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Functional Anatomy: The Bridge Between Symptoms & Treatment

Instructors

Primary InstructorGreg Kopp, PT, MPT, OCS, CIMT

Greg Kopp, PT, MPT, OCS, CIMT
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Course Description

Registration ButtonThis class will give the clinician the ability to apply functional anatomy principles and palpation to find the source of a patient’s symptoms. The clinician will also learn how to palpate all muscles that are responsible for dysfunction, and how to train them with emphasis on muscle function versus muscle action. This course will definitely change the way you view finding the cause of common orthopedic problems and make treatment easier. Attendees should have a basic knowledge of anatomy as this is an applied anatomy course.

As with all of our manual therapy courses, this seminar will follow a progression of principles and reinforce them throughout the 16 hours, is at least 75% hands-on lab, and will give the clinician hands-on skills they use immediately upon their return to the clinical setting.

 
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Course Objectives

At the completion of this seminar, the participant will be able to:

  • Demonstrate the ability to palpate and differentiate each of the muscles covered in the class
  • Demonstrate the ability to state and find the origin and insertion of each of the 
muscles covered in the class
  • Demonstrate and understand the difference between muscle action and function of the muscles covered in the class
  • Demonstrate the ability to perform and instruct exercises that work on the functional approach of muscle activity

Topics & Regions Covered

  • Overview of the principles of palpation and functional anatomy, etiology of muscle strain/injury, muscle fiber types, and functional synergies
  • Differentiation between muscle action and function
  • Proper palpation technique with specific attention to muscle fiber direction, depth, and contraction
  • Palpation of all relevant muscles of the upper extremity, lower extremity, and trunk
  • Instruction for finding the driver of muscle dysfunction
  • Functional exercise for all relevant muscles of the upper extremity, lower extremity and trunk

Course Outline

Saturday
8:00am Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:30am

Lecture: Introduction, palpation principles, and functional anatomy principles, differentiation between muscle action and function
10:00am Break
10:15am Lecture: Etiology of muscle strain/injury, functional synergies
12:00pm Lunch (on your own)
1:00pm Lab: Palpation of Upper Extremity
3:00pm Break
3:15pm Lab: Palpation of Trunk
5:00pm Adjourn
Sunday
7:30am Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:00am

Review session
8:30am Lab: Speed palpations for upper extremity and trunk
9:00am Lab: Upper extremity functional exercise
10:00am Break
10:15am Lab: Upper extremity functional exercise
11:00am Lab: Trunk functional exercise
12:00pm Lunch (on your own)
1:00pm Lab: Lower extremity palpation
3:00pm Break
3:15pm Lab: Speed palpations for lower extremity
3:45pm Lab: Functional exercise for lower extremity
5:00pm Adjourn

Course Brochure & Registration Form

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