Treatment of the Lumbar Complex (Dec 05 - 06, 2026)

Treatment of the Lumbar Complex is organized by Great Lakes Seminars (GLS) and will be held from Dec 05 - 06, 2026 at BioMechanic Physical Therapy, Leesburg, Virginia, United States of America.

Description:
Simply put, this course takes the complexity out of assessing and treating lower back dysfunction and conveniently combines assessment options with an array of treatment tools to address the lumbar spine complex. Through it, you’ll learn the key structures that are involved in lumbar dysfunction and how to efficiently find these structures to help guide treatment. Treatment techniques are all evidence-based and include Muscle Energy Technique (MET), articular mobilization, myofascial release and stabilization exercises to give you a multi-faceted treatment approach. Plus, every technique will be repeated several times so you can learn to treat this area with confidence. You should feel comfortable with most lumbar patients once you leave this class!

Course Objectives:
At the completion of this seminar, the participant will be able to:

• Correctly and independently perform 12 lumbar mobilization techniques
• Correctly and independently identify specific effects of Muscle Energy Technique and manipulations
• Correctly demonstrate palpation, use of testing techniques, and application of specific mobilizations and releases of the lumbar complex
• Quickly correlate multiple positive tests to ascertain a correct assessment of lumbar dysfunction
• Correctly and independently identify three specific effects of direct articulations at the lumbar spine