Trigger points are discrete, focal, hyperirritable spots located in a taut band of skeletal muscle. They produce pain locally and in a referred pattern and often accompany chronic musculoskeletal disorders.

In this 2 hour seminar, you will learn the major trigger points and what and how they affect movement and function.

Muscle testing is a procedure performed by health practitioners as part of a physical evaluation. It helps assess the body’s muscles and their connections to the brain through the nervous system.

As an important part of a comprehensive physical evaluation, muscle testing can help discover the cause of a particular injury or disability. It can also quickly assist in measuring the effectiveness of specific treatments.

Join us to learn the muscle energy technique, Post Isometric Relaxation (PIR) technique.

This technique utilizes an isometric contractual phase followed by gentle stretching of the same muscle and is commonly used for treating muscle tension and joint dysfunction in myofascial pain syndromes.

Includes special section on common questions from doctors! Answers provided from experts with NCMIC

Dr. Brad Hayes will review legal and medical risk management for your office. You will learn how to identify key areas of risk management in your office and with staff and patient relations. Learn potential legal and boundary issues and how to properly address or avoid them. Boundaries & Harassment between doctor, staff and patients will be discussed giving you a better understanding of how to handle specific situations. Understand how doctors and supervisors will be held responsible for the actions of their staff members and be able to identify what professional rules are as they relate to your practice.

Dr. Hayes will show you where to look for fascial issues and then how to perform this technique. He will focus on the arm, wrist, elbow and hand. You will get specialized instruction on how to alleviate pain and restore function quickly for issues in these areas. Location and application are key to resolving the problems and getting your patient functioning properly

Insurance is changing.  This seminar will discuss the way providers are being tracked for their code usage, and how decisions are made about claims.

This Documentation Seminar will help you stop getting claims rejected and avoid being considered for removal from insurance networks and paying back money you have been paid! 

Learn assessment protocols integrating muscle and joint dysfunction and motor control. Join us to learn how to provide the best rehabilitation treatment to your patients for the best results.  

Dr. Carter will include his unique clinical concepts of treating Trigger Points with minimal or no pain methods.  In the latter half of the program, you will see demonstrations of specific rehab exercises and how and when they should be performed. Topics include functional strength, power, flexibility and fitness as it relates to everyday work, home and recreational activities.

Dr. Hayes will take you through the current pain methods of MDs and DOs and the impact they really have on patients. You will learn the current research and theories on pain management and some very innovative things you can do as chiropractors to control pain.

You will come out of this class with a better understanding of and more ways to alleviate and control the pain your patients are experiencing, and some of the major conditions that your patients have that can be treated successfully in your practice.