Advanced Manual Therapy

Catalog description

This course is designed to facilitate additional didactic or clinical endeavors related to orthopedic and sports physical therapy, particularly within the subset of orthopedic manual physical therapy. The course will emphasize lab practice to improve student comfort with patient handling and performance of manual therapy techniques. Techniques will include novel manual therapy interventions and review and refinement of previously learned techniques commonly performed in musculoskeletal practice. Labs will also include clinical reasoning related to patient presentations, incorporating concepts from previous musculoskeletal related courses. Prerequisites Permission of Course Director. This course is subject to enrollment restrictions and may not be offered each year.