REGISTRATION CLOSES SEPTEMBER 15 at NOON!!
WHEN: September 21-23, 2024 at The Best Western Premier Calgary Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre – 1316 33 St NE Calgary, AB
All courses are In Person.
COURSE OPTIONS:
Manual Therapy to Eliminate Multiple Nerve Compression Patterns of the Upper Body: 8 CEC’s Member Price: $299, Non-Member Price: $349 Saturday, September 21, 2024 Instructed by James Waslaski Time – 9:00am – 6:00pm. Bundle all 3 courses and save even more!
State of the art anatomy and nerve graphics will allow manual therapists to look inside the human body. Starting with the brain and spinal cord, therapists will use positional release, muscle energy techniques, and soft tissue balancing protocols to address OA & C1-C2 fixations, cervical kyphosis (military neck), spinal stenosis patterns, stuck facet joints, and treat sprains and strains throughout the upper body. Nerve tests include: Spurling Test: spinal nerve compression; Eden’s Test: costo-clavicular syndrome; Adson’s Test: scalene and first rib involvement ; Wright Abduction Test: pectoralis minor involvement; Tests to identify Cubital Tunnel and Guyon’s Canal (ulnal tunnel) conditions; Test for Bicipital Aponeurosis tendinosis: median nerve scarring; Pronator Teres Test: median nerve entrapment; and Tests for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome including the Tinnel’s Test, Phalen’s Test, and Tethered Median Nerve tests. Complicated shoulder capsular adhesions will also be addressed, and home care retraining will include spinal decompression, nerve glides and nerve tensioning protocols.
Please note: It is highly recommended to complete this course before the Manual Therapy to Eliminate Multiple Nerve Compression Patterns of the Lower Body.
Manual Therapy for the Spinal Nerve: 8 CEC’s Member Price: $299, Non-Member Price: $349 Saturday, September 21, 2024. Presented by Sheryl Hamilton. Time – 8:00am – 5:00pm. Bundle and save on all 3 days!
Orthopedic Assessment: 14 CEC’s Member Price: $450, Non-Member Price: $550. Saturday & Sunday, September 21 & 22, 2024 Instructed by Dr. Jesse Reynolds Time – 8:00am – 4:00pm
Join us for a comprehensive 2-day workshop designed specifically for massage therapists and manual osteopathic practitioners focused on Orthopedic Assessment. This course will provide an in-depth review of the fundamental principles of orthopedic assessment, essential for enhancing your skills and improving treatment outcomes.
In this intensive 2-day course, we will delve into the foundational principles of orthopedic assessment, ensuring you have a strong understanding of the basics. From there, we will explore how to perform accurate range of motion and special tests, tailored to identify the most common injuries encountered in a typical massage therapy and manual osteopathic practice.
You will gain hands-on experience in assessing all major joints, including the ankle, knee, hips, low back, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and neck. Additionally, we will cover pattern identification for major conditions, discussing the hallmark symptoms and signs that can help practitioners recognize and address their clients’ needs effectively.
Our goal is to equip you with the skills and confidence needed to effectively assess and address musculoskeletal issues, enhancing your ability to provide targeted and effective treatments for your clients.
What You Will Learn:
– Review of Basic Principles: A refresher on the key concepts of orthopedic assessment, setting the foundation for more advanced techniques.
– Range of Motion Testing: Learn how to accurately measure and interpret range of motion for all major joints.
– Special Tests: Gain proficiency in performing and understanding special tests for common injuries, enhancing your assessment capabilities.
– Joint Assessments: Comprehensive assessment protocols for the ankle, knee, hips, low back, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and neck.
– Pattern Identification: Understand the hallmark symptoms and signs of major conditions, aiding in recognizing and addressing clients’ issues effectively.
Who Should Attend:
This course is ideal for massage therapists and manual osteopathic practitioners looking to deepen their knowledge and skills in orthopedic assessment. Whether you’re a recent graduate or a seasoned professional, this workshop will provide valuable insights and practical techniques to enhance your practice.
Fundamentals of Laser Therapy: 7 CEC’s Member Price: $299, Non-Member Price: $349 Saturday, September 21, 2024. Presented by Dr. David Kunashko with Bioflex Laser Therapy. Time – 8:30am – 4:30pm.
Laser therapy is an evidence based non-invasive treatment that accelerates tissue healing and decreases pain and inflammation. This course focuses on how laser therapy works, physics of light-tissue interactions, parameters and effective dosages and peer reviewed research with an emphasis on the musculoskeletal system. Integrating laser therapy into your practice requires an understanding of clinical and practical applications. This course provides an in depth discussion of safety protocols, clinical conditions that can be effectively treated, dosage parameters based on tissue depth and pathology, case studies and practical techniques to ensure effective dosage and integration of laser therapy into a clinical massage or
Manual Therapy to Eliminate Multiple Nerve Compression Patterns of the Lower Body: 8 CEC’s Member Price: $299, Non-Member Price: $349 Sunday, September 22, 2024 Instructed by James Waslaski Time – 9:00am – 6:00pm. Bundle all 3 courses and save even more!
State of the art anatomy and nerve graphics will allow manual therapists to look inside the human body. The Weber-Barstow Maneuver, and Supine to Sits Test will evaluate for functional versus anatomical leg length discrepancies. Pelvic stabilization will use positional release, muscle energy techniques, and muscle balancing protocols to address sacral torsion patterns, iliosacral upslips, joint capsular patterns, femoral nerve compression, and normal muscle firing patterns. Therapists will level the sacral base, and release the Sacrotuberous ligament for sciatic nerve pain. The Straight Leg Test and Braggard’s Test will identify L5/ SI bulges or herniated discs. The Slump Test will identify hamstring strains or adductor strains that scar down the Sciatic Nerve. Tibial Torsions and Fixated Fibular Head Conditions will be corrected, by releasing the biceps femoris muscle, to address the Tibial and Fibular Nerve Entrapments. Manual therapists will also evaluate and release Tarasal Tunnel and Morton’s Neuroma. Home care retraining will include nerve glides and nerve tensioning protocols.
Please note: It is highly recommended to complete the Manual Therapy to Eliminate Multiple Nerve Compression Patterns of the Upper Body first.
Manual Therapy for Viscera: 16 CEC’s Member Price: $450, Non-Member Price: $550 Sunday & Monday, September 22 & 23, 2024. Presented by Sheryl Hamilton. Time – 8:00am – 5:00pm. Bundle and save on all 3 days!
At the end of this course, manual therapists will have an understanding about how to safely address motility issues of viscera in order to encourage maximal health in organ systems and improve overall body health.
K-Taping Pro: 14.5 CEC’s Member Price: $450, Non-Member Price: $550. Sunday & Monday, September 22 & 23, 2024. Presented by Lois Pohlod with OrthoCanada. Time – 8:00am – 4:30pm.
Income Tax Essentials for Therapists: 2 CEC’s Member Price: $69, Non-Member Price: $89 Sunday, September 22, 2024 Instructed by Jordan Pierson with Online Wellness Institute Time – 6:00pm – 8:00pm. This is an in-person course.
This introductory business and income tax course for RMTs will take a closer look at the following essential topics:
• What does it mean to incorporate a business? Should you incorporate? Assessment of the pros and cons to incorporation.
• What is a write off and what does it do?
• How to avoid being audited/reviewed by the CRA.
• Why you shouldn’t be worried about moving into a higher tax bracket.
• How to lower your tax bill. What are you allowed to write off?
Kinetic Chain Patterns for Complicated Shoulder Conditions: 8 CEC’s Member Price: $299, Non-Member Price: $349 Monday, September 23, 2024 Instructed by James Waslaski Time – 9:00am – 6:00pm. Bundle all 3 courses and save even more!
There is clinical evidence that a huge contribution to shoulder pain comes from prior injuries or surgeries (scars) and musculoskeletal imbalances throughout the entire body. Fascial lines of tension can cause the entire body to compensate. Without doing Total Body Balancing Techniques and treating scars that have accumulated over a life time, the shoulder symptoms usually return. Therapists will evaluate the stirrup spring system in the ankle responsible for “Ascending Syndromes” that work their way up into the knee, hip, spine, shoulder and neck. Therapist will also correct tibial torsion patterns in the knee, along with iliosacral torsions and resultant ascending roto-scoliosis of the lumbar spine. If uncorrected, this can lead to ascending kyphosis of the thoracic spine, and resultant Atlanto-occipital joint compression. After treating scars, and doing total body balancing, manual therapists will evaluate and treat shoulder impingent, bursitis, bicipital tendinosis, rotator cuff injuries, and thoracic outlet. The highlight of this class will be new clinical studies and techniques that will revolutionize the treatment of advanced stage adhesive capsulitis, known as “Frozen Shoulder.”
IASTM – Lower Body: 7 CEC’s Member Price: $299, Non-Member Price: $349 Monday, September 23, 2024 Instructed by Dr. Nikita Vizniak Time – 8:30am – 4:30pm
We discuss IASTM, application, soft tissue healing principles, review of the literature and application in practice for the Lower and Upper Body.
Learn in a fun, interactive environment where you can many instruments to make your treatments easier and more effective. Save your hands!
Evidence-informed content on pain science, anatomy, physiology, tissue-specific assessment, pain referral patterns, injury healing, multidisciplinary person-centered best-practices, and treatment options. Including manual therapy, biopsychosocial influences/contextual factors, language/terminology modification to influence outcomes and case studies.
Stop with cookie-cutter techniques and start critical thinking and application. See how IASTM is an extension of your body that will give you renewed confidence in skills to use in practice. Anatomy, Assessment, Action.
IASTM tools are extra. They will be available for the course, and you will have the option to purchase after the course.
Manual Therapy for Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction: 7 CEC’s Member Price: $299, Non-Member Price: $349. Monday, September 23, 2024. Presented by Mark Chee-Aloy with the ConEd Institute. Time – 9:00am – 5:00pm.
Knowledge of Temporomandibular Joint and its applied anatomy is of utmost importance in treating jaw pain and dysfunction. The following course is centred around the concepts involved in external and intraoral treatment of TMJ issues: anatomy and mechanics of the TMJ and associated structures, palpation of anatomical structures relevant to treatment, identify common TMJ conditions, subjective and objective assessment of TMJ and relevant structures, manual therapy – external and intraoral massage techniques, joint mobilizations, remedial exercise and post treatment care.
Gloves will be provided.
The Best Western Premier Calgary Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre
We have secured hotel rooms at the Best Western Premier Calgary Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre. To book a hotel room, please contact the hotel at:
1-800-661-1464
You can use Block ID: 265204
Refund Policy:
Full refund 45 days prior to the event (less fees).
50% refund 30 days prior to the event.
No refund 14 days prior to the event.
