FOUNDATIONS CURRICULUM

  • Introduction to P-DTR

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Where does P-DTR come from, how did it develop and what are the concepts behind it

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  • Rules & modes

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What are the foundational rules of how CNS deals with and compensates for traumas and dysfunctions

Hyper/hyposignaling receptors

Primary, secondary, tertiary

Proper stim, anti stim, opposite stim

Indicator muscles

Therapy localization & universal therapy localization

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  • Autogenic inhibition

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Muscles should be able to facilitate and inhibit in a specific manner

How to use spindle cell compression and X and II lines

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  • Switching

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What is switching and what to look out for

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  • Hypertonicity

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Basic understanding of hypertonicity

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  • Mechanoreceptors

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Introduction to mechanoreception

Nuclear bag/chain and intrafusal musclefibers

Reactor/reactives

Golgi – golgi

Golgi – pacini

Pacini – ruffini

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  • Nociceptors

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Introduction to nociception

Paleo – neo

Crude/fine touch

Tickle/itch

Temperature dysfunctions

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  • Spinothalamic tracts

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Spinohypothalamic

Spinomesencephalic

Tectal tract

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  • Joint position

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Conscious/unconscious pathways

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  • Gait dysfunctions

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The neurology of gait and muscle-ligament relationships

Neurogait 1

Neurogait 2

Palo_Alto

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  • PiLUS

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What is PiLUS and how to identify, test and treat

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  • Cloacals

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What are cloacals and how to identify, test and treat

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  • Long Kinematic Chains (LKC’s)

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Open kinematic chains

Closed kinematic chains

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  • Events

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How to identify and quickly treat big patterns stuck after painful traumas/”events”

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  • Adrenals

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Function of adrenals

Associated muscles

How to test for and treat functional adrenal dysfunctions

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  • Pelvic categories

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6 different types and their inhibition patterns and associated symptoms

Category I

Category II Posterior Ilium

Category II Posterior Ischium

Category II Symphysis Pubis

Category III (L5/S1)

Sacral Distortion

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  • Temporal sphenoid line (TS-line)

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What is it and how to use it

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  • Surrogate testing

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What is it and how to use it

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  • Multitasking

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How to test for multitasking

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  • Meridians

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How to test for and treat meridian dysfunctions with P-DTR

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  • Limbic dysfunctions

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How to test for and help people with limbic/emotional dysfunctions quick and easy.

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  • Cranial faults and sutures

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Explanation of the many different types, their inhibition patterns and how to treat with a neurological P-DTR approach