GUIDELINES FOR MANUAL TECHNIQUES 106

Course overview

DESCRIBE IN CLEAR, CONCISE TERMS THE MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY AND DIFFERENCES IN THE VARIOUS TYPES OF HEADACHES, AND THE SIGNIFICANCE TO THE PRACTICING MANUAL THERAPIST DIFFERENTIATE THE CLINICAL DIFFERENCES IN EIGHT CLASSIFICATIONS OF DEPRESSION, INCLUDING SAD, PMDD, BIPOLAR, ATYPICAL, ETC.), AND THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR MANUAL THERAPY NEEDED FOR EACH COMPARE TWO CRANIAL NERVE CONDITIONS SIGNIFICANT TO THE PRACTICING THERAPIST (TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA AND BELL'S PALSY), AND DISCUSS THE SPECIFIC MANUAL THERAPY NEEDS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS DIFFERENTIATE THE CLINICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SPINAL CORD INJURIES AND CNS CONDITIONS INCLUDING TBI, AD AND MID, AND THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR MANUAL THERAPY NEEDED FOR EACH DISCUSS THE CLINICAL CONCERNS FOR MANUAL THERAPIES PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY AND REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY SYNDROME (CRPS), AND OUTLINE A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE TREATMENT PLANS EXPLAIN THE VARIOUS TYPES OF MEDICATION USED FOR DEPRESSION, (INCLUDING TCAS, MAO INHIBITORS, SSRI'S, ETC), AND DETAIL WHICH REQUIRE PRECAUTIONS FOR HEAT THERAPIES AND/OR STRETCHING TECHNIQUES DETAIL THE DIFFERENCES IN ANTI-PARKINSON'S MEDICATIONS, AND CLARIFY THE SIDE EFFECTS OF EACH THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT TO THE MANUAL THERAPIST OUTLINE THE PHARMACEUTICAL CLASSES THAT ARE COMMONLY USED TO TREAT GLAUCOMA, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON SIGNIFICANT SIDE EFFECTS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR MANUAL THERAPIES