The MOTNS course offers a comprehensive introduction to the diagnosis and management of physical dysfunction of the nervous system, all within a clinical reasoning and pain sciences framework. There is plenty of practical work, some very up to date neurobiology and clinicians should be able to rapidly merge the material into all existing manual therapy frameworks.

MOTNS course objectives:

Appropriate qualifications and experience (refer to course host)

Registered medical practitioners and allied health professionals.

The Explain Pain seminar is based on David Butler and Lorimer Moseley's book Explain Pain. The presenters will help you understand how the pain system works when there are injured tissues and nerves, and what happens in the brain in relation to pain experiences. You will also hear about the impact of stress in relation to pain. The seminar is delivered in a way in which any professional working with patients or clients in pain can utilise.
Neuroscience can be fun. You'll be introduced to the newest knowledge about pain 'neurotags', 'brain ignition nodes', zinging and zapping nerves, smudging in the brain and backfiring nerves. You will learn about how the immune, sympathetic and cortisol systems can be critical in pain experiences. 
The provision of pain knowledge to patients is an effective evidence based treatment tool. Patients can understand far more than most health professionals realise. The therapeutic tools taught on this course are educating patients about how they can use their pain in an effective way, even if it is 'in their head', graded exposure to stimuli which evoke pain and also included are virtual body exercises - exercise your synapses not just your muscles.

Appropriate qualifications and experience (refer to course host)

With a strong problem solving and 'hands on' focus this course updates the science of neurodynamics in relation to lower body disorders.

Mobilisation of the Nervous System (Level 1 NOI course)

Complementary course:
Clinical Applications: Upper limb, thorax and neck
Skilled handling of upper body neural structures is taught via clinical syndromes such as carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, and thoracic neural disorders of the sympathetic trunk. Particular focus is given to cervical nerve root disorders.

Follow on course:
The Sensitive Nervous System (NOI Level 3 course)

CEUs:
This course is approved for CEUs by most state PT Associations in USA.

Registered medical practitioners and allied health professionals. Unfortunately, we cannot accept registrations from Chiropractors in North America.

Mobilisation of the Nervous System  (Level 1 NOI course)

Complementary course:
Clinical Applications: Lower limb and lumbar spine
Skilled handling of lower limb nerves and roots is taught via common clinical syndromes such as nerve root disorders, plantar fasciitis, patello femoral problems, lumbar nerve root problems and recalcitrant groin pain.

Follow on course:
The Sensitive Nervous System (NOI Level 3 course)

CEUs:
This course is approved for CEUs by most state PT Associations in USA.

This course takes manual therapy to the brain. The course focuses on answering the patient's most frequently asked question of 'What's wrong with me?' It then sets up management strategies based on education, brain remapping and manual therapy. 
You'll learn about pain neurotags, pain ignition nodes, homuncular refreshment techniques and virtual body exercises. Updated active and passive neurodynamic techniques focusing on the cord, nerve root and some often neglected peripheral nerves are also taught.
Serious material, but you'll have fun learning!

SNS course objectives:

• To teach pain management skills under a framework of the sciences of clinical reasoning and those related to pain, pain behaviours and evidence based practice.
• To provide reviewed and updated knowledge of neuroanatomy, neurodynamics and pathobiology related to pain mechanisms.
• To utilise the paradigms of pain mechanisms and neuromatrix in assessment and management strategies
• To provide biologically-based management skills for chronic pain sufferers, including neuroscience education, graded exposure and virtual body exercises.
• To stimulate an urgent reappraisal of current thinking in manual therapy and to merge manual therapy skills with neurobiology.
  

3 Tage: Englisch (mit möglicher deutscher Übersetzung) und deutsch

Von diesem Aufbaukurs profitieren medizinische Berufsgruppen wie Therapeuten, Ärzte und Wissenschaftler indem sie ihr Clinical Reasoning und ihre Entscheidungsfindungsprozesse verbessern. Die Kernkomponenten des Kurses sind: 

1. Das Model des "problematischen" Schmerzpatienten basiert auf wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen die die entscheidende Rolle von kognitiv und emotionalen Einflüssen in der Entstehung und Unterhaltung von muskuloskeletalen Schmerzen und Behinderungen beschreiben.
2. Anerkannte Behandlungsstrategien aus der Kognitiven Verhaltenstherapie.
3. Neurophysiologische Erklärungen für die Anwendung und klinische Wirksamkeit von passiven und aktiven Behandlungstechniken.

Zusammen genommen fördern die Erkenntnisse aus den Schmerzwissenschaften und das Model des "problematischen" Schmerz-patienten einen tieferen Einblick in die psychologischen und physischen Barrieren für eine effektive funktionelle Rehabilitation der Patienten. 

Este tema clássico em forma de curso prático, agora em sua 20ª edição e atualizado a cada 6 meses, ainda é extremamente popular ao redor do mundo. Inscrições estão abertas à medicos, fisioterapeutas e terapeutas ocupacionais. (Dependendo do local do curso, podem existir requisitos específicos para inscrição).
Todos os cursos NOI são apoiados por manuais de qualidade, gráficos e acompanhamente após o curso.
Utilizamos ciência da dor atual para proporcionar compreensão clinicamente relevante sobre questões relacionadas a saúde física do nosso sistema nervoso. Isso significa que nós levamos em consideração os alvos moleculares e homunculares em nossa terapia. Integramos este conhecimento utilizando raciocínio clínico e opções avançadas de avaliação e tratamento. A habilidade de utilizar raciocínio é a melhor forma de medicina baseada em evidência.
Neurodinâmica é uma ciência nova. Este curso oferece uma nova compreensão sobre técnicas de tratamento para síndromes comuns tais como a fasciíte plantar, cotovelo de tenista, desordens da raíz nervosa, síndrome do túnel do carpo e dor vertebral. Estas ferramentas de trabalho inovadoras incluem descompressão neural conservadora, várias técnicas de mobilização neural e as novas técnicas de educação do paciente que surgem da neurodinâmica e ciências da dor.

Este curso é baseado no livro ?Explicando a Dor? escrito por David Butler e Lorimer Moseley. Os instrutores deste curso te ajudarão a entender como o sistema da dor lida com lesões nos tecidos e nervos e a função dos processos que se desencadeam no cérebro em relação a experiências da dor. Você também aprenderá sobre o efeito do estresse na dor. O seminário é lecionado de forma que qualquer profissional que trabalhe com pacientes ou pessoas com dor ( ex. Fisioterapeutas, terapeutas ocupacionais, médicos, psicólogos) possam se beneficiar.
Neurociência pode ser divertida. Você será exposto aos conhecimos mais atualizados sobre: tramas neurais da da dor, centros de ignição do cérebro, sintomas neuropáticos, borramento no cérebro e nervos que disparam em ambos os sentidos. Aprenderás como os sistemas imune, simpático e do cortisol podem ser críticos nas experiências da dor.
Proporcionar ao paciente conhecimento sobre dor é uma técnica efetiva de tratamento, baseada em evidência científica. Pacientes são capazes de compreender muito mais do que a maioria dos profissionais da saúde acreditam ser posssível. As técnicas de tratamento ensinadas neste curso educam pacientes a utilizar a sua dor de forma efetiva: mesmo que ela esteja `em sua cabeça`, a exposição gradual aos estímulos que provocam dor e também exercícios do corpo virtual ? Exercite as suas sinapses e não somente os seus músculos.

Graded Motor Imagery (GMI) is an emerging new rehabilitation strategy for chronic pain states.

GMI comprises a sequence of strategies including laterality restoration (being able to identify left and right limbs, or movement to the left or right), motor imagery and mirror therapy via use of a mirror box.

The GMI course provides the most up to date basic sciences, clinical trials, and clinical use of the programme. The course is a series of lectures, practical sessions and clinical applications.

At the end of the courses, participants will have:

• Knowledge of the basic sciences underpinning the use of GMI, including the neuromatrix paradigm, neuroplasticity and mirror neurones
• Practical knowledge and skills on the use of laterality reconstruction, motor imagery and mirror therapy.
• The skills to adapt the GMI programme to various patient groups
• An awareness of the ongoing research programmes in GMI and the basic sciences validating its use
• Perhaps a desire to contribute to ongoing research programmes

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 Health Professionals

This lecture, practical and interactive course is all about neurones. It is about how movements of the nervous system and activation of brain representations of the movements, plus some therapeutic neuroscience education can provide a potent therapy for many persistent pain states.

The course creates assessment and management strategies based on advanced neurodynamics and  neuroscience education. You will learn about clinical utilisation of the neuromatrix paradigm, immune links to pain, some stress sciences, homuncular refreshment techniques and virtual body exercises. You will learn how to talk about "pain in the head" in a therapeutic way. Updated active and passive neurodynamic techniques, focusing on the upper limb, thorax, spinal cord, and nerve root will be taught, and their place in both peripheral and central sensitisation will be emphasised.

Lots of practicals, lots of interaction, cutting edge neuroscience...and you will have fun learning!

Course Aims

• To introduce the neuromatrix paradigm
• To review and update the neurodynamic tests for the upper body
• To place the neurodynamic tests in a framework of peripheral and central sensitivity
• To provide the basis of therapeutic neuroscience education
• To link educational strategies with neurodynamics

NOTE: While attendance at a recent "Mobilisation of the Nervous System course" and/or an "Explain Pain" course is helpful, there are no prerequisites for this course.

NOTE: The "Neurodynamics and Neuromatrix" course replaces and update the previous "Sensitive Nervous System" course.

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Health Professionals