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 Movement with Pain Framework (MWPF). The MWPF 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.
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 Movement with Pain Framework (MWPF) 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.
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.
Pain Science, Movement, and Manual Therapy – 2-Day Course Schedule
Day 1 – 7.5 Contact Hours
7:30am – Registration and Completion of Pre-Course Quiz
8:00am – Background and Viewpoints – The need for Understanding & Awareness
8:10am – Introduction to the Human Pain Experience
9:00am – Spinal Disc Herniation Basics
9:15pm – Pharmacology & surgery
10:30am – Break
10:45am – Pain Terminology
11:15am – Nociceptive Pain
11:35pm – Central Sensitization
12:00pm – Assessing for Central Sensitization
12:20pm – Lunch
1:00pm – Introduction to Movement with Pain Framework (MWPF) – Case Study
1:30pm – Inflammation
1:45am – Tissue Healing
2:00pm – Posture & Tissue Issues
2:40pm – Loading Capacity – Introduction to Build
3:00pm – Break
3:15pm – Modern Movement Science meets Pain Science
4:15pm – Meaningful Action – Finding Ease and Movement with Attention Lab
5:00pm – End of Day 1
Day 2 – 7.5 Contact Hours
7:50am – Sign-in Time
8:00am – Pain Science and Manual Therapy
9:00 – Neuro 101 and Neurophysiologic Manual Therapy Framework
10:15am – Break
10:30am – Physical Interaction with the Nervous System – Neurodynamics to Dermoneuromodulation
11:00am – Lab – Neurodynamics and Dermoneuromodulation
12:00pm – Lunch
1:00pm – Manual Therapy Integration Strategies and Case Studies
1:30pm – Global Meaningful Action
2:00pm – Introduction to Behavior Change – True Ownership & Thriving
2:30pm – Graded Motor Imagery
3:00pm – Lab – Graded Motor Imagery
3:30pm – Break
3:45pm – Graded Exposure to Movement
4:00pm – Lab – Graded Exposure
4:10pm – Transitioning to a Biopsychosocial Process Based Approach
4:50pm – Closing and Post-Course Quiz
5:00pm – End of Day 2
Course Pricing Information
- Licensed Clinicians$499
- Students/1st-Year Licensed$350
This course has been approved by The Michigan Physical Therapy Association for Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Assistants for 15 CEUs and is eligible for PDR credit in the area of pain and symptom management for Michigan Physical Therapy Licensure.
Dynamic Principles, LLC (BOC AP#: P10134) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide Category A continuing education credits to Athletic Trainers.
Current Scheduled Courses
July 25th to 26th, 2020 | Grand Rapids MI – Click HERE to register now!
November 6th to 7th, 2020 | Grand Rapids MI – Click HERE to register now!
If you are interested in hosting a course in 2019, please use the contact form below for more information. Thank you!
Cancellation and Refund Policy
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.