Date: Saturday, February 9th and Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Check-In Time(s): Day One-8:00am-8:30am; Day Two-7:30am-8:00am
Class Time(s): Day One-8:30am-5:00pm; Day Two-8:00am-4:30pm
Location: Fairview Southdale Hospital- AuFait Room

Speaker(s): 
Rick Crowell, P.T., M.S., G.D.M.T., M.C.T.A., F.A.A.O.M.P.T. is a 1993 graduate of Curtin University’s postgraduate program in manipulative therapy (GDMT), Perth, Australia. Mr. Crowell received his post-professional masters degree in 1989 from Georgia State University in orthopedic physical therapy (MS). Mr. Crowell has extensive continuing education and clinical training in manual therapy. His continuing education credentials cover a wide variety of manual therapy approaches (Mulligan, Paris, McKenzie, Maitland, Elvey, and Butler). He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy. Mr. Crowell is an adjunct assistant professor at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota. His clinical practice is at SMDC – Center Therapy for Fitness and Therapy, Duluth, Minnesota. He is an accredited teacher in the Mulligan Concept and full member of the Mulligan Concept Teachers’ Association.

Course Description:
This two-day seminar presents Brian Mulligan’s concepts of Mobilization with Movement as it applies to the cervical and upper thoracic spine and upper extremities. The course is designed for licensed health care professionals who wish to broaden their existing manual therapy skills for use within their defined scope of practice. It clearly outlines the indications for this new and simple approach to the application of manual therapy in clinical practice. Past Mulligan course feedback has indicated the need for a more detailed presentation of techniques along with the development of clinical reasoning skills. This seminar is designed to meet those needs. The efficacy of this approach can be quickly and easily ascertained in clinic. MWM skills will be learned and it is an expectation of this course that those therapists with a normal caseload will find an immediate improvement in outcome measures with patients with restricted and/or painful movement.

Course Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
1. Develop a working knowledge of the Mulligan Concept as they relate to the upper quadrant..
2. Reference pertinent course material to the clinical setting and treatment of musculoskeletal dysfunction as it relates to movement restriction secondary to pain and /or motion limitations.
3. Discuss and apply the principals of mobilization with movement.
4. Discuss the indications and contraindications to mobilization with movement.
5. Demonstrate beginning psychomotor skills (within the Mulligan concept) for applying treatment techniques presented in this course.
6. Discuss proposed theoretical models for the Mulligan Concept.
7. Apply course material to the clinical setting.
8. Find additional Mulligan Concept information through an internet access.

Course Agenda:
Day One: 8:30-5:00 pm
• 8:30 – 9:00 am Introduction
• 9:00 – 9:30 am Treatment Principles / Guidelines Cervical Spine Techniques
• 9:30 – 10:00 am NAGS
• 10:00 – 10:30 am Reverse NAGS
• 10:30 – 10:45 am Break
• 10:45 – 12:00 SNAGS
• 12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
• 1:00 – 1:30 pm Self Treatment SNAGS
• 1:30 – 2:00 pm Upper Cervical Spine Introduction
• 2:00 – 3:00 pm Upper Cervical Dysfunction Techniques
• 3:00 – 3:15 pm Break
• 3:15 – 4:00 Vertigo & Headaches
• 4:00 – 4:30 Self Treatment
• 4:30 – 5:00 pm Review - Wrap-up

Day Two 8:00 – 4:30 pm
• 8:00 – 9:00 am Review, Theory, Clinical Snippets Upper Extremity Techniques
• 9:00 –10:00 am Fingers, Hand and Wrist
• 10:00- 10:15 am Break
• 10:15 – 11:00 am Forearm Self Treatment - Taping
• 11:00 – 12:00 Elbow Self Treatment
• 12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
• 1:00 – 2:00 pm Shoulder
• 2:00 – 2:30 pm AC – 1st rib
• 2:30 – 2:45 pm Break
• 2:45 – 3:30 Spinal Mobilization with Arm Movement
• 3:30 – 4:30 Upper thoracic and ribs & Wrap-up