Certificate in
Cranio-Cervical-Mandibular Disorder
Upon successful completion of CCM series, candidates are awarded the Certification in Cranio-Cervical-Mandibular disorders advanced management.
The cranio-cervical-mandibular complex is a delicate interaction of complex systems, whose pathological conditions have a high physical, psycho-social and economic impact. Among these, Neck Pain is the most common and complex bio-psycho-social disorder, leading to a progressive increase in the use of health care.
In the last decade, the scientific literature has produced several theories on what the best practice is, very often creating more confusion than certainty. That is, the best management strategies require advanced skills for a framework based on a person-centered approach, multidimensional decision-making processes and personalized multimodal management strategies based on a dispositional causal model and knowledge derived from neuroscience.
At the end of the course, the learner will master an innovative and modern prognostic framework with immediate implications in daily clinical practice.
Neck Pain and Associated Disorders:
Conceptualising the Multidimensional Profile Framework
The critical synthesis of the most recent international guidelines is the framework of this course. A unique and immediately applicable care model is presented for the assessment and management of subjects suffering from recent or persistent neck pain. The contemporary orientations of the pain phenomenon and the Bio-Psycho-Social model will be also discussed. The advanced clinical reasoning skills, integrated with the best available evidence will allow learners to conduct an appropriate prognostic profile analysis and a person-centred evaluation. Furthermore, the acquisition of proficiency in multidimensional reasoning, based on the dispositional model, will allow participants to provide individualized multimodal management (from counselling to the prescription of customized exercises). The practical hands-on training will be focused on manual therapy treatment strategies (from spinal HVLAT manipulation to mobilization with movement techniques).
Timetable
08:30 – 09:30 Didactic lecture
Conceptualizing the management profile framework to clinical practice
09:30 – 10:00 Didactic lecture
Differential diagnosis of serious pathologies of the neck
10:00 – 10:30 Didactic lecture
Screening of specific condition of the neck
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:45 Didactic lecture
Clinical Implication of arthrokinematics and biomechanics of the cervical spine
11:45 – 12:30 Practical training
Functional palpatory anatomy
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Didactic lecture
Non-specific neck pain examination
Physical impairments measures
15:00 – 15:30 Break
15:30 – 16:30 Practical training
Non-specific neck pain examination
Provocative testing
16:30 – 18:00 Didactic lecture & Practical training
Conceptualizing the multidimensional and the dispositional clinical reasoning
08:30 – 10:30 Practical training
Non-specific neck pain examination
Functional assessment techniques
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 Didactic lecture
Evidence-based management
an update care pathway
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:30 Practical training
Management of non-specific neck pain – part 1
Modern manual therapy
15:30 – 16:00 Break
16:00 – 17:00 Practical training
Management of non-specific neck pain – part 2
Modern manual therapy
17:00 – 18:00
Clinical case discussion
Problem solving debate and multidimensional reasoning
18.00 – 18.30 Certificate & media
Meet the instructor
Dr. Firas Mourad
Our educational level is in line with the highest international education standards. Dr. Firas Mourad is a Senior Lecturer at LUNEX University, has earned a PhD on the topic, and is experienced having taught spinal manipulation around the world.