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Education

The following courses are currently being offered at Back Works.  Scroll down for more details on each of these courses or click on the Registration Form Link.

  • ​Cranial Treatment for Physical Therapists - Fri March 21 - Sun March 23, 2025  Registration Form

  • Mobilization of the Myofascial System (MMS):  Upper Quadrant - Sat Apr 5 - Sun Apr 6, 2025  Registration Form

  • NDT Introductory Course in the Management of Adults with Stroke, Brain Injury and Other Neuromotor Disorders - Sat Apr 12 - Sun Apr 13, 2025  Registration Form

  • NDTA™ Approved 5-Day Advanced Gait Course - Fri May 23, Sat May 24, Sun May 25, Sat June 7, Sun June 8, 2025  Registration Form

  • The Cranium: From a Manual Perspective with Doreen Killens - Fri Oct 24 - Sun Oct 26, 2025 - more information coming soon

 

The following are some of the courses we offer - we can place you on a High Priority Notification List for any of these workshops.  If we schedule the course, we'll notify you prior to general advertising.  To be added to our Education Email List please email us at reception@backworksphysiotherapy.ca 

  • Promoting Recovery at the Bedside:  A Virtual NDT Workshop

  • Treating the Individual with Ataxia: A Virtual NDT Workshop

  • Challenges in Gait:  An NDT Workshop in the Management of Adults with Stroke, Brain Injury and Other Neuro-motor Disorders

  • Developing Support and Reach in the UE:  An NDT Workshop in the Management of UE Following Stroke or Brain Injury

  • Getting Ready to Stand and Walk:  An NDT Workshop in the Management of Adults with Stroke, Brain Injury and Other Neuro-motor Disorders

  • Managing the Lower Functioning Individual: An NDT Workshop in the Management of Adults with Stroke, Brain Injury and Other Neuro-motor Disorders

  • Managing the “Pusher”:  An NDT Perspective on Managing the Individual with Contraversive Pushing Tendencies Post-Stroke

  • An Intro to NDT: Where to Begin with the Lower Functioning Individual

  • NDT Introductory Course in the Management of Adults with Stroke, Brain Injury and Other Neuromotor Disorders - 2 day course

  • NDT Intermediate Level Workshop:  Function in the Upright Posture  Following Stroke or Brain Injury - 2 day course

  • NDT Intermediate Level Workshop:  Management of the Upper Extremity Following Stroke or Brain Injury - 2 day course

  • NDTA™ Certificate Course in the Contemporary Practice of NDT for the Management of Adults with Stroke and Brain Injury

  • NDTA™ Advanced Gait Course - 5 day course

  • NDTA™ Advanced UE Course - 5 day course

Cranial Treatment for Physical Therapists

 

Dates: Fri March 21 - Sun March 23, 2025   Registration Form

 

Instructors:

Pascale Daher, pht, Osteopath

Denis Bolduc, pht, Osteopath

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Cost:  $1200.00 + HST ($1356.00 CAD)

 

Course Description: This 3-day (19 educational hours) course will introduce physiotherapists to the cranial-sacral system.

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the course participants will:

  • have a basic knowledge of cranial bone anatomy and most cranial sutures

  • have overview of cranio-sacral treatment history from osteopathy to the new concepts of tensegrity

  • review and update of evidence re-laid to the cranium

  • learn about the benefits and limits of cranial treatment

  • identify manually the abnormal tension distribution in the cranium

  • learn basic cranial4 manual interventions and adapt them to patient’s signs and symptoms

 

Course Hours

Fri               3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Sat              8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Sun             8:00 am – 4:00 pm​​

 

Requirements: Participants must be a registered Physical Therapist.

 

Location:  Back Works Physiotherapy

                2415 University Ave E Suite 101

                Waterloo, ON  N2K 0H5

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For more information contact Back Works Spinal and Sports Rehabilitation at reception@backworksphysiotherapy.ca or (519) 746-8172​​

Mobilization of the Myofascial System (MMS):  Upper Quadrant

 

Dates:  Sat Apr 5 - Sun Apr 6, 2025   Registration Form

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Instructor:  Doreen Killens, PT, FCAMPT, CGIMS

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Tuition:   

Prerequisite Online Course     $150.00 + HST ($ 169.50)

MMS Upper                             $850.00 + HST ($ 960.50)

Total                                        $1000.00 + HST ($1130.00)

 

Course Description

This 2-day course is designed to provide participants with the tools to assess and treat the myofascial system of the Upper Quadrant.This evidence informed course will outline how to identify and treat fascial restrictions. The techniques demonstrated are derived from manual therapy for the fascia (Mobilisation of the Myofascial System (MMS) This approach will allow participants to appreciate the implications that myofascial system dysfunctions can have on joint amplitude, motor control, neurophysiology and overall client functioning.

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Course Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Apply the anatomy and physiology of the myofascial system to a treatment approach for the myofascial body

  • Understand the concepts of treatment for MMS and how this approach may be integrated into the other methods normally used by manual therapists

  • Apply techniques for assessing and improving the mobility of the myofascial system for the Upper Quadrant, including the following areas:  cervical spine both posteriorly and anteriorly; cervico-thoracic region; cranio-vertebral region, in relation to the superficial front line and the posterior line; TMJ muscles in relation to the lateral line of fascia  and the deep front line of fascia; clavicular region; upper extremity; hyoid region; and in relation to the ULNT's

  • Use this treatment approach safely

 

Prerequisite Online Course 

This 5-hour on-line course is designed to provide participants with the theoretical portion of Mobilization of the Myofascial System (MMS).

You will learn:

  • The definition and anatomy of the fascia, including Tom Myers’ lines of fascia, described in his book entitled “Anatomy Trains”

  • Roles of the myofascial system.

  • Pathophysiology of the fascial system

  • Indications / Contra-indications for treatment with MMS

  • How we can change the fascia

  • Evidence-based research on fascia

N.B. Completion of this course will allow you to enroll in either the Upper Quadrant MMS course or the Lower Quadrant MMS Quadrant course. The techniques demonstrated in the Quadrant practical courses have their origins in manual therapy for fascia (MMS). 

 

Requirements:  Participants must be a registered Physiotherapist or Osteopath.

 

Location:  Back Works Physiotherapy

                2415 University Ave E Suite 101

                Waterloo, ON  N2K 0H5

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For more information contact Back Works Spinal and Sports Rehabilitation at reception@backworksphysiotherapy.ca or (519) 746-8172​​

NDT Introductory Courses in the Management of Adults with Stroke, Brain Injury and Other Neuromotor Disorders

 

Date: Sat Apr 12 - Sun Apr 13, 2025

Registration Form

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Instructor: Karen Guha, PT, BScPT, C/NDT, CIDN, NDTA CI

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Cost: $475.00 + HST ($536.75 CAD)

 

Course Description: This two-day introductory level course provides a unique opportunity for health care professionals to gain insight into

the basic principles of the NDT approach and how it is applied to clinical practice to promote recovery of function in individuals with neurological impairments. Current theoretical foundations and evidence supporting an NDT approach will be presented as well as specific and practical information about the management of the adult neurological patient. The overall objective of this course is to enable participants to bring information back to their facility and apply it toward promoting more functional movement and achieving functional outcomes with their patients.

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Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course the participants will:

  1. State the basic philosophy underlying the NDT approach to the treatment of adults with neurological dysfunction.

  2. Demonstrate basic skill in analyzing movement, both normal and abnormal, during sitting and standing activities and some transitions

  3. Identify major impairments interfering with normal movement and function in the adult with stroke, brain injury and other neuromotor disorders such as incomplete spinal cord injury.

  4. Demonstrate basic handling skills to enhance patient’s functional movement as related to his/her functional goals.

  5. Demonstrate an increased repertoire of evaluation and treatment strategies for the individual with stroke, brain injury and other neuromotor disorders.

 

Requirements: Participants must be a registered Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Therapy Assistant or Registered Kinesiologist

 

Location:  Back Works Physiotherapy

                2415 University Ave E Suite 101

                Waterloo, ON  N2K 0H5

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For more information contact Back Works Spinal and Sports Rehabilitation at reception@backworksphysiotherapy.ca or (519) 746-8172​​

NDTA™ Approved 5-Day Advanced Gait Course

 

Dates: Fri May 23 - Sun May 25 and Sat June 7 - Sun June 8, 2025     Registration Form

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Instructors

Karen Guha, PT, BSc PT, C/NDT, CIDN, NDTA™ Coordinator Instructor

Rose Lesso, MScPT, C/NDT, NDTA™ PT Instructor

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Cost:

NDTA Member:          $1400 + HST ($1582.00 CAD)
Non-NDTA Member:  $1700 + HST ($1921.00 CAD)

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Course Description
This an advanced course is designed for physical and occupational therapists who work with adult individuals’ post-stroke and/or brain injury. This course is developed for therapists who are interested in further developing their assessment and treatment skills to enhance the client/patient’s function in the upright posture. The interrelationship of the lower extremity with other body segments and systems is emphasized. Analysis of functional tasks, specifically the movement components that contribute to a person's independent performance of tasks in the upright posture will be addressed. Therapists will have an opportunity to revisit the biomechanical components of typical gait, discuss and analyze common deviations of gait in the above-mentioned patient populations and learn potential treatment strategies to diminish the impact of gait deviations on the client/patient’s ability to function while ambulating. The content will be covered through lectures, labs, group problem-solving, patient demonstration by instructors and participants will treat patients 4 of the course days.


Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course the participants will be able to:

  • Compare and contrast components of typical lower extremity biomechanics and gait to a client’s gait pattern

  • Analyze gait deviations and hypothesize how they will impact a client’s participation in functional activities including functional use of the UE in the upright posture

  • Analyze effective and ineffective posture and movement and problem solve the impact on a client’s functional abilities/limitations as it relates to gait and function in the upright posture

  • Create an impairment list that prioritizes significant impairments which interfere with the client’s function in an upright posture

  • Create a treatment plan that integrates appropriate treatment strategies, is goal-oriented and addresses the client’s primary impairments

  • Apply and perform handling skills appropriately, during treatment practicum, to support a client’s goals and optimize their function in an upright posture

 

Requirements:  Participants must be a registered Physical Therapist or Occupational Therapist who has successfully completed an NDT/Bobath Certificate Course. Therapist must be registered to practice in Ontario or hold a courtesy registration from the College of Physiotherapists or Occupational Therapists of Ontario.

 

Location:  Back Works Physiotherapy

                2415 University Ave E Suite 101

                Waterloo, ON  N2K 0H5

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For more information contact Back Works Spinal and Sports Rehabilitation at reception@backworksphysiotherapy.ca or (519) 746-8172

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