
NEXT – A Complete Clinician’s Approach to Musculoskeletal Management of Thoracic Spine Pain
December 2, 2020 - February 26, 2021

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After you register, this is your entry point to the weekly content, final exam, and certificate for this course.
Course Schedule
Note: If you cannot attend certain sessions, you can review the session recordings within a few days.
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02 December (Wednesday) 6:30 – 8:30 pm CST – Pathoanatomy of the Thoracic Spine
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08 December (Tuesday) 5:00 – 7:00 pm CST – Clinical Exam and Interpretation
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18 December (Friday) 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm CST – Treatment Hands-on Management Strategies
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08 January (Friday) 1:30 – 3:30 pm CST – Treatment Neuromotor and Sensorimotor management – SenMoCOR
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12 January (Tuesday) – 9:00 am – 11:00 am CST – Dry Needling in thoracic spine Pain
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18 January (Wednesday) 7:00 – 9:00 pm CST – Specific Management: Scoliosis
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28 January (Thursday) 4:00 – 6:00 pm CST – Biopsychosocial aspects of patient-clinician relationship
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03 February – (Tuesday) 6:30 – 8:30 pm CST – Somatovisceral pain
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12 February – (Friday) 5:00 pm CST – Final Exam is available for two weeks from this date.
Course Description
24 Education Hours: 8 Hours – Online Self Study + 16 Hours – Online Instructor-led Training
IAOM-US-NEXT combines online courses with Online Instructor-Led Training (OILT). You get a very personalized mentoring experience from the comfort of your favorite learning environment.
The IAOM-US NEXT Approach to Complete Clinician in Musculoskeletal Management of Thoracic Pain course takes an in-depth look at thoracic spine complex pathoanatomy (discogenic degenerative and traumatic deficits, structural deficiencies, functional instability, intra-articular joint conditions, chondral defects, muscular dysfunctions, etc.), basic and specific clinical examination of the thoracic spine, clinical interpretation and differential diagnosis, management suggestions for acute and recurrent/chronic thoracic spine conditions, overall conservative management of thoracic pain among others.
Each week, course participants will log in and receive 2 hours of live skills enhancement around certain patient care considerations – all on a specific case study prepared to develop the knowledge and skills to become a complete clinician. This way participants can see the systematic approach, combining updated evidence and clinical experience/expertise, as it applies to the same case study.
Objectives and Goals
- Exhibit an exact knowledge of pathoanatomy, physiology, and biomechanics for the thoracic spine complex conditions and related disorders.
- Review clinical examination of the thoracic spine and related disorders.
- Show an understanding of how to interpret the clinical examination to reach a precise clinical diagnosis of the thoracic joint complex dysfunctions and related disorders.
- Perform effective treatment for structural and functional-related pathologies through an accurate understanding of surface anatomy and tissue physiology of the thoracic spine complex and related disorders.
- Apply a framework for planning the prescription of affliction-specific neuromotor and sensorimotor strategies management for the thoracic spine complex and related disorders.
- Integrate evidence and experience shared by the instructors into a complete approach in musculoskeletal management of thoracic spine complex dysfunctions.