Feel like you need better spinal examination skills? Need “how to” guidance for performing your physical assessment. This course, Spinal Examination Fundamentals, delivers just that.

Designed to be watched, practiced, watched again and practiced some more, this course teaches fundamental skills for assessing the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spines in bite-sized chunks. Whether you are a student, new graduate or someone returning to practice who just wants to brush up on their assessments, this course will help you through.

After a review of the evidence surrounding spinal examination skills, these physical assessments are then demonstrated following no particular “school of thought”, using neutral language, in a flexible manner where there is no right or wrong way of doing things.

The aim is to develop safe, comfortable, individualized examination processes for all involved – the therapist and the patient - that consider the multidimensional nature of spinal pain throughout.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this series of videos, and with repeated practice of the procedures demonstrated, participants should be able to:

1. Perform fundamental physical examination procedures for the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spines in a manner that is safe, efficient and comfortable

2. Consider the evidence-based rationale and limitations of individual physical examination procedures