Contact
Lincoln College of Postprofessional, Graduate and Continuing Education
Phone: 630-889-6622
Email: postgrad@nuhs.edu
Fees
Please note the following fees and their deadlines:
PRACTITIONERS
$275 with registration before March 6th
$300 with registration after March 6th
$325 at the door
STUDENTS
$225 per session
If paying by check, all checks must by received by our office prior to the program taking place otherwise the at the door rate will apply.
CE hours approved in IL, IA, MI, WI, and IN. Please inquire about additional states / provinces.
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**Please note that this class will be recorded for later use as online continuing education. A media release waiver will be presented to registrants at the begining of the course.**
Sports 100-3: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management of Injuries to the Spine and Pelvis
Dates: March 21-22, 2015
Times: Saturday 1:00pm – 7:30pm; Sunday 8:00am – 2:00pm
Location: NUHS Campus / Lombard, IL
Instructors: Manuel Duarte MS, DC, DABCO, DACBSP, DABCA, MSAc
Hours: 12.5 per session
View entire Chiropractic Sports Physician schedule HERE
Program Description
This course covers diagnosis, treatment, and management of sports related injuries of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine, pelvis, head, neck, and face. Concentration will be placed on the most common injuries to these regions, proper on/off field evaluation, physiotherapy modalities, tratment, rehabilitation, and appropriate diagnostic imaging.
Format
The program content will be presented in both lecture and laboratory format.
Outline
Hour 1-2: Injuries to the neck: functional anatomy, including osseous structures, ligaments, muscles, and nerve plexus
Hour 3: Classification of nerve injury: neuropraxia, axonotmesis, and neurotmesis
Hour 4: Examination of the cervical spine: range of motion, referred patterns of pain, orthopedic testing
Hour 5: Mechanisms of injury: forced ROM, compression injuries, traction injuries, illegal procedures
Hour 6-7: Injuries, diagnosis, and management: suprascapular nerve injuries, acute and chronic burners, sprain/strains, stenosis, spear tacklers spine injuries, thoracic outlet and burning hand syndrome
Hour 8-9: Thoracic spine injuries, diagnosis, and management: contusions, sprain/strains, Schuermann’s/kyphosis, fractures, and scoliosis
Hour 10-11: Lumbar spine injuries, diagnosis, and management: pars inter-articularis fractures, spondylolisthesis, spondylolysis, tumors, ankylosing spondylosis, sprains/strains, disc lesions, sciatica, and cauda equine syndrome
Hour 12-12.5: Sacrum and coccyx injuries. Diagnosis and treatment of sacroiliac joint sprain, coccygodynia