Set yourself apart from your peers by earning your manual therapy certification. Join NAIOMT's courses in Baltimore and learn how to get the right diagnosis fast and master more techniques to improve patient satisfaction.
In these videos NAIOMT instructors Terry Pratt and Laura von Wullerstorff demonstrate some of the skills and techniques that will be covered in the upcoming courses.
Watch Terry Pratt demonstrate techniques for stabilizing the lumbar spine segmentally.
Watch NAIOMT's Laura von Wullerstorff demonstrate how to use the PIVMS and PAIVMS in a patient with right low back pain in order to determine between a hypomobile joint secondary to a true joint restriction or from muscle guarding.
Watch Terry Pratt demonstrate an assessment of upper motor neuron signs.
Laura Iverson-von Wullerstorff, PT, MS, OCS, COMT, FAAOMPT
Laura earned her Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the University of Washington Seattle in 1998. She then earned her Masters of Physical Therapy in 2000 from Eastern Washington University. She is currently completing her DSc from Andrews University. She was recognized as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties in 2005 and certified as a Certified Orthopaedic Manual Therapist (COMT) by NAIOMT in December 2005. She was accepted as CFI for NAIOMT in 2006 and received her FAAOMPT in December of 2007. She served as Adjunct Faculty for the University of Washington Seattle DPT department from 2007-2009. She was also Adjunct Faculty for St. Francis University as a co-instructor in Italy in 2008.
Terry Pratt, MS, PT, COMT, FAAOMPT
Terry received his MSPT from Andrews University in 1997 and his FAAOMPT in 2013 through the NAIOMT Fellowship Program. He is a Faculty, Clinical Fellowship Instructor and Examiner for NAIOMT. He teaches core NAIOMT courses primarily in the Northeast, and has presented specialty course for the Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire APTA sections and SIGs. Terry has been adjunct faculty for The University of Maine System, Southern New Hampshire University and Medbridge Education. He has taught courses in Clinically Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology, Anatomy and Physiology and Bridging the Gap: Between Evidence Based Research and the Reality of the Clinic and most recently “A Collaborative Approach to Evaluation and Treatment of the Lumbar Spine.
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All courses at this site have been postponed for the remaining of the year due to COVID-19.
Senior faculty Ann Porter-Hoke, Bill Temes and Kent Keyser have filmed over 13 hours of technique and theory videos, which complement our Level I and II courses. This is a great resource for all course participants, especially if you are seeking certification.
The videos are available on NAIOMT's Vimeo subscription channel. An unlimited access subscription is just $5/month.