Did you know you can earn your CMPT certification in just one year? Really. After a cohort of PTs thrived in and successfully completed NAIOMT’s accelerated program in San Diego in 2018, we have decided to offer this opportunity again this year.  

 

Here’s what one participant had to say about last year’s program:

“I joined as a PT in my first couple years of practice, and the clinical reasoning skills I learned as well as the finessed treatment and assessment techniques have significantly improved my success and confidence.” -Julie Dunn

 

Our accelerated program is designed to help you get through NAIOMT classes quickly, conveniently, and at a significant discount, plus offers support and continuity from classmates and instructors throughout the year. Here are a few key highlights:

Topics: clinical skills, Faculty, Manual Therapy, NAIOMT, Physical Therapy, CMPT

In the manual therapy video below, NAIOMT's Bill Temes demonstrates a prone torsion test, as part of the Level I Scanning Examination for the lumbar spine.

Topics: Courses, Endorsement, endorsement in washington, Faculty, Lumbopelvic Spine, lumbopelvic spine, Manual Therapy, manual therapy and pregnancy, peripheral manipulation, Spinal manipulation

Topics: clinical skills, Courses, Faculty, lumbar spine, manual therapy, physical therapy, slump exam

Balance has been one of my favorite areas to study and teach. I remember first learning how balance is integrated through multiple systems and I was amazed that, as humans, we could stand upright without falling over. The statement that “gait is a series of controlled falls” was used by many professors, and I could not agree more. Balance is an epitomic example of homeostasis.

Topics: Clinical Reasoning, clinical skills, Courses, Faculty, gait, Manual Physical Therapy, manual therapy, Manual Therapy, physical therapy, terry pratt

Topics: clinical skills, Faculty, Manual Physical Therapy, manual therapy, NAIOMT, Physical Therapy

Abstract of The Week: Negative Neurodynamic Tests Do Not Exclude Neural Dysfunction in Patients With Entrapment Neuropathies by Larissa T. Baselgia, MSca, David L. Bennett, PhDb, Robert M. Silbiger, MScc, and Annina B. Schmid, PhDb.

Topics: Abstract of the Week, Entrapment Neuropathies, Faculty, Manual Therapy, neurodynamic tests, Uncategorized

Topics: Faculty, Lumbopelvic Spine, lumbopelvic spine, SI joint

If I ran the world, outpatient physical therapy clinics would only be open from 8:30-2:30pm. Employers would be flexible enough to allow their employees to flex their time to have physical therapy during the day. And all commuting would be done on magical rainbow unicorns – OK, maybe that last one is stretching things a bit too far.

Topics: Faculty, Fellowship, manual therapy, physical therapy, women in physical therapy, women's health

One main goal in physical therapy is to help keep people moving for the purpose of health and being able to participate in a full life. One way that people are able to accomplish this goal is through yoga. It incorporates movement and strengthen and balance.

Topics: Faculty, movement screen, ompt, pain, yoga

As we prepare for an exciting time connecting with enthusiastic student leaders and seasoned PTs alike at the APTA Next Conference in Nashville this week, we wanted to introduce you to an inspiring manual therapy leader based in Tennessee, NAIOMT Clinical Fellowship Instructor, Rebecca Lowe, PT, COMT, FAAOMPT.

Topics: Acheivements, chronic pain, Faculty, manual therapy, Manual Therapy, rebecca lowe