AMP Knowledge Project: Evidence, Insight & Management of Cervical & Thoracic Disorders

This course will focus on improving clinician ability to treat patients presenting with cervicothoracic disorders. You will learn select high yield manual therapy skills, supported by evidence, that you will use on a regular basis. 

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Format

In-Person

Dates

Returning Fall 2025
Dates TBD!

Instructor

Steve Young, PT
Curtis Tait, PT

Price (tax included)

$840

Location

Tall Tree Physiotherapy & Health Centre 
956 Commercial Dr,
Vancouver, BC V5L 3W7
Course Description
Course Objectives
Meet the Facilitators
Cancellation Policy

Course Description

This course will focus on improving clinician ability to treat patients presenting with cervico-thoracic disorders. You will learn select high yield manual therapy skills, supported by evidence, that you will use on a regular basis.

More importantly, develop skills that will allow you to stage and classify patients to specific interventions and progress them through an exercise based rehabilitation program that builds self-efficacy and resiliency. This course will also develop your communication and listening strategies. You will gain skills to build therapeutic alliance with patients which will maximize both patient outcomes and patient satisfaction.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course participants will have:

  • Rule out serious conditions in the cervical spine.
  • Classify cervicothoracic patients to specific treatment groups and effectively stage patient recovery.
  • Apply selected thrust and non thrust manual therapy interventions proficiently.
  • Understand how to effectively prescribe and progress an exercise program for a patient presenting with cervicothoracic pain.
  • Demonstrate communication and listening skills that will enable the clinician to establish a strong therapeutic partnership with the client.
  • Have adopted more than 3 habits to support reflective practice and continuous growth.

Meet the Facilitator

Meet Steve Young, BSCPT, BA

Steve received an undergraduate degree from the University of Victoria before attending the McMaster University physiotherapy program in Hamilton, Ontario. He graduated summa cum laude in 1999 before returning to Victoria to work in private practice. He has extensive post graduate education, organizing and attending dozens of orthopaedic and pain science courses. He previously served as CBI Health’s Senior Clinical Educator for seven years on Vancouver Island and has taught continuing education courses throughout British Columbia and North America. 

Meet Curtis Tait, BSC, MPT, IMS

Curtis has a bottomless appetite for food, exercise, learning and growing professionally. To this end he has taken courses in manual and manipulative therapy, IMS/dry needling, vestibular and neurological rehabilitation, as well as chronic pain seminars. Having worked in private practice, pain management, head injury programs, and in neuro-rehabilitation, Curtis works with all types of clients. Sports injuries, chronic pain conditions, vestibular, neurological and concussion presentations are all within Curtis' area of expertise. When not engrossed in the latest BJSM publication, Curtis loves spending time with his family and friends travelling around BC and the west coast finding adventures involving the beach and mountains. Having grown-up in northern BC and the Yukon he relishes any chance to play in the snow, and has maintained a love for board sports, basketball, rock climbing, CrossFit and anything involving creative movement.

Send cancellation/refund requests to admin@amphealthcare.ca

A 10% cancellation fee will be applied to all refunds requested prior to 1 month before the beginning of the course.

AMP will not issue refunds within 1 month of the start date of the course.

AMP Healthcare Education reserves the right to cancel a workshop due to insufficient registration.

AMP Healthcare Education will notify participants of cancellation due to insufficient registration on or before one month prior to the start date of any live course.

AMP Healthcare Education reserves the right to modify, interrupt, change, or cancel the offering due to the presenter no longer being able to present the Workshop, severe weather, power failure, building closures or other special circumstances that are beyond the control of AMP Healthcare Education.

We will notify participants of any such changes as soon as possible. 

If the Workshop is cancelled by us due to insufficient registration or other circumstances outside of the control of AMP Healthcare Education, registrants will receive a full refund of their registration fee. It can take 5-10 business days to process the refund once it is issued.

AMP Healthcare Education will not be responsible for other costs or expenses incurred by registrants as a result of any such changes.

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