Optimizing Spinal Exercise Interventions: A Practical Approach (Dec 05, 2026)

Optimizing Spinal Exercise Interventions: A Practical Approach is organized by Great Lakes Seminars (GLS) and will be held on Dec 05, 2026 at Isanti Physical Therapy, Isanti, Minnesota, United States of America.

Description:
One of the greatest joys for a clinician is to help a patient with debilitating back pain, restoring their freedom to both function without pain and return to doing what they love.  Effective spine and core exercises are critical to your spine patient’s treatment program, especially helping them maintain their improvements.

This 1-day course will take your spinal and core exercise intervention to an entirely new level.  We will cover cervical to lumbar spine biomechanics, core function, and stability training.  We will give you an abundance of up-to-date exercises to help you provide effective interventions to your patients. This course will allow you to confidently and effectively implement comprehensive exercise prescriptions for all of your back pain patients, from the cervical to the lumbar spine, from basic to complex.

Course Objectives:
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to…

• Able to demonstrate at least 5 exercises that will effectively improve cervical, thoracic, and lumbar mobility
• Identify scapular mechanic impairments and give at least 3 muscles to target with exercises that will help improve stability and/or mobility
• Design personalized HEP to help target core weaknesses in any of the three segments of the spine
• Able to correctly identify impairments with pelvic mobility or stability, and give 3 exercises to address impairments
• Implement evidence-based exercises into daily exercise programming at your clinics