In the manual therapy video below, NAIOMT’s Stacy Soappman demonstrates advanced techniques for the cervical spine (IMPs and SALs). For more manual therapy mentorship, join us for one of these upcoming Cervical Spine II courses: **Note: You can take any NAIOMT course in any order that suits you! New York, NY – Sept 17-18… Continue reading IMPs and SALs of the Cervical Spine
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Benefits of Taking an Advanced Techniques 801 Class
Today we want to address the benefits of taking the NAIOMT level IV/801 Advanced Techniques class. In short, it aims to fine tune your hands-on skills to better interpret motion barriers and enhance all your manual therapy techniques whether you are utilizing high or low velocity, small or large amplitude techniques. The class focus is… Continue reading Benefits of Taking an Advanced Techniques 801 Class
Why It’s More Than Manual Therapy
The manual therapy techniques you use to treat your patients are important. That’s why we teach them so comprehensively, and enhance PTs’ careers through mentorship. But there’s more to it. Much more! Yes, we all want to help heal. But a critical piece to what we do is finding out what’s happening in the everyday lives of… Continue reading Why It’s More Than Manual Therapy
PT Profile: Nils Oudhuis
Today we jump “across the pond” to Holland for our PT Profile. Nils Oudhuis, creator of the popular “Trust Me I’m a Physiotherapist” Facebook page, finished physiotherapy school in 2011 and is currently studying for his master in manual therapy at the SOMT at Amersfoort, Holland, where he’s dedicated to strengthening his techniques, clinical reasoning and decision is making skills.… Continue reading PT Profile: Nils Oudhuis
NAIOMT Remains Committed to Portland Oregon in 2015!!
As many of you may already know, the Oregon Orthopedic Physical Therapy Study Group made the difficult decision to cease their operations at the end of 2014. As such, OOPTSG will no longer be sponsoring the NAIOMT courses. NAIOMT remains, however, completely committed to Portland, Oregon and will be continuing classes uninterrupted. Our new site is… Continue reading NAIOMT Remains Committed to Portland Oregon in 2015!!
Balance: How do we get there?
As we’ve covered here before, there’s a general feeling that the sheer amount of data that we are being asked to incorporate into our daily ‘evidence based practice’ is becoming almost impossible to absorb, yet there is also very little evidence to suggest that all of this ‘evidence’ has surpassed our creative abilities to think… Continue reading Balance: How do we get there?
How Much is Too Much?
Happy New Year! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. Today I just wanted to pose a few questions as we all dive into another year of treating patients, and learning and growing as physical therapists. Before I do though, keep in mind that the manual therapy courses we teach at NAIOMT are evidence-informed and utilize case-based instruction. I bring up the… Continue reading How Much is Too Much?
PT Profile: Elliot Davis, PT, DPT
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! In this week’s PT Profile, we’ll meet a former flat track motorcycle racing champion, turned physical therapist. After a racing accident that left him with 16 broken bones, Elliot Davis, PT, DPT decided to switch gears in his career. (Nice move, Elliot!) Where do you practice? I am a practice partner and… Continue reading PT Profile: Elliot Davis, PT, DPT
Subtalar Joint Manipulation (Video)
In the manual therapy video below NAIOMT instructor Bill Temes, PT, MS, OCS, COMT, FAAOMPT demonstrates manipulation of the subtalar joint. Let us know if you have any questions at all, and for more expert guidance take a look at the manual therapy courses coming up in 2017 in your region.
A “Tour” of NAIOMT
Want to become a master of manual therapy? Join us in 2015. For those who aren’t familiar with what NAIOMT provides for PTs, our CEO Brett Windsor breaks it down in the video below.
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