NEURODYNAMICS - UPPER & LOWER QUARTER LEVEL 1 - PROF. MICHAEL SHACKLOCK

NEURODYNAMICS – UPPER & LOWER QUARTER LEVEL 1 – PROF. MICHAEL SHACKLOCK

IN-PERSON COURSE

A 4-day hands-on seminar to become a better clinician!

What you will learn

All courses on neurodynamics are based on Michael Shacklock’s international best seller physical therapy text book, Clinical Neurodynamics, Elsevier, Oxford, 2005. They also internationally standardised and transferable to other countries.

Course Highlights

65:35 practical-theory
strong hands-on and discussional elements
many new manual techniques for the most significant neural problems seen in musculoskeletal practice
systematic treatment progressions for radiculopathy (cervical and lumbar), shoulder, elbow and wrist, hip/piriformis, hamstrings and ankle and foot pain.

What You 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

Course Objectives
Improve and develop:

manual skills, specifically the ability to feel abnormalities in movement related to the nervous system in the upper quarter
abilities in diagnosis and interpretation of neurodynamic testing and musculoskeletal relationships
clinician’s repertoire of diagnosis and treatment of techniques
safety in relation to neurodynamics

For more detailed course information see below

Date and Hours

Thursday 19 September 2024
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 17:00 Seminar

Friday 20 September
09:00 – 17:00

Saturday 21 September
09:00 – 17:00

Sunday 22 September
09:00 – 17:00

Location

Hotel van der Valk Eemnes
Rijksweg 2 Laren
3755 MV Eemnes

https://www.hoteldewittebergen.nl/

Fees

€ 999,- early bird (first 8 tickets)
€ 1299,- normal

Full time student

€ 899,-

Please contact us at hello@designed2move.com for a discount code and send us proof of university enrollment

CPD points

32 points accredited by the EAC (ECU) and SCN

Extra information

Please bring a portable bench if you are able to

Presented by

Prof. Michael Shacklock

Michael received his graduate qualification at the Auckland School of Physiotherapy, New Zealand, in 1980. He worked in public hospitals in the medical, surgical, paediatrics, orthopaedics, geriatrics, intensive care and burns areas around New Zealand before being employed in private practices, treating spinal and sports injuries in Nelson with Michael Monaghan and Auckland with Margaret Franklin. In 1985 he moved to Adelaide, Australia, working at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and private practices around Adelaide. He completed a Graduate Diploma in Advanced Manipulative Therapy in 1989 and converted this to a Masters degree at the University of South Australia in 1993. He was awarded a Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists (Australian Physiotherapy Association) for his monograph and international best-seller text book, Clinical Neurodynamics, Elsevier, Oxford, 2005. In addition to his neurodynamics book, he has published two other books, Moving in on Pain (Elsevier) and Biomechanics of the Nervous System: Breig Revisited. He also authored, co-authored and mentored numerous research studies, editorials, commentaries and clinical papers in international peer reviewed journals articles which have garnered many international awards, including Visiting Professor of the Faculty of Medicine, Barcelo University, Buenos Aires (see academic activities on ResearchGate). He was a member of the International Advisory Board of the journal Musculoskeletal Theory and Practice (formerly Manual Therapy), United Kingdom and is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy, USA. Michael presents keynote addresses and invited conference lectures, trains staff at elite sports medicine facilities and sports clubs, universities, hospitals and private seminars around the world. His special interests are neurodynamics, measurement of mechanical function of the nervous system, pain and the nervous system and musculoskeletal function. His most valued interest is how to synthesise science and clinical practice using evidence and reasoning. Michael is an active clinician, has 35 years of experience in treating patients and is recognised as an international leader in the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders with a neural aspect.

Upper Quarter 1 Course Information

Highlights

general neurodynamic principles applied to the entire body and specifically the upper quarter, including the cervical spine, shoulder/brachial plexus and other upper limb nerves at the elbow and wrist
classifications of structures and mechanisms for diagnosis and treatment
neurodynamic sequencing – a mechanism that can be used to make neurodynamic technique more specific than in the past
how to differentiate nerve from other tissues with mechanical testing
how to make diagnosis and treatment more specific than before.

Concept of neurodynamics

general neurodynamic principles applied to the entire body and specifically the upper quarter, including the cervical spine, shoulder/brachial plexus, and other upper limb nerves at the elbow and wrist
neurodynamic sequencing – a mechanism that can be used to make neurodynamic technique more specifically than in the past
how to differentiate nerve from other tissues with mechanical testing

Neurodynamic sequencing

a method used to select and create progressions for patients
appropriate for patients with severe neural pain progressed to the athlete, performing artist and sports person

Bilateral and contralateral neurodynamic testing

upper limb neurodynamic tests for cervical nerve root and acute dural pain
progressional system to reduce force on nerve roots and progressively load them for more advanced patients
acute care model for the cervical nerve root

Neuropathodynamics

expands the boundaries and classifications of neurodynamic dysfunctions
interface, opening and closing dysfunctions
neural tension and sliding dysfunctions

Neurodynamic testing

MNT1, MNT2, RNT, UNT, RSNT and sensitisation techniques

Planning the physical examination

how not to provoke pain but still treat the neurodynamic component
how to sensitize the examination and treatment for hidden neurodynamic problems, level 1, 2 and type 3a, 3b, 3c examinations

Diagnosis with neurodynamic tests

differentiating neural tissue from neuromusculoskeletal tissues
establishing what is normal and abnormal
what to do next

Method of treatment

system of technique progression
hypersensitivity problems
subtle and hidden neural component and sensitised treatments
directing treatment at pathophysiology
progression from pathophysiology to pathomechanics

Treatment progressions

cervical nerve root foraminal opening and closing dysfunctions
neural tension dysfunction
combined neural tension and reduced closing dysfunctions (level/type 3c)
lateral elbow pain, carpal tunnel syndrome.

Lower Quarter 1 Course Information

Highlights:

general neurodynamic principles applied to the entire body and specifically the lower quarter, including the lumbar spine, hip and piriformis syndrome, hamstring injury and heel pain due to tibial and medial calcaneal nerve disorders
classifications of structures and mechanisms for diagnosis and treatment
neurodynamic sequencing – a mechanism that can be used to make neurodynamic technique more specific than in the past
how to differentiate nerve from other tissues with mechanical testing
how to make diagnosis and treatment more specific than before.