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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.
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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.
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Meet Steve Young
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.
Along with maintaining a full-time musculoskeletal practice, Steve has been vigorously involved in teaching throughout BC and North America. He has been published in a number of journals and previously served as Chief Editor for the Orthopaedic Division Review from 2005 to 2007. He has also presented nationally at physiotherapy conferences. Steve was recognized for his clinical achievements in 2014 when he was chosen to receive the award for clinical excellence from the Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia. More recently, Steve completed post graduate training with the Evidence In Motion Institute of Health Professionals, an exceptional education group who invited Steve to teach within their program. His clinical interests include persistent pain, manual therapy and the integration of research evidence into clinical practice.
Meet Curtis Tait
Curtis has always enjoyed helping people, which made his journey to become a physiotherapist a natural one. Practicing since 2012, Curtis started his studies at the University of Victoria in 2004 studying kinesiology. This whetted his appetite to understand all aspects of the human body, and most especially movement. He reached his goal of becoming a physiotherapist graduating from the University of British Columbia in 2012, he has been practicing in Victoria since.
Curtis has a bottomless appetite for both food and for 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. While he maintains a diverse interest in treating all types of conditions, Curtis particularly enjoys spinal pain, headaches, hip, knee and ankle conditions, sports injuries, temporomandibular dysfunction, chronic pain, diabetes-related conditions, vestibular disorders, stroke and spinal cord injuries.
Inspired and enthused by an approach that focuses on providing his clients with the highest standard of care, Curtis completed post graduate training with The Evidence In Motion Institute of Health Professionals; a stellar program that focuses on evidence based practice and the clinical science of physiotherapy.
Curtis was naturally drawn to Tall Tree Integrated Health Centre based on the clinic’s orientation to excellence, fun, and positively changing the landscape of healthcare on Vancouver Island and in BC. He is very excited to be working with like-minded professionals dedicated to making a positive difference to their patients, community, and profession.
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, photography and anything involving creative movement.