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An introduction to the concepts and applications of the McKenzie Method to Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy focusing on the lumbar spine. Principle format is lecture, discussion and live patient demonstrations.
Course Outline includes:
- Epidemiology and predisposing factors
- Chemical vs. mechanical pain
- Examination and treatment: postural, dysfunction and derangement syndromes
- Anatomy and biomechanics: the intervertebral disc
- Prophylaxis and contraindications
- Patient demonstration, analysis and discussion
Course Length:
4 days; 28 contact hours.
Continental Breakfast everyday: 7:30-8am
Thursday: 8:00am-5:00pm
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Friday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
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Saturday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
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Sunday: 8:00am - 1:00pm
Course Fee:
$565, Audit (Retake): $282.50
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New Lumbar Spine Textbook Available!
Key points in the new edition The Lumbar Spine – Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (2nd Edition) Robin McKenzie and Stephen May (2003):
- Completely revised and massively expanded
- 2 volumes, 30 chapters, 728 pages, over 200 illustrations
- Evidence-based
- Stream-lined and modified classification system
- Review of literature relating to efficacy, centralisation, reliability and other aspects of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy
- Latest discussion of intervertebral disc pathologies
- Up-dated description of techniques
- Revised management for derangement
- Literature-based descriptions of serious spinal disorders, stenosis, sacro-iliac joint and other back pathologies and treatment issues
- Consideration of chronic pain patients
- Thorough discussion of prevalence, natural history and risk factors for back pain
- Chapters on clinical reasoning, re-assessment and the management of patients
- Glossary of terms
- Operational definitions providing unambiguous clinical descriptions of mechanical syndromes
- Foreword by Nikolai Bogduk
Contact OPTP Directly at 800-367-7393
Click Here for Availability, Ordering and Pricing Information for the 2nd Edition of The Lumbar Spine (and all other McKenzie products). Limited volume of hardcover also available.
If you have any content or curriculum-related questions regarding the 2nd Edition of The Lumbar Spine or our courses please contact our office at 1-800-635-8380
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