• Date & Time

    March 22-23, 2025 Saturday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm (Registration open 7:30 am) Sunday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

  • Location

    Santa Cruz, CA

  • Registration: $599

    2nd & 3rd Yr PT Students: $349.00 Repeat Participant: $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, MS, OCS, FAAOMPT

Bill Temes

Bill Temes received a Certificate in Physical Therapy from New York University and began practicing in 1974. He earned his Master of Science degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California in 1979. He became a certified specialist in orthopedic physical therapy (OCS) by the American Physical Therapy Association in 1996 and became a Certified Orthopaedic Manual/Manipulative Therapist (COMT) in 1994. He is a graduate of the North American Institute of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy (NAIOMT) Fellowship Program and received his Fellowship with the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual therapy in 1998. He has studied and worked extensively in acute and chronic spinal pain and orthopedics. Bill currently is retired from patient care however he still works as a Regional Mentor for Therapeutic Associates. Bill teaches for and serves many committees of NAIOMT. Bill places a high value on maintaining a healthy lifestyle and enjoys bike riding, hiking and a good gym workout. Ask Bill about his two daughters, Amy and Lindsay, of whom he is very proud and his three grandkids which keep him very busy. Bill is married to his favorite girl, Kathy, an Occupational Therapist.

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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