NASMI and Advances in Clinical Education

As the holidays are upon us and we near the end of 2011 now is a better time than ever to highlight some of our fantastic PT Con Ed courses…maybe some of you would like to add a NASMI/ACE course to your holiday wish list! This past weekend four of our wonderful instructors ventured to San Diego and Coeur d’Alene and had some fantastic feedback from course participants.

Robyn and Paul took the Running Course to San Diego and had a great time with their group. Here’s what people are saying…

“Excellent course, very clear & concise. Thank You!”

“One of the best courses I have been to in a long time!”

“Speakers were enthusiastic & interactive; willing to answer all types of questions. Not real confident that I’ll be able to implement all we learned in 2 days! It’s a lot of info – but great!!”

It’s been a great year with the addition of this PT Con Ed course and we look forward to even more success in 2012 starting in Seattle. Be sure to check out the course schedule for more PT Continuing Education dates!

In a slightly different climate Mike and Brandon hit it off with a great group in Coeur d’Alene with the SFMA course, they too had wonderful feedback from this PT Con Ed course that is worth sharing…

“In 26 years of practice-this is by far and away the best PT continuing education course that I have taken. Please come back to Idaho.”

“This information to so practical and easy to use-I wish that I had this back when I was in PT school.”

“The information presented is very unique – but understandable. I can’t wait to use this in the clinic monday morning. I know its going to change lives.”

“This course was outstanding. Thanks guys for making the learning fun and practical. I loved the application stories!”

Next weekend will wrap up the 2011 schedule with SFMA in Newark as well as the Upper and Lower quarter course in Kansas City. Many great opportunities are available for you to be a part of the PT continuing education that has everybody talking Check out the 2012 PT Seminar Schedule and we look forward to seeing many new faces in the new year!

Happy Holidays from the NASMI family!

This past weekend was packed full of NASMI excitement. From Dallas, to OKC, to Denver…3 great courses with even better participants and some fun surprises along the way!

Guido and JR were in Oklahoma City with the Upper and Lower quarter course and on the winning end of the Red River Rivalry. Mike and BG held it down with the SFMA in Dallas where participants were not as happy with the outcome of the big football game!

The boys had the privilege of meeting and spending time with one of the world’s top golf pros Jim McLean at his Texas Golf Center and really appreciated everyone’s hospitality throughout the trip.

Robyn and Paul wrapped up the weekend Saturday and Sunday with the Running course in Denver and had some great feedback on the course evaluations…here’s what people are saying:

“Great course! Good info backed by research.”

”Great pace of energy from both of you. Really liked the labs and the large amount of ex’s and treatment ideas.”

“I was never bored – we were kept engaged for 2 days, which is a difficult feat!! I enjoyed the course thoroughly.”

There is still one more running course in 2011-San Diego Nov 19-20! Sign up now and keep checking back for the spring schedule.

Some people just get all the tough assignments…Mike and BG have ventured all the way to Hawaii for a co-sponsored SFMA course while the rest of us are off for the weekend.

Keep checking back for the latest news and updates.

So far the Fall schedule is off to a great start with all of the NASMI PT Con Ed courses! This weekend we had two great groups in Atlanta, GA and Charlotte, NC.

Paul and Scott kicked off the weekend on Friday with newest addition to the PT seminar schedule with  “Lower Quarter Management of Overuse and Traumatic Injuries Related to the Running Athlete” in Atlanta. Although Scott had a run in with food poisoning it sounds like the guys did a great job and had an excellent group of participants with a genuine interest in the management of their injured running athletes. One course participant has already been in contact with Scott following up on course material and it’s always nice to hear feedback like this…

“I also wanted to thank you for the upbeat and outgoing personality that you and Paul portrayed.  I had a great time at the course and was interested to see what others are doing in different regions of the country.  It is nice to see that there are others out there doing the same things and use the same philosophies that we currently use at our clinic.  It is refreshing to hear and see this as sometimes you lose perspective and it is good to know that you are teaching and performing the right treatments.” -Running Course Participant

Good work guys! Rumor has it a guest appearance was made by NASMI’s Tab Blackburn and that there were some good photo ops!

We are looking forward to the next 2 PT con ed running courses this Fall in Denver (October 8-9) as well as San Diego (November 19-20). Keep up the great work.

Also on tap Saturday and Sunday was the PT con ed course  Selective Functional Movement Assessment in Charlotte with Mike and Robyn. As always, there was a great turn out of clinicians eager to learn the SFMA. From the sounds of it people really grasped the concepts and easily saw the clinical importance and application. Below are just a few comments from the course evals…

“This was a very interesting course. The presentations were very logical and made sense! I know I can use it tomorrow in the clinic.”

“This is such an amazing course!! The instructors were VERY helpful and as a bonus had a great sense of humor.”

“This was an excellent course! I really appreciated the exercise suggestions given for each discovered impairment. The instructors did a great job of making this a fun practical course.”

“This was a lot of information in 2 days-But very applicable, efficient approach to the diagnosis of movement dysfunction. I will apply these concepts immediately.”

Great job to Mike and Robyn! Next up for SFMA, Brandon and Mike in Dallas (October 7-8).

This weekend Tab Blackburn will be taking his talents to Fayetteville, AK for the always wonderful PT con ed course Upper and Lower Quarter Course. Be sure to check out all of our fall PT con ed courses available HERE.

Time and time again we were being asked by SFMA course participants where they could purchase the FMT tubing used for many of the corrective exercises learned that weekend…some even requesting to buy them right out of our equipment bag! After repeatedly sending people on a wild internet chase for the product and realizing that these were being sold for upwards of $50 a piece on some sites, we decided on a solution.

Enter the ACE/NASMI Online Store!

Here you can find not only 6 different resistance levels of the FMT tubing but also an array of other rehabilitation products at likely the lowest price out there. Be sure to check back often as we plan to continue to add products to the site, suggestions welcome!

This blog has been a long time coming and we are so excited to finally be up and running! There have been a lot of wonderful things happening in our world so far in 2011 and so much to look forward to for the fall.

From the addition of a new course (Lower Quarter Management of Overuse & Traumatic Injuries Related to the Running Athlete), and starting our own online store, to members of our faculty being awarded VERY prestigious awards, we have so much to be excited about.

In a world of tweets, trending, posts, and check-ins, the NASMI gang has decided to join the “in” crowd with our Facebook and Twitter accounts. Be sure to “Like” us and “Follow” us to keep up with the latest updates in regards to courses, news in the rehab world, and our antics on the road of course!

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Our goal with this blog is to keep everyone up to date on the latest and greatest in the world of physical therapy. Not only will we keep you posted on all of the great things happening within our company, but we will be providing our friends and colleagues with a journal club for article reviews, exercise videos, and links to some other great PT blogs we have found along the way.

Whether you have been to one of our course before or you have just happened to stumble upon this site, you will not be disappointed with what we have to offer.

Check out our great FALL SCHEDULE here, and sign up now!! Hope to see you all soon!