Exercise Rx for Musculoskeletal Clinicians

This modern, evidence-based course covers everything in and around exercise prescription in a health care setting. Loaded with video and other resources, this course will help to expand your clinical skillset and improve patient outcomes.

Course Description →

This 7.5-hour course will explore the prescription of exercise and movement from different angles and perspectives, becoming comfortable in its vastness and learning many simple ways to apply it in practice.

The course is designed for musculoskeletal clinicians of all levels of experience who are keen on becoming more confident and competent in helping arm people with self-management skills. This concept of self-management is an integral part of modern, person-centred care (Hutting et al., 2022).

Here is a small sampling of the questions the course looks to answer:

> Is it okay to feel pain when performing movements and exercises? If so, how much pain?

> Is it okay for people to feel pain after performing movements and exercises? If so, for how long after?

> When do biomechanics matter? If so, how much do they matter?

> Why do we get injured/inflamed?

> Are there optimal exercises for certain conditions such as low back pain, Osteoarthritis, Tendinopathy?

You will take away information and skills from this course that you will be able to immediately incorporate into your clinical practice to the benefit of your patients!

Note – This course consists of ~60% of the material from my live, flagship course: Exercise & Movement Rx – in – Modern Clinical Practice.

Here’s What You’ll Get… →

11 Modules consisting of 37 lessons with the majority of course content delivered via video (~6.5 hours).
Bonus additional resources provided that pertain to the course. This includes journal articles, links to free clinician resources, links to suggested podcast episodes, and links to free downloadable books.
12 months of access to bi-annual ‘Community Days’ where all registrants can participate in a 1-hour live, online session with the instructor to ask questions and take part in discussions regarding course material.
Email support is provided for any questions or concerns.

Course Curriculum

1. Administrative Notes
2. Introduction
1. Human Physiology - Part 1
2. Human Physiology - Part 2
3. Additional Resource: Link to Book...Younger Next Year
4. Additional Resource: Blog...'Wear' Are We with Osteoarthritis?
1. The Benefits of Exercise & Movement
1. Root Cause(s) of Injury, Inflammation, Pain - Part 1
2. Root Cause(s) of Injury, Inflammation, Pain - Part 2
3. Additional Resource: Article...Having ‘good’ posture doesn’t prevent back pain, and ‘bad’ posture doesn’t cause it
4. Additional Resource: Infographic...7 Surprising Facts About Posture
5. Additional Resource: Journal Article..."Sit-Up Straight": Time to Re-evaluate.
6. Additional Resource: Continuing Education Course...Reconciling Biomechanics with Pain Science
1. Load Management
1. Guidelines of Rehabilitation & Recovery
2. Additional Resource: jpg...Guidelines of Rehabilitation & Recovery
1. Choice of Exercise/Movement/Activity
1. Prescription Details
1. Monitoring, Adapting, and Adherence
1. Introduction, Review of GR2, and Case Study 1
2. Additional Resource: jpg...Guidelines of Rehabilitation & Recovery
3. Additional Resource: Videos...OA Optimism
4. Additional Resource: Website...Howard Luks MD
5. Additional Resource: Journal Article...Physical activity and exercise therapy benefits more than just symptoms and impairments in people with hip and knee osteoarthritis
6. Additional Resource: Podcast...Wear Are We With Osteoarthritis with Professor Tonia Vincent
7. Additional Resource: Free Course...Taking Control of Your hip and Knee Osteoarthritis
8. Additional Resource: Blog...'Wear' Are We with Osteoarthritis?
9. Cast Study 2
10. Additonal Resource: Journal Article...Tendinopathy
11. Additional Resource: Journal Article...Patellar Tendinopathy: Clinical Diagnosis, Load Management, and Advice for Challenging Case Presentations
12. Additional Resource: Journal Article...Biopsychosocial Approach to Tendinopathy
13. Case Studies 3 & 4
14. Additional Resource: Journal Article...Cognitive Functional Therapy: An Integrative Behavioral Approach for the Targeted Management of Disabling Low Back Pain
15. Additional Resource: Blog...What does the evidence tell us is the best exercise for back pain?
16. Copy of Additional Resource: Article...Having ‘good’ posture doesn’t prevent back pain, and ‘bad’ posture doesn’t cause it
17. Case Study 5
1. Concluding Remarks

About this course

$281.00 CAD
37 lessons
6.5 hours of video content

References

Barton, C.J., King, M.G., Dascombe, B., Taylor, N.F., de Oliveira Silva, D., Holden, S., Goff, A.J., Takarangi, K., Shields, N. (2021). Many physiotherapists lack preparedness to prescribe physical activity and exercise to people with musculoskeletal pain: A multi-national survey, Physical Therapy in Sport, 49:98-105., ISSN 1466-853X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2021.02.002.

Hutting, N., Caneiro, J.P., Ong'wen, O. M., Miciak, M., & Roberts, L. (2022). Person-centered care for musculoskeletal pain: Putting principles into practice, Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 2022, 102663, ISSN 2468-7812, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2022.102663.

Oliveira, C. B., Maher, C. G., Pinto, R. Z., et al. (2018). Clinical practice guidelines for the management of non-specific low back pain in primary care: An updated overview. European Spine Journal, 27(11), 2791e2803. https://doi.org/10.1007/ s00586-018-5673-2

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Testimonials

Really helpful.

Jason Peck

Thanks so much Marcus. I learned a lot and found it to be a great review. I love the gold nuggets provided. I am always looking for stretches, exercises, activities for patients.

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