DPT 835: Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy III – Advanced Topics

Guide
DPT
Credits 3

This course will provide students with advanced clinical reasoning and intervention skills for the management of patients with neuromusculoskeletal conditions. The integration of manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, pain science and lifestyle medicine knowledge and skills learned in previous courses are honed and expanded upon through case-based learning activities. Students will refine their exercise prescription and thrust and non-thrust manual therapy skills as well as learn basic trigger point dry needling skills for the treatment of soft tissue dysfunction. The goal of this course is to enable the physical therapy student to utilize clinical decision-making to integrate these interventions into person-centered clinical treatment plans safely and effectively.