• Date & Time

    April 12-13, 2025 Saturday: 8:00am - 5:00pm (registration begins at 7:30am) Sunday: 8:00am - 4:00pm

  • Location

    Messiah University - Mechanicsburg, PA

  • Registration: $599

    2nd & 3rd Yr PT Students: $349.00

NAIOMT COMT-3: Thoracic Spine

This is the third course in a series of 5 courses in the COMT certification.

This course utilizes case-based instruction to illustrate thoracic Spine and Rib-Cage conditions, and their advanced neurophysiological movement assessment. Coursework will focus on reason-based development of individualized examinations aimed at patient/client classification into: management of an initial diagnosis, progression to a specific neurophysiological movement examination, symptom/intervention/rule-based classification groupings, or referral to another health-care provider. Procedural interventions will include education, manual therapy techniques (including manipulation), and individualized neuromuscular rehabilitation prescription, with the goal of restoring normal function and preventing disability.
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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, DSc, OCS, FAAOMPT

Borko Rodic

Borko graduated from Lebanon Valley College with a Bachelor of Science in 2006 and a Doctor of Physical Therapy in 2008. He then completed an orthopaedic residency program and was recognized as an Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties in 2011. Borko completed a Doctor of Science degree at Andrews University and a NAIOMT manual fellowship program in 2020. He currently works at Messiah University (Mechanicsburg, PA) as an Assistant Professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. Borko’s research agenda is on topics of clinical reasoning and orthopaedic manual therapy, and his research was presented at the national level. He resides near Hershey, PA, with his wife and three children.

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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