|  “The
pelvic joints move only slightly, but when they
are malaligned, the sacral position and postures
of the spine, head, mandible and extremities is
greatly affected.”
“Physical therapists, regardless of their clinical
specialty, be it orthopedics, women's health or sports medicine,
should be able to assess abnormal alignments of the pelvic
joints, then manually correct them using the appropriate
muscle energy techniques.”
COURSE
OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course, the student will
be able to:
- Describe the histology, anatomy, normal movements
of the pubic symphysis and sacroiliac joints.
- Determine through physical examination if the
pubic symphysis and sacroiliac joint are properly
aligned.
- Correct malalignments of the pubic symphysis
and sacroiliac joint using the appropriate muscle
energy techniques.
- Describe to their patients the activities and
exercises that malalign the pubic symphysis and
sacroiliac joints.
- Predict and describe the body posture faults
associated with each pelvic joint malalignment.
- Predict and describe the areas of body pain
associated with each pelvic joint malalignment.
- Teach their patients the appropriate home exercises
to correct and maintain alignment of their pubic
symphysis and sacroiliac joints.
A
CLINICALLY BASED COURSE
 The
course is based upon clinical data gathered over a ten (10)
year period involving over 3,000 patients treated in a physical
therapy private practice.
The clinical data from four (4) years the practice from January,
1999 through January, 2003 was analyzed in Microsoft Access
©, the results were converted to graphs using Microsoft
Excel © and then included in the course’s Microsoft
PowerPoint © presentation.
The clinical study results will give you an understanding
of the relationships between pelvic joint malalignments
and specific body posture faults and complaints
of pain.
 THE
CLASSROOM MICROSOFT POWERPOINT © PRESENTATION
3D animations of the pelvis, spine, head, mandible and extremities
were digitally constructed by a computer artist using Maya
© software. These digital animations are the centerpiece
of the PowerPoint © presentation. This presentation will
be projected in the classroom using a high resolution projector
from a laptop computer. After viewing these animations, you
will fully understand how the pelvic joints move
THE
HANDS-ON LABORATORY
 A
hands-on manual therapy laboratory using Earthlite Harmony
2 ™ tables is set up in the large comfortable classroom.
There will be 20-30 students per course and two physical therapists
will share one treatment table. A generous amount of time
is allocated for laboratory practice as well as question-answer
sessions and discussions relating to the course content and
clinical problem solving.
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