TRIMESTER CREDIT HOURS: 2
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: Fri 10:00 – 10:50
LABORATORY HOURS PER WEEK: 2
TOTAL CONTACT HRS PER TRI: 45
PREREQUISITE:
Palpation/Skeletal Analysis & Clinical Biomechanics
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course presents students with the various fundamentals of determining extra-spinal subluxations and adjusting them by hand.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Lecture:
The student will be able to:
1. Identify common subluxation patterns of the extremities.
2. Know how and when to perform extremity adjustments.
3. Know how and when to perform extremity mobilization.
4. Know how and when to stabilize an extremity joint.
Lab:
The student will be able to:
1. Perform protocols to treat common subluxation patterns of the extremities.
2. Perform a wide variety of extra-spinal adjustments and mobilizations
3. Perform stabilization procedures for the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, and ankle