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Human Movement Specialist

Integrated Manual Therapist

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A better manual therapy certification by design. Comprehensively evidence-based, outcome-driven, 3rd-party-approved.

Integrated Manual Therapy

This is a description for the subcategory Integrated Functional Anatomy of Joints.

Joint Anatomy

Introduction To Manual Therapy

This is a description for the subcategory Overhead Squat Assessment.

Overhead Squat Assessment

This is a description for the subcategory Movement Assessment.

Movement Assessment

Special Tests

Static Manual Release

Joint Mobilization

Joint Manipulation

Local Vibration

Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) (a.k.a. gua sha, Graston, muscle scraping, etc.)

Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM)

Research: Movement and Corrective Exercise

Special tests of the upper cervical spine. The modified sharp purser test, alar ligament stability test, tectorial membrane, posterior atlanto-occipital joint, vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) test, and Wallenberg's position. The reliability, specificity, sensitivity, validity, safety, and screening for neck pain, VBI, and cervical spine instability. 

Special Tests: Upper Cervical Spine Instability and Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency (VBI)

Special tests for cervical radiculopathy, cervicogenic headache, and Canadian cervical spine (C-spine) rules. The Wainner's Clinical Prediction Rule for Cervical Radiculopathy, Spurling's Compression Test, Upper Limb Tension Test, Distraction Test, Shoulder Abduction Test, Cervical Flexion, and Rotation Test, and Canadian C-spine Rules for "red flags". The reliability, specificity, sensitivity, validity, safety, and screening for neck pain, headaches, and radiculopathy.

Special Tests: Cervical Radiculopathy, Cervicogenic Headache, and Canadian C-spine Rules

Special tests for shoulder impingement. The Park et al. Shoulder Impingement Testing Cluster, Hawkin's Kennedy, Infraspinatus Strength Test, Painful Arc Test, Michiner et al. Shoulder Impingement Testing Cluster, Neer's Test, Empty Can Test, Supine Impingement Test (Screening Tool). The reliability, specificity, sensitivity, validity, safety, and screening for shoulder pain, rotator cuff tears, SLAP tears, supraspinatus pathology, bicep tendon tears, shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS), labrum (labral) tears, and general arm/shoulder pathology.

Special Tests: Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (SIS)

Special tests for shoulder instability. The Apprehension Test, Jobe's Relocation Test, Composite SLAP Tear Test-item Cluster, Jobe's Relocation Test (Apprehension Tests), Biceps Load 2, Obrien's Active, Compression Test, Posterior Inferior Labral Lesion, Jerk Test, Speed's Test, Yergason's Test, Compression Rotation Test, Kim's Test. The reliability, specificity, sensitivity, validity, safety, and screening for shoulder pain, instability, labral tears, glenohumeral (shoulder) joint stability, SLAP tears, AC (acromioclavicular) joint pathology, and posterior to inferior labral lesions.

Special Tests: Shoulder Instability (Apprehension) and Labrum Pathology

Special tests for the rotator cuff. Shoulder Impingement Testing Cluster, Infraspinatus Strength Test, Painful Arc Test, Drop Arm Test, and the Supine Impingement Test (screening tool). The reliability, specificity, sensitivity, validity, safety, and screening for shoulder pain, rotator cuff (supraspinatus) tears, and shoulder impingement. 

Special Tests: Rotator Cuff Pathology

Explore reliable ACJ tests: O'Brien's, Cross-body, Resisted Extension, and palpation. Diagnose shoulder pain and ACJ injury effectively.

Special Tests: Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint Pathology

Special tests for the sacroiliac joint (SIJ). The Sacral Thrust Test, Compression Test, Distraction Test, Thigh Thrust Test, Gaenslen's Test, the Stork/Gillet Test (Laslett's Cluster II: Sacroiliac joint pain test-item Cluster), and the FABERs (Patrick) Test. The reliability, specificity, sensitivity, validity, safety, and screening for sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pathology, sacroiliac joint pain, pelvic fracture, and SI joint stiffness.  

Special Tests: Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ)

Special nerve tests for the lower body. Straight Leg Raise Test (SLR), Well Leg Raise Test, Slump Test, and Femoral Nerve Neurodynamic Tests. The reliability, specificity, sensitivity, validity, safety, and screening for lumbar radiculopathy, lumbar pathology, irritation of the sciatic nerve, sciatic pain, irritation of the femoral nerve, leg pain, leg pathology, and femoral nerve tension (FNTT). 

Special Tests: Lower Body Neurodynamic Tests

Special tests for the hip joint. The FABER (Patrick's) Test, FADDIR Test, Impingement Provocation Test, Trendelenburg Sign, Single Leg Stance Test, and Sign of the Buttock. The reliability, specificity, sensitivity, validity, safety, and screening for the hip joint, hip pain, hip pathology, sacroiliac joint pain (SIJ pain), femoral acetabular impingement, labrum (labral) tear, gluteus medius weakness (a potential sign of hip pathology, and/or gluteal tendinopathy), and intra-articular pathology (tumor, abscess, necrosis, or more benign osteochondritis, loose-body pathologies, edema of the hip).

Special Tests: Hip Joint

Special tests for the ligaments of the knee. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Test, Medial and Lateral Collateral Ligaments Tests, Valgus and Varus Stress Tests, Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Tests, Posterior Drawer Test, and Quadriceps Active Test. The reliability, specificity, sensitivity, validity, safety, and screening for knee pain, knee injury, and knee ligament tears (ACL, PCL, MCL, LCL).

Special Tests: Knee Ligament Tests

Special tests for the knee joint. McMurray's Test, Thessaly's Test, Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) Test-item Cluster, Eccentric Step Down Test, Functional Activities (Squats, kneeling, stair-climbing), Resisted Knee Extension, and Ottawa Knee Rules. The reliability, specificity, sensitivity, validity, safety, and screening for knee pain, knee pathology, knee sprains, ligament integrity, tibial meniscus tear, patellofemoral pain syndrome, and knee fracture.

Special Tests: Knee - Meniscus Tears, Patellofemoral Pain, and Fracture

Special tests for the ankle joint. Ankle Anterior Drawer Test, Medial Subtalar Glide Test, Talar Tilt Test, Impingement Signs, Liu et al. Clinical Prediction Rule for Impingement, Navicular Drop Test, Ottowa Ankle, and Foot Rules. The reliability, specificity, sensitivity, validity, safety, and screening for ankle joint, ankle pain, chronic ankle instability, ankle ligament (ATFL), subtalar joint stability/integrity, collateral ligament integrity, ankle impingement, ankle and foot fractures. 

Special Tests

Special Tests: Upper Cervical Spine Instability and Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency (VBI)

Special Tests: Upper Cervical Spine Instability and Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency (VBI)

Special Tests: Cervical Radiculopathy, Cervicogenic Headache, and Canadian C-spine Rules

Special Tests: Cervical Radiculopathy, Cervicogenic Headache, and Canadian C-spine Rules

Special Tests: Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (SIS)

Special Tests: Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (SIS)

Special Tests: Shoulder Instability (Apprehension) and Labrum Pathology

Special Tests: Shoulder Instability (Apprehension) and Labrum Pathology

Special Tests: Rotator Cuff Pathology

Special Tests: Rotator Cuff Pathology

Special Tests: Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint Pathology

Special Tests: Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint Pathology

Special Tests: Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ)

Special Tests: Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ)

Special Tests: Lower Body Neurodynamic Tests

Special Tests: Lower Body Neurodynamic Tests

Special Tests: Hip Joint

Special Tests: Hip Joint

Special Tests: Knee Ligament Tests

Special Tests: Knee Ligament Tests

Special Tests: Knee - Meniscus Tears, Patellofemoral Pain, and Fracture

Special Tests: Knee - Meniscus Tears, Patellofemoral Pain, and Fracture

Special Tests: Ankle Joint

Special Tests: Ankle Joint