Pre-Symposium Courses:
Neurodynamics: Pathobiology, Diagnosis & Management of Peripheral Neuropathic Pain
by Dr. Michel Coppieters
Dates: Thursday May 1, and Friday May 2, 2025 (8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) – (24 max)
Location: Delta Hotel
Course Synopsis:
Besides acquiring and refining diagnostic and management techniques for entrapment or compression neuropathies, this 2-day course provides a solid theoretical and evidence-based framework for the management of neuropathies. For example, via insights in diabetic and chemotherapy-induced neuropathies, we understand much better why a neurodynamic test can be negative in people with a proven neuropathy. We now know much better what a neurodynamic test does and does not test. We discuss relevant pathological changes throughout the nervous system that occur following an entrapment neuropathy. We discuss and practice assessment and neurodynamic management techniques for patients with various peripheral neuropathies. We review the literature which documents how neurodynamic interventions and exercise may reverse the pathological mechanisms, and evaluate the clinical efficacy of neurodynamic interventions by appraising recent clinical trials and systematic literature reviews. Via interactive case studies, we discuss how to design biologically plausible management strategies, with an emphasis on neurodynamics.
About Dr. Michel Coppieters:
Dr. Michel Coppieters is Professor at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, where he directs the Musculoskeletal Health and Persistent Pain research group. Michel is an internationally respected researcher and educator in the field of entrapment neuropathies, diabetic neuropathies and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathies, and the physiotherapy management of peripheral neuropathic pain.
Fees:
Symposium Attendee – $400
Non-Symposium Attendee – $600
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Cognitive Functional Therapy for People with Disabling Low Back Pain
by Dr. Peter O’Sullivan
Date: 
Thursday May 1, 2005 (8:00 am – 3:00 pm) – (30 max)
Location: Delta Hotel
Course Synopsis:
Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT) is a person-centred physiotherapist led cognitive and behavioural intervention, that guides people with disabling LBP to self-manage their condition.
This introductory to CFT workshop outlines the multi-dimensional nature of back pain, key aspects of person-centred communication including guided behavioural examination techniques.
A multi-dimensional clinical reasoning framework is used to provide individualised care to target the relevant biopsychosocial factors. It will outline the key components of CFT: making sense of pain, exposure with control and lifestyle coaching. This workshop will follow the journey of CFT, through the experience of a real person with disabling low back pain.
About Dr. Peter O’Sullivan
Peter is a Professor at the School of Allied Health Sciences at Curtin University and a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist. He is internationally recognised as a leading clinician, researcher and educator in musculoskeletal pain disorders. With his team he has published 350 scientific papers. His passion is translating research to practice.
Fees:
Symposium Attendee – $250
Non-Symposium Attendee – $450
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Post Symposium Courses:
Patellofemoral Pain: From Assessment to Treatment
by Dr. J.F. Esculier
Date: Sunday, May 4, 2025 (1:00 pm – 8:00 pm) – (30 max)
Location: Delta Hotel
Course Synopsis:
Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is one of the most common reasons why people of all ages will seek physiotherapy care. In this course, we will review the latest research on the pathophysiology and risk factors for PFP, assessment methods and differential diagnosis, and obviously the best treatment approaches with a focus on strengthening exercises, gait modifications, footwear and other adjuncts. The practical components of this course will make you more confident and optimize your results when assessing and treating people with PFP.
About Dr. J.F. Esculier
Dr. Jean-Francois Esculier, PT, PhD, is a clinician, researcher, and educator interested in running and knee pain. He practices at his clinic in Kelowna BC, MoveMed Physiotherapy, and teaches and conducts research through The Running Clinic and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.
Fees:
Symposium Attendee – $250
Non-Symposium Attendee – $450
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Adjunct Education Course – Wonderful Tips for Successful Manips
by Dr. François Landry
Date: Sunday, May 4, 2025 – (1:00 pm – 8:00 pm) – (20 max)
Location: Sun City Physiotherapy, 1468 St. Paul Street, Kelowna
Course Synopis:
This course is an overview on the mechanical actions of vertebral manipulation in an advanced msk context. It will focus on the diversity of available approaches towards the use of manipulations. The clinician will be able to explore those approaches and personalize that therapeutic gesture. As for the teachers, it will provide tools towards knowledge/ability translation. It is not aimed towards literature search but more on the hands-on reality.
- Goals (clinician)
Be able to recognize the different strategies used to perform spinal manipulation
Acquire some tools in order to adapt those strategies according to:
– The clinician’s morphology
– His/her temperament
– The patient’s morphology
– The patient’s physical/psychological state
– Integrate these notions in the everyday clinical context to make it a custom-made clinical tool - Goals (mentor/instructor)
– Master the general teaching concepts of spinal manipulations
– Develop his/her observational skills as an instructor
– Use of standard / more frequently used teaching material
– Recognize the difficulties of the apprentice and determine its source(s)
– Offer one or more avenues to enhance the participant’s efficiency (more or less randomly)
– Offer the most efficient modification (with teaching experience)
In preparation for this course, the participants will be asked the manipulation(s) they struggle the most with, so we will be able to custom-make each session. The course instructor will need this information 4-6 weeks prior to the course so he can adapt its content for each setting.
About François Landry
Graduated from the Université de Montréal in 1982, François started his career in Calgary, Alta. where he followed the manual therapy curriculum. Back in Montreal in 1985, he follows the first two years of osteopathic practice and then his certificate in advanced integrated musculoskeletal physiotherapy in 1994. Clinical instructor at McGill University from 1989 to 1994 and at Université de Montréal from 1991 to 1994, instructor for the Orthopedic Division and the AQPMA, he has been teaching for the last 34 years.
François has been an examiner of the Orthopedic Division for the last 22 years. He has been teaching levels 4 and 5 for the last 20 years, intermediate and advanced exam prep courses for the last 15 years and has been offering an advanced manipulation course entitled: Wonderful tips for successful manips.
François has also been awarded a CAMPT lifetime membership and more recently, the Golden Hands at the last Orthopedic Division symposium in Winnipeg.
Fees:
$250 plus tax
Prerequisite: must be an FCAMPT
Note: Participant is required to obtain a temporary license with the College of Health and Care Professionals of BC (CHCPBC).
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