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Overview:

Not just for girls, this course is for anyone who wants to learn how to treat patients larger than themselves. Have you learned manipulation skills in class but struggle to integrate it into your clinical practice? Do you avoid using these techniques on your patients because it hurts your hands? Do you have difficulty performing manual therapy techniques or manipulations on patients larger than yourself? If you want to learn how to handle patients larger than yourself and do it with more efficiency and effectiveness then this is the course for you.​

This course will emphasize ergonomically efficient manipulation techniques. We will teach you that speed and body mechanics, not size, dictate how well you can manipulate.

CEU credits: 10 hours, 3 hours on-line, 7 hours in the classroom

Time & Location:

May 04, 2025, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Symbio Physical Therapy, 25 W 14th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Overview:

Do you have patients who complain of hip pain when running? Back pain when they are trying to return to exercising? Pain in their lumbopelvic hip region that is not enough to stop them from doing daily life activities but is enough to stop them from enjoying activities? Can you quickly assess these types of patient complaints and decrease their pain so they can return to sport?

This lab-intensive course applies clinical reasoning and biomechanical musculoskeletal assessment and examination skills of the lumbar spine, sacroiliac joint and hip joint utilized by the physical therapist in the clinical setting based on the recognition of signs and symptoms of lower extremity pathology, the participant will formulate a provisional differential diagnosis while demonstrating how to rule out serious pathology, which may mimic lower extremity musculoskeletal dysfunction. Additionally, the participants will demonstrate appropriate treatment and management skills utilized by the physical therapist in the clinical setting management including joint articulation stability and mobility techniques, including manipulation, as well as neuromuscular reeducation and therapeutic exercises to reinforce all manual therapy techniques. Format:

7 CEU hours

7 hours in the classroom with Stacy!

No asynchronous coursework.

Time & Location:

October 26, 2025 | 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Symbio Physical Therapy, 25 W 14th St, New York, NY 10011

Overview:

This one-day course will provide instruction in hands on joint and soft tissue mobilization for the PTA on the shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist and hand. The class with be largely hands-on laboratory experience with demonstration, practice, feedback and critical thinking for case scenarios. Discussion will be given to the dose of the intervention, expected response, modifications of the interventions, and complementary neuromuscular techniques for the manual therapy interventions.

CEU Credits: 8 Hours

Time & Location:

TBD

Overview:

This course is designed for PTAs to enhance skills when treating patients with cervical, thoracic, or lumbosacral diagnoses. The course will review common spinal pathologies/injuries and typical patient presentations. The course will focus on safety with certain patient populations, and interventions specific to a spinal region.

Interventions will include functional exercise, specific exercise, patient education, taping/bracing, passive range of motion, soft tissue mobilization, as well as clinical pearls.

CEU credits: 14 hours

Time & Location:

TBD

Overview:

Do you think only CHTs can see patients with issues distal to the shoulder? Not true. This course will demystify the distal upper extremity. We will simplify the “when do I refer out” process and “when can I keep the patient on my schedule”. We will cover common pathologies, exam techniques, and special tests. What needs to be included in an examination for this patient? What safety concerns exist? Interventions will include over the counter bracing, taping, manual therapy, neurological re-education, functional exercises, and injury/pathology specific interventions.

1 day course

CEU credits: 8 hours

Time & Location:

TBD