Non-specific Neck Pain and Stability: Beyond Chin Tuck - Exploring Functional Rehabilitation and Evidence-based Management

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Non-specific Neck Pain and Stability: Beyond Chin Tuck - Exploring Functional Rehabilitation and Evidence-based Management

René Bakodi

About the Webinar

Non-specific neck pain is a common problem among patients seeking help in physical therapy clinics.

This webinar will review examination steps to distinguish between functional and structural instability as well as identify and interpret muscular deficits.

Current literature on active stabilization and strengthening of the cervical spine will be presented and critically reviewed.

In addition, a strengthening program (The Glory Nine) will be presented which has already shown excellent results in terms of pain reduction and functional improvement in a pilot study.

Learning Outcomes:

- Participants will learn about current structural and functional stability testing and its evidence.

-Basic principles of strength training related to the cervical spine will be discussed.

- a strengthening program to strengthen the cervical musculature will be presented in detail and critiqued

-The participants will be able to safely apply this strengthening program in practice immediately afterwards and adapt it if necessary.

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Webinar Details

Pre-recorded webinar
1 hour in length
Unlimited access after purchase

Presenter

IMTA Teacher René Bakodi

René completed his physiotherapy training at the Academy for Physiotherapy (Vienna General Hospital, Austria) in1993. From 1993 to 2002 he gained professional experience in a hospital with focus on neurology, orthopedics and traumatology. Since 2002 he manages a multidisciplinary practice with 2 other colleagues with an emphasis on manual therapy and sports physiotherapy in Neunkirchen, Austria. In 2006 he attained his OMT qualification with the Austrian Association of Manual Physiotherapists (Maitland Concept) e.V (ÖVMPT) in Austria. Rene qualified as a teacher with the International Maitland Teachers Association (IMTA) in 2012. He is teaching in Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Poland In 2019, he successfully completed the final examination of the University course Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy from the Faculty of Health and Medicine at the Danube University of Krems with the academic degree of Master of Science in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy.