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The advanced upper cervical spine

Covering advanced differential diagnosis, assessment and management of complex upper cervical spine disorders, this course builds on basic concepts and is designed to advance clinical reasoning and competency in the assessment and management of complex upper cervical spine disorders.


Participants can expect to:


• Advance their skills, differential diagnosis and sub-classification of complex upper cervical spine disorders including headache (migraine, cluster), dizziness (vestibular, cervicogenic and ophthalmologic and neurological causes), whiplash and pain classification.

• Advance their skills and competence in the assessment of complex upper cervical spine. Focus on the upper cervical spine disorders will include advanced assessment of articular, motor, sensorimotor and pain sensitivity impairments.

• Improve skills and competence in appropriate application of a broader range of interventions to manage complex upper cervical spine disorders including highly targeted and specific manual therapy and neck specific exercise. The course covers management of selected and associated head disorders including vestibular rehabilitation, graded motor imagery, management of pain sensitivity and management of complex WAD with psychological and brain related co-morbidities (eg concussion).


Complex cases are used to integrate clinical reasoning to determine diagnosis, sub-classification, contributing impairments and comprehensive, targeted management for complex upper cervical spine and head disorders


Presented by Trudy Rebbeck, specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist with extensive university and post-graduate education experience in upper cervical spine disorders.


Learning outcomes

  • Consolidate undergraduate knowledge in the diagnosis, sub classification, basic assessment and evidence management of non specific neck pain
  • Improve skills and competence in the appropriate application of a broader range of advanced manual therapy techniques
  • Integrate clinical reasoning into the assessment, differential diagnosis, sub-classification and management of cervical spine disorders (CSD) including headache, dizziness and whiplash at an advanced level
  • Improve skills and competence in the assessment and management of motor impairment and performance in CSD
  • Improve skills and competence in the assessment of kinaesthetic impairments and sensori-motor control in CSD
  • Understand and integrate the principles of chronic pain and cognitive behavioural therapy into the assessment and management of cervical spine disorders
  • Consolidate learning by integrating clinical reasoning and new knowledge to determining diagnosis, sub classification, pain mechanisms, contributing impairments and appropriate selection of evidence based management using complex cases

Prerequisites

  • This course is only available to qualified and AHPRA registered physiotherapists.
  • Minimum of 5 years physiotherapy practicing experience

Presenters

Trudy Rebbeck


Prof Trudy Rebbeck PhD FACPTrudy is Professor of Clinical Translation in Physiotherapy at Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia (0.6FTE). She leads two national programmes of research; i) Implementation of clinical pathways and models of care for whiplash and musculoskeletal (MSK) pain conditions more broadly and, ii) Discovery of new mechanism underpinning headache and MSK pain conditions . In the past 5 years, her programme of research has attracted >$15m in competitive grants. She has 80 publications and >2800 citations. Prof Rebbeck has supervised 16 HDR students and mentored over 50 clinical specialists in physiotherapy to obtain Fellowship. She is a specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist in primary care (0.4FTE) specialising in assessment and management of complex cervical spine and head disorders (e.g whiplash, headache, concussion). Trudy's international impact in clinical translation is demonstrated by the 10+ international workshops she delivers in this area per annum.

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Sat 12 - Sun 13
April
08:00AM - 05:00PM AEST
Level 1 1175 Toorak Road
Camberwell VIC 3124 View map
Price:
Early Bird - Non Member: $1,298.00
Early Bird - APA Member: $865.00
Early Bird – Musculoskeletal Group: $805.00
Early Bird – Distance Discount: $805.00
Registration closing date:
30 Mar 2025
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CPD hours:
16.00
* Early bird prices close 8 weeks prior to the course start date
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Price:
1,298.00: $Early Bird - Non Member
865.00: $Early Bird - APA Member
805.00: $Early Bird – Musculoskeletal Group
805.00: $Early Bird – Distance Discount
Registration closing date:
30 Mar 2025
Event status:
Open
CPD hours:
16.00
* Early bird prices close 8 weeks prior to the course start date
Your registration status:
Presenters

Trudy Rebbeck


Prof Trudy Rebbeck PhD FACPTrudy is Professor of Clinical Translation in Physiotherapy at Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia (0.6FTE). She leads two national programmes of research; i) Implementation of clinical pathways and models of care for whiplash and musculoskeletal (MSK) pain conditions more broadly and, ii) Discovery of new mechanism underpinning headache and MSK pain conditions . In the past 5 years, her programme of research has attracted >$15m in competitive grants. She has 80 publications and >2800 citations. Prof Rebbeck has supervised 16 HDR students and mentored over 50 clinical specialists in physiotherapy to obtain Fellowship. She is a specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist in primary care (0.4FTE) specialising in assessment and management of complex cervical spine and head disorders (e.g whiplash, headache, concussion). Trudy's international impact in clinical translation is demonstrated by the 10+ international workshops she delivers in this area per annum.


Learning outcomes
  • Consolidate undergraduate knowledge in the diagnosis, sub classification, basic assessment and evidence management of non specific neck pain
  • Improve skills and competence in the appropriate application of a broader range of advanced manual therapy techniques
  • Integrate clinical reasoning into the assessment, differential diagnosis, sub-classification and management of cervical spine disorders (CSD) including headache, dizziness and whiplash at an advanced level
  • Improve skills and competence in the assessment and management of motor impairment and performance in CSD
  • Improve skills and competence in the assessment of kinaesthetic impairments and sensori-motor control in CSD
  • Understand and integrate the principles of chronic pain and cognitive behavioural therapy into the assessment and management of cervical spine disorders
  • Consolidate learning by integrating clinical reasoning and new knowledge to determining diagnosis, sub classification, pain mechanisms, contributing impairments and appropriate selection of evidence based management using complex cases
Prerequisites

Prerequisites

  • This course is only available to qualified and AHPRA registered physiotherapists.
  • Minimum of 5 years physiotherapy practicing experience
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