Instructor:
Francois Landry
Course Date:
Sunday April 27, 2025
8:00am – 4:00pm (in person)
Course Location:
University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre
376 Collegiate Blvd NW
Calgary, AB
T2N 1N4
Course Cost (+HST):
$200 (CAMPT Member)
$225 (OD Member)
$250 (Non-Member)
Registration Deadline: Sunday April 6th, 2025
A full refund, less a $25 admin fee will be issued if a cancellation occurs more than 1 month before the start date.
No refund will be issued within a month of the course start date.
**please note: an Alberta license will be needed to participate in this course.
Course Description:
This course is an overview on the mechanical actions of vertebral manipulation in an advanced msk context. It will focus on the diversity of available approaches towards the use of manipulations. The clinician will be able to explore those approaches and personalize that therapeutic gesture. As for the teachers, it will provide tools towards knowledge/ability translation. It is not aimed towards literature search but more on the hands-on reality.
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Instructor Bio:
Graduated from the Université de Montréal in 1982, François started his career in Calgary, Alta. where he followed the manual therapy curriculum. Back in Montreal in 1985, he follows the first two years of osteopathic practice and then his certificate in advanced integrated musculoskeletal physiotherapy in 1994. Clinical instructor at McGill University from 1989 to 1994 and at Université de Montréal from 1991 to 1994, instructor for the Orthopedic Division and the AQPMA, he has been teaching for the last 34 years.
François has been an examiner of the Orthopedic Division for the last 22 years. He has been teaching levels 4 and 5 for the last 20 years, intermediate and advanced exam prep courses for the last 15 years and has been offering an advanced manipulation course entitled: Wonderful tips for successful manips.
François has also been awarded a CAMPT lifetime membership and more recently, the Golden Hands at the last Orthopedic Division symposium in Winnipeg.
Questions? Email Colleen at cdorion@physiotherapy.ca