Do you encounter lumbar spine conditions in the clinic? We’d love to hear your stories and questions. Leave them in the comments below and feel free to use share this page from NAIOMT’s comprehensive C-511 Lumbopelvic Spine course manual, covering the Facilitated Segment. (Click on the image then click to zoom and read). Want to know more? Join us for professional discourse, one-on-one mentorship, and instruction on Lumbar spine… Continue reading C-511 Lumbopelvic Spine & the Facilitated Segment
How to Perform a Kinetic Test of SI Joint (Stork Test Video)
NAOIMT instructor Stacy Soappman PT, DSc, COMT, FAAOMPT demonstrates how to perform a kinetic test of the SI joint. For expert perspectives on the true role of the SI joint in lower quarter dysfunction, join us for the 2015 Sacroiliac Joint Symposium! Want more expertise and manual therapy guidance from Stacy? She’s teaching a C-516 Cervical Spine I… Continue reading How to Perform a Kinetic Test of SI Joint (Stork Test Video)
Should PTAs Perform Manual Therapy?
It’s probably not unreasonable to say that the most controversial issue facing manual therapy right now is an internal one–that of whether or not to allow PTAs to perform manual therapy techniques and in particular, manipulation. As you may or may not know, CAPTE has recently begun to bow to significant pressure from the PTA… Continue reading Should PTAs Perform Manual Therapy?
It’s all in the Shoes…
By: Stacy Soappman Our treatment is only as good as the patient education that follows it. How many times have we identified the correct joint, performed a brilliant mobilization/manipulation, did the appropriate post manual treatment exercise and then sent the patient on their way? And how many times have they come back the next session… Continue reading It’s all in the Shoes…
Continuing to Revisit inflammation in the tendons…
By: Brett Windsor, Looking further at the Rees article from yesterday, I had a few additional thoughts that I wanted to pass on: 1. No mention of physical therapy as a modality capable of successfully treating tendinopathy. A lot of valuable physical therapy contributions were overlooked, despite the fact that our profession has contributed an… Continue reading Continuing to Revisit inflammation in the tendons…
Tendons-Time to Revisit Inflammation?
By: Brett Windsor, PT The subject of tendinopathy has been at the forefront of the physical therapy profession for many years now. In recent times, the body of knowledge has largely moved away from the idea that inflammation plays any real role in the pathogenesis and propagation of tendinopathy, towards a more mechanistic explanation that at… Continue reading Tendons-Time to Revisit Inflammation?
Changes are afoot in Portland…
By: Brett Windsor, PT OOPTSG (Oregon Orthopedic Physical Therapy Study Group) has been a part of the NAIOMT landscape in Portland Oregon for almost two decades now. Almost anyone who has taught for NAIOMT in Portland, or taken a course from NAIOMT in Portland has come across OOPTSG and of course Anna Bond. Whether it… Continue reading Changes are afoot in Portland…
Manipulate or Not?
By Brett Windsor, PT In the world of manual therapy and in particular at NAIOMT, we are constantly reminded of the need to be vigilant in our screening examinations. Much of the serious pathology that can potentially compromise the stability or vascular integrity of the cervical spine presents in a manner as would any relatively… Continue reading Manipulate or Not?
Treating the Older Lumbar Spine
By Kathy Stupansky, PT Treating the lumbar spine in older patients can be a challenge. In this short video, watch NAIOMT faculty member Kathy Stupansky treating an older patient to increase movement in the lumbar spine.
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