You can start and stop the course at any time. The course is available in your account for 6 months. A quiz is provided at the end of the course with 25 questions, 75% score required. You have 5 attempts and 2 hours to complete the test.
Module 3. CBP® Mirror Image Instrument Adjusting & Upper Cervical Analysis
Non CE Course: $499.95
CE Course: $649.95
COURSE DURATION: 11 HOURS
LESSON PLAN
This course provides an integrated education for the Doctor of Chiropractic in the science and art of upper cervical spinal disorders with application to instrument adjusting for full spine postural subluxations and joint fixations. The Chiropractor will learn how posture displacement influences the upper cervical spine as well as normal joint kinematics and instability analysis of the upper cervical spine. The biomechanics and neurophysiological mechanisms of instrument adjusting techniques will be reviewed with indications for different techniques of segmental versus postural adjusting. Corrective global postural subluxation set-ups for the head, thoracic cage, and pelvis with a hand-held instrument used to adjust the upper cervical area will be reviewed as will segmental adjusting techniques for upper cervical subluxation/displacements. The DC will learn at least one proper side and opposite side type of set up for each of the head to thoracic spine postures and the DC will learn one proper side and opposite side type of set up for each of the very common full spine postures. Upper cervical flexion/extension subluxation/fixations of the occiput on atlas and their corrective adjustments will be described and demonstrated. The details of case management using these instrument adjusting methods will be covered using a variety of case studies for a comprehensive picture of clinical application of this course material. Last, a survey of research material will be reviewed supporting the utilization and efficacy of the course materials in patient populations technique treatment methods across a spectrum of patient conditions.
Learning Objectives:
- Review introduction to postural and spinal analysis using a cartesian coordinate system, relative & absolute rotation angles, degrees of freedom, basic theorems,
- Recognize biomechanics of instrument adjusting: Tuning into the resonant frequency of the joint complex,
- Describe the effects of spinal degeneration and injury on spinal stiffness and applications to instrument adjusting.
- Analyzing the upper cervical spine in lateral head translations,
- Analyzing the upper cervical spine in axial (y-axis) head rotations,
- Analyzing the upper cervical spine in lateral flexions of the head.
- Review Instrument for AP viewed postures (standing and side posture),
- Review Instrument for Lateral viewed postures (standing and side posture),
- Review Instrument adjusting for cervical double and triple combination postures (standing and lying),
- Review Instrument for segmental joint subluxation/fixation adjusting,
- Review Upper Cervical specific adjustments: proper vs. opposite side setups,
- Teach Instrument adjusting for thoracic spine rotations and translations,
- Teach Instrument adjusting for pelvic and lower extremity rotations and translations.
