II Edition
basic level
Although neuroanatomy and neurology form a substantial part of the chiropractic undergraduate curriculum, very few chiropractors use this knowledge in the day-to-day treatment of their patients; it tends to be used solely to rule out gross neurological pathology. The aim of NeuroSeminars is to introduce more chiropractors and other practitioners of manual therapy, such as osteopaths and physiotherapists, to the practical aspects of functional neurology.
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Welcome to NeuroSeminars
Neurology has been at the heart of the Chiropractic profession since its very beginning. But it is only in recent years that advances in clinical neuroscience have allowed us to truly understand how our treatment affects the nervous system; and how this effect allows us to restore and preserve good structure and function within the musculoskeletal system. Although neuroanatomy and neurology form a substantial part of the chiropractic undergraduate curriculum, very few chiropractors use this knowledge in the day-to-day treatment of their patients; it tends to be used solely to rule out gross neurological pathology. The aim of NeuroSeminars is to introduce more chiropractors and other practitioners of manual therapy, such as osteopaths and physiotherapists, to the practical aspects of functional neurology.
Chiropractors excel in their ability to detect subtle differences in musculoskeletal structure and function, for example through muscle testing, feeling for joint restrictions and checking for leg length discrepancies. Our seminars will teach you how to transfer these same skills to neurological testing. Functional imbalances within the brain frequently cause or contribute to patients' presenting complaints. For example they can cause:
- Muscle imbalances and muscle weakness patterns. Cerebellar dysfunction, for instance, can produce spinal intrinsic muscle weakness and spinal instability that does not respond well to segmental adjusting alone. Having the ability to detect and treat the underlying cause of your patient's problems will help you to prevent recurrences.
- Altered angulations of peripheral joints. This predisposes to peripheral entrapment neuropathies and conditions such as impingement syndrome, tennis elbow, IT-band syndrome, plantar fasciitis etc.
- Autonomic dysregulation, such as increased blood pressure, tachycardia, cardiac arrhythmia, reduced oxygen perfusion and other symptoms associated with increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system. Increased sympathetic activity is associated with increased sensitisation to pain and chronic pain states. This, coupled with reduced oxygen perfusion, hinders recovery from injury and predisposes to long-term pain and disability.
- Reduced joint position sense. This will increase the likelihood of injury and impair healing after injury.
You will learn how to address functional imbalances within the brain using your existing techniques; but you will also be shown new treatment interventions, such as fast-stretch adjusting, coupled-motion adjusting, vestibular stimulation, as well as various physical and mental exercises which are designed to activate different regions of the brain. Our seminars will provide you with a better understanding of the deeper causes of pain and dysfunction, allowing you to tailor your treatment more closely to the individual patient.
You will gain a better appreciation of how what you do works (or in some instances doesn't work), and on a broader scale why chiropractic and manual therapy in general are so successful for the majority of patients.
Functional neurological testing skills will help you in your assessment of new patients; but they are also an invaluable quick and simple means of pre- and post-testing to objectively evaluate the effectiveness of your treatments - patients like it a lot when they swayed on Romberg's before treatment, but stood perfectly still after.
All seminars will be interactive with numerous
practical sessions throughout the day to develop your newly learnt
clinical skills. Delegate numbers are limited to ensure that each
individual receives sufficient attention during the practicals.
Practitioners and students of all regulated manual therapy disciplines
are welcome.
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Modules
- Module 1 - 4 days
- Module 2 - 4 days
- Module 3 - 4 days
Module 1 - 4 days
• Overstimulation of the nervous system through manual therapy, adverse treatment responses and how to avoid these.
• Segmental and central neurological effects of spinal manipulation, mobilisation and soft tissue / myofascial therapies.
• Brainstem and cerebellar influences on muscle tone and postural control.
• Addressing muscle tone imbalances through spinal reflex mechanisms.
• Spinal reflexes and their effects on muscle tone.
• Proprioceptive mechanoreceptors: their properties, how to activate them and how to optimise their function.
• Why mechanoreceptor-based afferent stimulation is so important for the health of the nervous system, for movement coordination and appropriate activation of postural and stabilising muscles.
• Activation of the nervous system through manual therapy:
• Cerebellum: its function in motor control, motor adaptation, postural stabilisation and injury prevention. Cerebellar testing & rehab.
• Examination of the brainstem
• Cranial nerves and their correlation to functional impairments in the brainstem; and how to examine for these deficits.
• Ocular examination – pursuits & saccades
• Cerebral cortex – parietal & frontal
• Sensory tracts
• Motor tracts
• How neurological dysfunction occurs
• Neuroanatomy
• Peripheral mobilisation of joints and (neuro)rehab protocols for common limb conditions (e.g. rotator cuff, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel, IT band syndrome, Achilles tendonitis etc.)
Module 2 - 4 days
· Common Non-Manual Therapy Treatments
· Influences on the NMSK System – practical applications
· MSK & Neurological Comorbidities
· Cognitive Function & Mental Health
· Manual Therapy
· Psychosocial Factors
· Examination & Diagnosis
· Anatomy & Biomechanics
Neuromusculoskeletal Approach to Temporomandibular Dysfunction
- Basic nutritional strategies
- Neuro-rehabilitation
- Manual therapy
· Treatment and prevention of migraines and other headache disorders:
· Assessment of the headache patient: determining the pro-nociceptive factors and assessing the functionality of the anti-nociceptive mechanisms.
· Migraine pathophysiology – the neurological basis for the migraine aura and subsequent headache.
· The neurological basis for cervicogenic headache and other common headache and orofacial pain disorders.
· Review of functional neuroanatomy of the trigeminal nerve.
· Peripheral nociceptive inputs that can contribute to headaches and/or orofacial pain through sensitisation of the trigeminal pain pathway.
Headaches and orofacial pain
· Influence of pain on proprioceptive function and motor control
· Cerebellar and vestibular contributions to central pain modulation
· Cognitive and emotional aspects of chronic pain
· Wind-up, (mechanical) allodynia and central sensitisation
· Pain gating and descending modulation of nociceptive afferent input
· Nociceptive pathways from the periphery to the cerebral cortex
· The concept of brain-based pain
Pain and the brain
Module 3 - 4 days
· Proprioceptive rehabilitation in sports injuries
- The importance of proximal stabilisation, motor timing and eccentric control.
- Implicit vs. explicit motor learning
- Proprioceptive vs. visual sensory reliance
- Cerebellar vs. cortical control of movement
- Optimising motor control and motor learning: building motor automaticity:
- Special considerations for rehabilitation and enhancement of dynamic postural stabilisation in the athlete.
- Age- and ability-appropriate rehabilitation and fall-prevention strategies.
- Common sensory, motor and processing deficits found in the elderly.
- How to rehabilitate and enhance sensory and motor function, as well as central sensorimotor integration and processing.
- The relationship between postural stabilisation and musculoskeletal injury.
- Motor requirements for effective movement.
- Sensory requirements for effective movement.
· Dynamic postural stabilisation:
· Manipulation techniques for the cervicothoracic junction and thoracic spine
· Assessment and treatment of traumatic cervical spine injury.
· Soft tissue injury and alteration of spinal biomechanics after whiplash and injury.
Traumatic neck pain + Dynamic postural stabilisation, fall prevention, optimising motor control and comprehensive neuromuscular injury rehabilitation
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Course location
Dwór w Tomaszowicach
Krakowska 68
32-089 Tomaszowice
Polska
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Course location
Dwór w Tomaszowicach
Krakowska 68
32-089 Tomaszowice
Polska
Additional info:
Course location
Dwór w Tomaszowicach
Krakowska 68
32-089 Tomaszowice
Polska
Additional info:
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