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City: Ottawa, ON  Dates: Jun 28 – 29, 2025
Type: Part A Course #: CA25A012
Instructor: Michael Dyck
PT, Dip. MDT 		Course Cost: $695.00
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School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ottawa Univ.
451, chemin Smyth
Ottawa, ON XXX XXX
 Cosponsor: Luc Brisson

Schedule and Other Important Information

This course will be instructed in English, with English course material. This course includes two online training components and 2 live in-classroom days. A digital/fillable pdf version of the Part A manual will be provided for this course. Course sessions are not recorded.

PT Students eligible to attend must follow the login creation instructions provided by the student contact.

This course will also include 3-4 legitimate patient demonstrations. Patients will be recruited by a local area clinician.

Session 1/ you will complete by yourself online at your own pace.

Session 2/ 17JUN (TUES) will be conducted online, instructed live by the course instructor from 4.00pm until 8.30pm

Sessions 3 & 4 will take place at School of Rehabilitation Sciences, UOttawa

Session 3 / 28JUN (SAT) 8.00am 5.30pm.
Session 4 / 29JUN (Sun) 8.00am 5.00pm.

Course Status: CONFIRMED

This course introduces the theoretical aspects and concepts of the McKenzie Method in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT), as it is applied to the musculoskeletal system. The focus of this course is the assessment, classification and management of patients with complaints of low back, related referred pain and functional limitations. The principles of MDT and how they apply in the context of the biopsychosocial framework of managing patients with musculoskeletal pain and functional limitations will be a key focus. The participants will explore and extensively practice the MDT assessment, classification and management process through lectures, workshops, discussions, and patient demonstrations. The classifications of Derangement, Dysfunction and Postural syndromes are described in detail and appropriate management plans are discussed, with emphasis on the use of patient self-treatment procedures and education. Indications for the use of clinician procedures will also be discussed and the procedures demonstrated and practiced. Follow-up patient demonstrations will illustrate the reassessment process and allow participants to get a realistic feel and understanding of the impact of the MDT system on differing patient presentations over 2-3 treatment sessions.

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