• Date & Time

    Saturday, December 7: 8:00am - 5:00pm (registration starts at 7:30am) Sunday, December 8: 8:00am - 4:00pm

  • Location

    Hillsboro, OR

  • Registration: $599

    2nd & 3rd Yr PT Students: $349.00

NAIOMT COMT-4: Upper Extremity

This is the fourth course in a series of five courses in the COMT certification series. This case-based, lab-focused course features human movement and high performing PT management of the upper extremity.

This case-based, lab-focused course features human movement and high performing PT management of the upper extremity. Participants will screen and analyze the role of upper extremity movement, its relationship to the cervicothoracic spinal quadrant, incorporating the patient's health conditions, pain presentations, and relevant biopsychosocial factors. Mobility patterns of the upper and lower quadrant system are studied, and the central and spinal neurophysiological factors determining normal and abnormal movement patterns. Management strategies include education, activity modification, manual therapy techniques, and individualized neuromuscular rehabilitation prescription, with the goal of restoring optimal function and preventing future health conditions and impairments. Participants will incorporate techniques into evidence-informed clinical practice guidelines for specific upper quadrant movement impairments and interpret relevant outcomes measures to guide treatment progression.
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  • Course Details

    This course is 2 days on-site and 7 hours online. Participants will receive an e-link to online coursework 2 weeks prior to the course and to the onsite course materials 1 week prior to the course. Please watch for these links in your email inbox.

  • CEUs

    This course awards 21 CEUs in eligible states. See www.naiomt.com/ceus for details.

  • Refund Policy

    Refunds up to 30 days before event.

Instructor

PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT

Amy Temes Clifton

Amy is a native Eugenean (Eugene, OR). She received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Montana in Missoula (2007) and completed her undergraduate degree in Biology and Spanish from the University of Puget Sound. She is the Director of Clinical Practice for Therapeutic Associates Inc. (TAI), working with providers to help enhance workflows, systems, and clinical practice patterns. This involves overseeing TAI’s Education Department and collaborating with other departments, to help move TAI’s “culture of learning” into a true “learning health organization”. She also sees patients at the TAI @ Southtowne Oregon Medical Group clinic in Eugene, OR and is a key mentor for the TAI Orthopedic Residency program. Amy completed her Orthopedic Residency in 2009, and then received her Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) certification in 2010. She further specialized as a Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist (COMT) in 2012 and completed her Fellowship through the North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy in 2018. She enjoys working in orthopedics, spine and sports rehab, as well as vestibular and balance rehab. In addition to working as a physical therapist, she loves spending time with her husband and children most. Her favorite hobbies include running, swimming, cycling, downhill and XC skiing and reports she is most creative when baking.

Course Partners

Some of NAIOMT's Partners Across the US

Messiah University

Course Organizer

The North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual Therapy, Inc. (NAIOMT) is a private physical therapist-owned organization dedicated to achieving the highest standards of clinical practice for manual physical therapists. NAIOMT specializes in a flexible teaching program, which seeks to promote the utilization of safe, effective and efficient manual physical therapy management of musculoskeletal dysfunction. It further seeks an environment that is conducive to the application of a reasoned approach to manual physical therapy through critical inquiry and the creation of new knowledge and skills based on scientific study and dissemination of that knowledge. NAIOMT strongly supports the union of the clinician, academician and researcher to further facilitate the development of quality patient care, physical therapy education and the development of master clinicians.
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