ONLINE PORTION – Course Description
This course provides a broad overview and practical application of contemporary pain science, movement science, manual therapy, communication, and behavior change utilizing a biopsychosocial process-based framework called the Human Framework Rehabilitation (HRF).™ The HRF™ is presented as transdiagnostic alternative to diagnosis classification and protocol for movement and rehabilitation specialists. This course work is a blend of lecture, lab, and case studies to maximize clinical application.
IN-PERSON PORTION – Course Description
This course is a lab-intensive 2-day class based on the principles introduced in the Pain Science, Movement, and Manual Therapy (PSMMT) for Rehabilitation Professionals – Overview Course. This course provides regional case-based applications of the principles of PSMMT for the upper and lower extremity. Integration of contemporary neuroscience, anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, psychology, and social/environmental layers forms the cornerstone of the course. Open-ended discussions regarding the application of the Biopsychosocial Process-Based Human Rehabilitation Framework (HRF)™ in the context of pain, movement, exercise, manual therapy, and the integration of the participants existing skill set will be emphasized. This course is predominantly hands-on and includes navigating movement, exercise, and manual therapy prescription. Participants are expected to have reviewed their PSMMT manual prior to attendance. Regions to be covered includes:
- Head and Face
- Neck
- Shoulder
- Elbow
- Wrist and Hand
- Foot/Ankle
- Knee
- Hip
- Lumbopelvic and Lower thoracic
Course Background
Research on the science of pain spanning the past three decades has changed the way we understand, educate, and treat pain. This educational evolution is built on a biopsychosocial framework and its application has resulted in improvements of clinical outcomes including: decreased pain, reduction in fear of movement, promotion of better quality movement, increased motivation and willingness of patients to participate in exercise and skilled therapy, and decreased overutilization of medical services. Furthermore, these improvements have been shown to be greater when combined with movement and manual therapy. Concurrent to these developments in pain science, movement science has increasingly recognized the interplay of biopsychosocial factors in human movement. Advancements in research on biomechanics, motor control, and manual therapy have also revealed an increased need for clinicians to recognize and understand the complex layers of the lived human experience as playing important roles in assessment and prescription of movement.
Course Target Audience: Physical Therapists, Athletic Trainers, Occupational Therapists, Chiropractors, Physical and Occupational Therapist Assistants, Massage Therapists, Osteopaths, Physicians, Rehabilitation Professional Students
Course Objectives
- To provide an overview of current science-based knowledge related to pain science, movement and manual therapy.
- Discuss why understanding that nociception does not guarantee pain is important for both clinicians, and our patients, to understand and treat pain.
- Describe why understanding nociception, in the absence of pain, is important to understanding mobility and movement.
- Compare and contrast a biopsychosocial process-based approach to diagnostic classification and protocols.
- Introduce the Human Rehabilitation Framework (HRF)™ as a biopsychosocial process-based treatment approach for movement and pain.
- Describe how a biopsychosocial informed approach to movement and manual therapy can be integrated into existing practice.
- Summarize two changes you can make in your current practice related to therapy to more effectively educate patients on pain and mobility, while simultaneously increasing self-efficacy and reducing dependency on passive interventions.
- Assist the participant in the process of evaluating patient movement and pain with emphasis on the upper quarter and lower quarter in the context of the Biopsychosocial Process-Based Human Rehabilitation Framework (HRF)™ and contemporary science of movement and pain.
- Introduce critical thinking skills regarding movement, exercise, and manual therapy from the perspective of the HRF™ and contemporary science of movement, manual therapy, and pain.
- Increase participant’s ability to develop “Confident Ambiguity” in the face of the complexity of pain in their patient’s lives pain with emphasis on the upper quarter.
Course Instructor
Leonard Van Gelder is a physical therapist, athletic trainer, therapeutic pain specialist, spinal manual therapist, and strength and conditioning specialist. He has been involved in the movement and rehabilitation field for over 15 years. During this time, he has studied, published research, and presented at regional and international conferences on the science of stretching, strength and conditioning, and therapeutic pain science interventions. He has explored a diverse spectrum of manual therapy and movement approaches, and emphasizes a biopsychosocial approach to manual therapy, movement, and education in his practice. He owns and practices clinically at Dynamic Movement and Recovery (DMR) in Grand Rapids, MI.
Upper + Lower 2 Day Course Schedule
PSMMT Day 1 Schedule: Upper Quarter
Time – Total 7.5 Contact Hours
7:30am – Registration
8:00am – Brief PSMMT Group Review
8:30am – Shoulder
10:30am – Break
10:45am – Face/Head/Neck
12:30pm – Lunch
1:30pm – Elbow
3:00pm – Break
3:15pm – Wrist/Hand
4:30pm – Open Discussion
5:00pm – End of Day
PSMMT Day 2 Schedule: Lower Quarter
Time – Total 7.5 Contact Hours
7:30am – Registration
8:00am – Brief PSMMT Group Review
8:30am – Foot / Ankle
10:30am – Break
10:45am – Lumbopelvic & Lower Thoracic
12:30pm – Lunch
1:30pm – Hip
3:00pm – Break
3:15pm – Knee
4:30pm – Open Discussion
5:00pm – End of Day
Course Pricing Information
- Level 1 Package: Hybrid Option$749
Includes PSMMT Overview (Online) & Upper and Lower Quarter Applications Courses (In-Person)
- Student$599 (20% OFF)Must email instructor using your student email.
This course is approved from The Michigan Physical Therapy Association for Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Assistants for 30 CEUs and is eligible for PDR credit in the area of pain and symptom management for Michigan Physical Therapy Licensure.
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Cancellations received at least 7 business days before the event are 100% refundable. There will be no refund for cancellations received later. If participants register and do not attend, they are still responsible for full payment. Participants will need to contact Dynamic Principles, LLC. via phone or email with a request for refund. Dynamic Principles, LLC. will process the participant’s refund within 3-5 business days from the day the request is received.
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