Course Description:
The primary objective of this course is for students to learn the advancing concepts and skills necessary for a broad-based conservative care (primary health care) provider to evaluate and manage the upper extremities. Examination skills covered in the course will include, but are not limited to, inspection, joint and soft tissue palpation, range of motion, orthopedic evaluation, and neurological examinations. This course will teach multi-modal treatments applicable to the extremities, such as joint and soft tissue manipulation, strapping applications, and functional restoration. This course will build on and further integrate the basic concepts in (i) preventative medicine, (ii) biochemical and nutritional foundations of healing, (iii) soft tissue management, and (iv) joint care.
Prerequisite(s):
CHS-6101, CHS-6202, CHS-6303, CHS-7404, CHS-7505, CHS-7606
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Priority is given to Sports Emphasis Students in T7 - T10.
Course Description:
The primary objective of this course is for students to learn the advancing concepts and skills necessary for a broad-based conservative care (primary health care) provider to evaluate and manage the lower extremities. Examination skills covered in the course will include, but are not limited to, inspection, joint and soft tissue palpation, range of motion, orthopedic evaluation, and neurological examinations. This course will teach multi-modal treatments applicable to the extremities, such as joint and soft tissue manipulation, strapping applications, and functional restoration. This course will build on and further integrate the basic concepts in (i) preventative medicine, (ii) biochemical and nutritional foundations of healing, (iii) soft tissue management, and (iv) joint care.
Prerequisite(s):
CHS-6101, CHS-6202, CHS-6303, CHS-7404, CHS-7505, CHS-7606
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Additional Course Information:
Priority is given to Sports Emphasis Students in T7 - T10.
Course Description:
This elective is taught by a certified chiropractic orthopedic specialist and includes guided discussions of challenging clinical cases. The cases include complex cases which may have serious sequelae, such as: spinal stenosis, acute cervical spine trauma, disc herniation, acute knee pain, and torticollis, among others.
Prerequisite(s):
Completion of the Trimester 1-6 Chiropractic Curriculum
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This elective course may be taken anytime during trimesters 7, 8, or 9.
Course Description:
There is marked growth and interest in recent years to incorporate complementary and integrative services into both public and private medical settings. This course will use a blended approach of online content and classroom application to introduce students to opportunities for integrative care delivery. Students will have the opportunity to explore their professional potential within these settings, learn the skills and attributes necessary to participate in team-based care, and network with a range of professionals in this field. Students will complete the course better prepared for integrative and collaborative opportunities in health care.
Prerequisite(s):
Completion of the Trimester 1-6 Chiropractic Curriculum.
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Course Description:
This course draws on the experience of a licensing board expert to teach the emerging professional how to recognize and avoid the pitfalls of new clinical practice. This didactic course will use "mock" board complaint panels, and open class discussions to highlight real life disciplinary actions from the state and national licensing boards.
Prerequisite(s):
Completion of the Trimester 1-6 Chiropractic Curriculum.
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Course Description:
This course enables the student to analyze the underlying principles of therapeutic exercise. This course builds on examination techniques taught in previous courses and develops interventions for basic movement skills and their components such as motor control/coordination, postural control and balance, perception and sensation, muscle tone and strength, and biomechanical considerations.
Prerequisite(s):
Successful completion of all T3 courses.
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This class builds a deeper understanding of the strategies used when selecting exercises for patient care. The class meets weekly for a 2-hour lab that runs the whole term. Lab is held in the Fitness Center, which provides participants access to a variety of equipment to choose from as they explore ideas around prescribing rehabilitation exercises for the four main categories of conditions.
Course Description:
This course teaches the Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) movement-based diagnostic system and provides healthcare professionals with an efficient and systematic tool to reach a comprehensive movement diagnosis. The SFMA is a clinical assessment for those who experience pain. It is a movement-based diagnostic system that systematically finds the cause of pain - not just the source - by logically breaking down dysfunctional movement patterns in a structured, repeatable assessment.
Prerequisite(s):
Successful completion of all T3 courses.
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This course teaches the fundamentals of a movement-based assessment, resulting in a movement-based diagnosis. The first few weeks of the term are devoted to completing an online, asynchronous module produced by Functional Movement Systems, Inc. featuring more than 7-hours of material. Following this period, the course shifts to 8 weeks of 2-hour labs, practicing and interpreting the findings of the SFMA. At the end of the course, students will complete an official certification exam and upon successful passing will become internationally recognized as SFMA certified.
Course Description:
This online course presents current evidence-based literature covering examination techniques, classification systems, differential diagnosis, treatment options, and updated criteria-based rehabilitation protocols for various neuromusculoskeletal conditions.
Prerequisite(s):
Successful completion of all T3 courses.
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This is a foundational level rehab course that meets once a week for 12 weeks in person on campus where we discuss common orthopedic surgical procedures, the evidence for and against surgical procedures, and additionally the basics of developing a rehab program for a patient that presents to your office following a recent major orthopedic surgery.
Course Description:
Pain Science Communication will guide students on how chiropractors play a role in helping people understand their pain, utilizing multiple different communication and treatment strategies. Pain Science Communication will begin to equip students with an understanding of what “pain” is, why pain is felt neurologically, theories surrounding pain and how movement paired with education can be a powerful tool in providing relief for patients.
Prerequisite(s):
BSC-6212, BSC-6201, BSC-6302
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This class is a blend of asynchronous modules and one in-person weekend seminar-style session. The information covered in this elective prepares students for conversations they will be having with their patients focused on pain. We discuss mechanisms and theories surrounding why we feel pain as humans and learn to harness our communication skills to positively impact our patients when they are going through a pain experience. Utilizing movement and education this course explores how what we say as clinicians affects our patients.
Course Description:
This course will provide an overview of traditional and current principles of strength and conditioning as it relates to sports performance and the health of active individuals and athletes. Exercise physiology principles will be reviewed as it relates to training and performance.
Prerequisite(s):
Successful completion of all T3 courses.
Instructor:
Dr. Klein
Additional Course Information:
This course provides an overview of traditional and current principles of strength and conditioning as it relates to sports performance and the health of active individuals and athletes. An emphasis is placed on learning how to write a Strength and Conditioning program for athletes and patients. There is some limited hands-on application of weightlifting techniques. This is a lecture course meeting once per week for 1 hour on campus for the entire trimester.