Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Greeting from Doug Nelson

    • What is PNMT?

    • Video Summary of PNMT

    • A Bit of History

    • Raymond Nimmo
  • 2

    Problem Solving

    • Another Reason to be a Problem-Solver

    • The Heart of PNMT

    • Decision Points

    • No Recipes, Just Reasoning

    • Confirm - Disconfirm

    • Mechanical Pain and Red/Yellow/Blue Flags

    • Form and Function Introduction
  • 3

    Stories of Problem Solving

    • Table Lessons

    • Learning Through the Struggle

    • Shooting the General

    • Nothing is as it Seems

    • Wait, Don’t Hang Up

    • Where is the Drama?

    • Perspective

    • Mini Quiz over Table Lessons
  • 4

    Models of Treatment

    • Video Overview

    • Peripheral - Central

    • EODM

    • ANSPM

    • Synthesis

    • Joint or Muscle?
  • 5

    The Role of Trigger Points

    • What are Trigger Points?

    • Why are they tender?

    • The Evidence

    • What do trigger points do?

    • How do they refer sensation?

    • Trigger Point chains

    • Motor Inhibition

    • Referred Inhibition

    • Reciprocal Inhibition and TrP

    • Verification

    • TrP Treatment Strategies

    • Mini-Quiz over TrP
  • 6

    Structural Asymetry

    • The background and a caveat

    • The Case for Structural Approaches

    • The Case Against

    • Middle Ground

    • Structure and Length-Tension
  • 7

    Neural Influences

    • Neural Principles

    • Sciatic Pain: An Example of Neural Symptoms

    • Neural Inflammation Research Paper

    • Overview
  • 8

    PNMT and Research

    • A Foundation

    • Case Report
  • 9

    Closing

    • Final Quiz

    • Evaluation