Faculty Video Demonstrations

In these videos NAIOMT instructors Stacy Soappman and Terry Pratt discuss and demonstrate some of the skills and techniques that will be covered in the upcoming courses.

What happens when two of the NAIOMT faculty are together for a course? You can guarantee it will be a lot of fun! Join Stacy Soappman as she demonstrates an alternative way to perform a supine thoracic manipulation during the recent Manip Like a Girl course in Portland, Maine with Terry Pratt. This technique is taught in the C-613 Thoracic Spine course.

Watch Terry Pratt demonstrate an alternative way to measure lumbar ROM. The Modified Schober test is typically used to assess for Ankylosing Spondylitis, but you can use this method to simply measure lumbar excursion in flexion. Validity for this test is moderate and it has excellent reliability. This technique is taught in the C-511 and C-611 Lumbopelvic Spine courses.

Is it a mobility or stability issue in the lumbar spine? Watch Stacy Soappman's video below to find out. This technique is taught in the C-611 Lumbopelvic Spine II course.

Upper motor neuron signs - watch Terry Pratt's video below shot during a recent C-516 Cervical Spine I course.

Meet Your Instructors

Stacy Soappman, PT, DSc, COMT, FAAOMPT

Stacy Soappman, PT, DScPT, COMT, FAAOMPT received her physical therapy degree from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, MI in 2001 and went on to receive her DScPT degree from Andrews University in 2011. Stacy received the designation of Certified Orthopedic Manipulative Therapy (COMT) in 2009 and later completed her fellowship training through NAIOMT in 2011.

Read more about Stacy here.

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.

Read more about Terry here.

Meaningful Mentors: Meet NAIOMT's Terry Pratt