 hour course in the comfort of your home or office.
Return the DVD’s in the pre-paid envelope after 7 days.
Complete the written examination to verify your completion of the course.
Receive a Certificate of Completion by mail.
Each registrant will receive a course manual in a 3 ring binder and a set of 8 DVD’s that contains live course video. Course materials and DVD’s will be shipped via UPS Ground or USPS Priority Mail. Rush shipping is available for an additional fee of $30. DVD’s must be returned after 7 days in the pre-paid envelope provided. DVD’s postmarked after 7 days will incur a late fee of $30 per day. Your credit card will be automatically charged for late fees incurred. The discs are standard DVD’s, playable in almost all DVD players and on almost all recent Windows or Mac computers equipped with a DVD drive and DVD player software like Windows Media Player, Power DVD, Real Player, or Apple DVD Player.
Course Tuition
Early Registration Fee: $395 (rush shipping available - $30 / International - contact us)
We encourage groups of 2 or more to register for home study courses together. This will provide an opportunity to participate in lab sessions while watching the video from your home or office.
Groups of 2 or more receive a 10% discount
Groups of 5 or more receive a 15% discount
Course Description
This advanced lecture and lab course explores the biomechanics of contralateral and ipsilateral myokinematic lumbo-pelvic-femoral dysfunction. Treatment emphasizes the restoration of pelvic-femoral alignment and recruitment of specific rotational muscles to reduce synergistic patterns of pathomechanic asymmetry. Emphasis will be placed on restoration, recruitment and retraining activities using internal and external rotators of the femur, pelvis and lower trunk. Identification and isolation techniques to inhibit overactive musculature will enable the course participant to restore normal resting muscle position. Participants will be able to immediately apply PRI clinical assessment and management skills when treating diagnosis such as “piriformis syndrome”, right SI joint dysfunction, and low back strain.
Educational Level: Advanced
Learning Objectives
Outline biomechanical principles of lower half musculoskeletal dysfunction as they relate to rotational patterns of the femur, pelvis and lumbar spine.
Describe how musculoskeletal dysfunction relates to articular chain asymmetry and patterns of synergistic compensatory activity.
Apply examination and assessment skills to neuromuscular dyssynchrony and postural asymmetries that affect stability and function of the lower half.
Restore synchronous activity across the lumbo-pelvic-femoral complex and improve neuromuscular motor control of the muscles that stabilize these joints.
Course Agenda
Discs 1-4
Left Anterior Interior Chain (AIC) Pattern & Pelvic Joint Dynamics
Lumbo-Pelvic-Femoral Capsuloligamentous Issues
Femoral Internal & External Rotators
Myokinematic Influences on the Pelvis & Femur
Examination Tests & Assessment
Examination & Assessment (Lab)
Repositioning Through Integrated Isolation Demonstration
Questions
Discs 5-8
Myokinematic Hierarchy
Left AIC Related Pathomechanics: “Piriformis Syndrome”, Right SI Joint Dysfunction, Low Back Strain
Left AIC Myokinematic Integration (Lab)
Designing Specific Sequenced Home Programs
Approved by the Oklahoma State Board of Physical Therapy for 15 Category B hours of continuing education. Approval valid for the 2010-2011 reporting period.
Approved by the Minnesota Board of Physical Therapy for Category 1 continuing education credit. 15 CE hours awarded. Course approval #4016. February 1, 2010 through January 31, 2011.
Approved by the Wisconsin Physical Therapy Association for 15 contact hours. WPTA course #12640. Expiration September 21, 2010.
Approved by the Maryland Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 1.5 CEUs. January 30, 2009 through January 30, 2013.
Approved by the Connecticut Physical Therapy Association for a total of 15 continuing education hours. December 14, 2009 through December 14, 2010.
Approved by the New Mexico APTA Continuing Education (CE) Committee for 15 contact hours. Approved provider number NM00541. May 6, 2009 through May 6, 2010.
