Physiotherapy Courses & Events

Course Sponsor/Host: Somatic Senses Education
Location: Halifax, NS
Registration Dates: Open
Registration Fees: 1395.00
Registration Form: Download Form

Description:

Define a system of assessing peripheral nerve injuries of the lower quarter, including diagnostic categories, and clinical reasoning. After completing this course, practitioners will have improved their skills at detecting and managing the neurodynamic aspect to the following clinical conditions:

• Lumbar Radiculopathy (including Sciatica)
• Deep Gluteal / Piriformis Syndrome
• Hamstring Injury and the Sciatic Nerve
• Femoral nerve, thigh and knee pain
• Mid-Upper Lumbar Radiculopathy
• Sural at the Achilles Tendon, Ankle & Leg
• Heel Pain - Tibial and Medial Calcaneal Nerve - Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome and Digital Nerves

What You Will Learn: 

● Understand how nerves move 

● Painless nerve root mobilisations 

● How to exclude neurodynamic disorders 

● Differentiate between musculoskeletal and neurodynamic components

● Make a neurodynamic diagnosis 

● Technique progressions from low to high functional levels 

● How to create, select and perform the best techniques for your patients

● Manual precision of neurodynamic technique 

● How to detect contraindications for neurodynamic treatment 

● Manual skills, specifically the ability to feel abnormalities in movement related to the nervous system in the lower quarter. 

● Abilities in diagnosis and interpretation of neurodynamic testing and musculoskeletal relationships. 

● Clinician’s repertoire of diagnosis and treatment of techniques.