Professional Courses

Objective testing has taken the physical medicine domain by storm, prompting clinicians to explore more deliberate testing strategies in order to better test, track, and compare client outcomes. At the core of this initiative was a graduation from subjective “strength” testing, commonly seen as manual muscle testing, into more organized force testing areas, like dynamometry. While this agenda was a necessary and important component to evolve the profession, it unintentionally created a dilemma and challenge for clinicians in the field seeing clients. “How can I collect objective data using a dynamometer within my budget of time, resource, cost, and current understanding?” Thus, “Dungeons and Dynamometers: A Force Course” was created.

ERA Full Course

As a part of the Emergency Response for the Athlete Recertification course, students must choose one of the following immersive online training modules to complete with an additional certification provided.

8.5 CEU’s for PT’s, OT’s, ATC’s

Become a certified Blood Flow Restriction provider through Owens Recovery Science.

Join the team for the Barbell Medicine Pain and Rehab seminar in Bozeman, MT.

The Barbell Medicine Pain & Rehab seminar is dedicated to helping attendees understand and implement scientific principles into clinical practice in order to provide evidence-based care to their patients dealing with pain and the rehab process.

This seminar is appropriate for clinicians, coaches, and trainers who wish to increase their knowledge base about pain, rehab, and case specific exercise prescriptions.

The seminar will be lecture based, involving audio/visual presentations, and hands-on labs followed by question and answer periods.

After completion of this 2-day seminar, attendees will have a broad understanding of the current best scientific evidence regarding the topics and how to apply such knowledge to clinical practice.

This two-day workshop bridges the gap between theory and practice. Participants will gain hands-on experience monitoring training loads, designing session and weekly training plans, and providing training programs to meet the individual needs of athletes and patients. The workshop is presented in a small group setting, promoting interaction and discussion amongst participants, and allowing ample time for Q&A. Whether you are an experienced practitioner or simply want to gain some practical ideas to implement in your clinic, this workshop will help you to “build a training program from the ground up”!

Saturday

9:00 – 10:00 Introduction/Current Applications

10:00 – 10:45 Understanding Human Movement and Skill Acquisition

10:45 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 11:45 Understanding Force

11:45 – 12:30 Foundations of Testing

12:30 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 14:30 Electromechanical Dynamometers (Isokinetic machines)

14:30 – 15:00 When to Break Out HHD

15:00 – 15:15 Break

15:15 – 16:30 Force Plates

16:30 – 17:30 Cases

Sunday

9:00 – 10:30 Practical exploration of ED/HHD/Force Plate Use

10:30 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 12:15 Practical exploration of ED/HHD/Force Plate Use (Cont)

12:15 – 12:30 Final Thoughts/Tying It Together

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At its simplest, this is a BIOMECHANICS and PAIN SCIENCE course. Ideally, we've distilled the best of both to get the best approach to pain and injury management.

Reconciling Biomechanics with Pain Science is a two-day course that mixes a lecture, case study and hands-on learning format. This course has been taught throughout the world with the aim of simplifying the biomechanical approach to injury and pain management. A simplified, yet strongly evidenced based biomechanical approach, allows the therapist to develop skills that address all areas of the biopsychosocial contributors to the pain experience.

This course teaches When Biomechanics Matters along with Therapeutic Neuroscience Education in a Biopsychosocial framework.

Traditional rehabilitation practice is steeped in the biomedical model of treating pain and injuries. While the biopyschosocial model of care is touted as being the superior approach it is often difficult to incorporate traditional biomechanical training within this model. There is the fear that therapists become psychotherapists. The aim of this course is to help reconcile and reconceptualize the biomechanical approach. You will learn that you need not throw the baby out with the bath water when you embrace the biopsychosocial (BPS) approach. Remember, the BPS model starts with "Bio": you will learn how biomechanics matters and how pain science education and cognition changing can fit together.

8.5 CEU’s for PT’s, OT’s, ATC’s

Become a certified Blood Flow Restriction provider through Owens Recovery Science.

8.5 CEU’s for PT’s, OT’s, ATC’s

Become a certified Blood Flow Restriction provider through Owens Recovery Science.

8.5 CEU’s for PT’s, OT’s, ATC’s

Become a certified Blood Flow Restriction provider through Owens Recovery Science.

15 CEU’s

The hip and knee are a complex pairing comprising the structural and functional core of many human movements, from ADL to sport. Rehab professionals such as physical therapists and athletic trainers are in a unique position to evaluate, treat, and oversee the recovery of patients with hip and knee injuries. They also often find themselves in the position to assist with developing injury reduction programs for active populations. Having a deeper understanding of what is known and not known can help professionals develop the most effective programs to address these issues.

This two-day course will include lecture and lab demonstration to explore the complexity of the hip and the knee. Topics including femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), acetabular labral and chondral injuries, tendinopathies in the region such as gluteal, psoas, and patellar, ligamentous injuries, meniscal tears, and patellofemoral pain (PFP) will be discussed. There will also be extensive exploration of postoperative management and return to play strategies for common procedures such as anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), femoroplasty, and labral and meniscal repairs.

This complex content will be presented in a way that is simple to understand and even simpler to implement by focusing on key concepts in a hierarchical format.

13 CEU’s

This course takes a practical look at exercise prescription in the clinical setting. There is a vast gap between optimal and reality and this can lead to frustration when it comes to applying best practices in the trenches. In these two days the principles of exercise prescription are looked at through the lens of the uncertainty that clinicians deal with in the trenches. By combining evidence with heuristics those who attend will leave with an understanding of how to apply exercise in a practical manner that uses feedback loops to self correct.