Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy® MDT: It’s time to take your knowledge of MDT to the next level. You were introduced to the basics of the MDT system in Part A, now it’s time to gain a better understanding of the approach and how it can benefit both your patients and you as a clinician. This is a fabulous opportunity to enhance your clinical skills and become more confident when treating patients with neck ailments. Attend Part B and learn how to systematically assess, classify, and treat cervical and thoracic problems. This course presents the theoretical aspects and concepts MDT as applied in the examination and treatment of patients with complaints of neck, upper back and related referred pain. MDT is a reliable assessment & classification system for the spine & extremities, that leads you to an effective treatment strategy for your patients.

MCKENZIE MDT PART B CALGARY, AB
2 Sessions Online, 2 Sessions in the clinic / MOUNTAIN TIME
Session 1: Asynchronous online at your own pace
Session 2 TUES 16SEP: Online live with instructor 4:00PM–8:30PM (MT)
Sessions 3: SAT / 20SEP in clinic Bonavista Physical Therapy 8:00AM–5:30PM (MT)
Sessions 4: SUN/ 21SEP in clinic Bonavista Physical Therapy 8:00AM–5:00PM (MT)

Legitimate patient demonstrations with follow-up appointments take place during the course.
Fee: $695.00
Instructor: Audrey Long PT, Dip. MDT, Specialist MSK
Note: For further details please refer to course page on the MICanada website.
Register at: www.mckenzieinstitutecanada.org

FEEDBACK FROM FELLOW CLINICIANS ON MDT AFTER RECENT PART B COURSES:

• I'm more comfortable understanding the importance of working full neck extension ROM and to differentiate upper and lower cervical spine movements.
• MDT has made me more aware of the potential for extremity pain to be referred from the spine. Multiple shoulder pain patients have responded to cervical retraction.
• It is greatly helping me better use movement to allow my patients to be self-sufficient with the least force possible! :)
• My assessment approach for the low back and even the neck has become more structured, my understanding of force progressions and how they relate to the patient's symptoms has improved, and my understanding of how MDT is used to assess cases other than mechanical low back pain/derangements has improved.

Course Outline includes:
• Patient demonstration, analysis and discussion (approx. 3-4 patients per course)
• Pathophysiology and biomechanics of the cervical spine
• Develop confidence with exercise prescription for neck and thoracic pain
• Cervical headache and trauma ('whiplash')
• Differentiating mechanical neck pain from red flags and serious pathologies
• Indications for and practice of neck and thoracic manual techniques
• Thoracic spine: anatomy, pathology, examination and treatment

ASSESS, DIAGNOSE and TREAT with CONFIDENCE
MDT is a comprehensive biopsychosocial classification system that enables clinicians to reliably classify specific sub-groups and successfully match the classification to the appropriate treatment. The MDT system identifies if the patient is unsuitable for mechanical therapy. A full history (with or without examination) can exclude patients with serious pathology or non-mechanical pain that require medical referral or non-mechanical treatment approaches. With a thorough knowledge of the three syndromes (derangement, dysfunction and posture) a trained clinician can identify directional preference, centralization or other consistent mechanical responses in keeping with the MDT syndromes and their predicted response to treatment. Once the syndromes are ruled out, the clinician can more accurately identify other diagnoses such as SIJ, spinal stenosis, symptomatic spondylolithesis or non-mechanical presentations unsuitable for mechanical therapy [Danish Institute for Health Technology Assessment (1999) American College of Occupation and Environmental Medicine (2005)].

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