Course Goals
- Appropriately apply the McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy to patients with lumbar spine problems.
- Distinguish between the McKenzie syndromes (derangement, dysfunction, postural) and other spinal conditions and provide appropriate management regimens for each of the McKenzie syndromes.
- Identify when the application of external forces is required for the resolution of symptoms using McKenzie’s concept of progression of forces.
- Assist patients to design and apply the therapeutic processes to achieve management goals.
Course Description
On this course you will learn:
This 28 hour course presents the theoretical aspects and concepts of the McKenzie Method in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy, as applied in the examination and treatment of patients with complaints of low back and related referred pain.
One day of the course is completed as an online Distance Learning component. The other three days are with an Instructor at a teaching venue.
Through lectures and patient demonstrations the derangement, dysfunction and postural syndromes are described in detail and appropriate treatment plans are outlined with emphasis on the use of patient self-treatment procedures.
The clinical efficacy and limitations of the McKenzie approach as applied to the lumbar spine are illustrated by follow-up patient demonstrations.
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