Think Like a Nerve, Part 1: Upper Cervical Ecology (Series runs 11/7, 11/21, 12/5)

Think like a Nerve' is an advanced series of 3 classes for manual therapists (LMT, PT, DO, DC's) seeking clearer strategies for assessing and treating peripheral nerves.  Each class is 2 hours of anatomy and technique (online or in-person), and can be taken on its own or all together as a discounted bundle.

The upper cervical spine is mobile in everyone, more in some than others. Whether that mobility becomes dysfunction depends largely on how nimbly muscular and autonomic feedback loops regulate it. This class surveys the region's mechanics and its nerves: the suboccipital and occipital nerves, the dura and the myodural bridge, vertebral dynamics, and the brainstem nuclei through which this region can shift motor tone, autonomic balance and pain. We assess in relation to meaningful tasks rather than range of motion alone, and review when a headache calls for referral. In practice, we palpate the C1–C3 transverse processes, observe…