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"Fast track" 3 Day Course

condensed into 2 days!!

DNS: 2-Day Basic "A" Course

Beach Cities Orthopedics (B.C.O.)

18 Hour Course

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Location: Beach Cities Orthopedics-Torrance

2990 Lomita Boulevard, Suite B
Torrance, CA 90505

(Access from rear parking lot)

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Instructor: Craig E. Morris, D.C., DACRB

Course Dates: Saturday - Sunday,

June 9th – 10th, 2018

Meeting Times: 8am - 6pm each day

​Please read before beginning your

3 Step registration process

 

PACE CE Approval for the following states:

AK, DC, ID, IN, IA, KS, MA, ME, MD, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NV, OH, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WY, Puerto Rico & Nova Scotia.

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PACE CE covers the following professions:

Chiropractor (DC), personal Trainer (NSCA), & Athletic Trainer (ATC)

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Currently Seeking CE Approval for:

PT CA, DC CA, ATC CA

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$700 for Healthcare Professionals & discounted to $500 for Students 

(student discounts &/or late fees - after May 25th, 2018 - may apply)

+ €80/registrant fee for

Prague School course certification & emailed Course Notes.

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Who is eligible to attend DNS: Basic "A" Course?

This course is designed for licensed healthcare professionals (MD, ATC, LAc, RN, DC, PT, OT, DO, Etc.). In Addition, Students currently matriculating in any of the above clinical programs are eligible to attend & to register at a discounted student rate.

 

If you have any questions about course eligibility or other general questions,

please contact Dr. Morris at rehabdoc1958@hotmail.com or fill out the "registration/contact" form below in the section for Step 1.​

Step 1:

Complete & submit the registration form below.

 

​Step 2:

Select the appropriate payment option in the section below or

contact us to see if you qualify for Student Rates.

 

​What are the current course payment options?

"Healthcare Professional Rate" @ $700.00 USD

 

or use our registration/contact us form to inquire about eligibility for the

"Student Rate (Clinical Student)" @ $500.00 USD

 

*Please note a late fee payment option will be available

if your payment is made after May 25, 2018*

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Step 3:

Follow the link provided below to the Prague School Website to Register

& pay the €80/registrant fee for course certification to finalize your registration.

 

What is Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization?  

Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) is a leading rehabilitation approach that has evolved from the world famous Prague School of Rehabilitation at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

 

DNS has taken the rehab world by storm over the past decade!! DNS clinicians in all aspects of clinical and sports rehabilitation have taken courses all over the world and are applying DNS principles in every imaginable venue.

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Dr. Craig Morris has studied at the Prague School for almost 25 years and is one of three original DNS international instructors since 2008. At the turn of the century, he would travel to Prague to study independently study with the Professors’ (the late) Karel Lewit, (The late) Vladimir Janda and Pavel Kolar. His 2004 Los Angeles area course introducing leading rehab clinicians to Professor Pavel Kolar provided a key boost for what would later be called “The DNS Movement”. He has utilized the brilliant work of Kolar on a daily basis for more than a decade, both in his clinic, in his DNS courses, and on professional athletes around the world. 

Course Objectives

Basic "A" Course

At the completion of the course, the attendee will be able to:

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  • Improve understanding of the basic principles of developmental kinesiology with an emphasis on development during the first year of life

  • Identify and describe key milestones in human development

  • Introduce the three level of sensorimotor control in functional assessment and treatment

  • Demonstrate the relationship between development during the first year of life and pathology of the locomotor system in adulthood

  • Introduce new terminology pertinent to rehabilitation such as functional joint centration, punctum fixum, punctum mobile and the integrated stabilizing system of the spine

  • Define ideal postural stabilization from a developmental perspective: intra-abdominal pressure regulation, dual role of the diaphragm in stabilization and respiration, stabilization via co-contraction

  • Identify common stereotypes of faulty postural stabilization (“open scissors syndrome”, forward drown posture, backward drown posture, “hour glass syndrome”)

  • Explain and demonstrate biomechanics of homologous, ipsilateral and contralateral postural-locomotion patterns; closed and opened kinematic chains, stepping forward and supporting function

  • Evaluate and correct poor respiratory patterns

  • Demonstrate the correlation between poor respiration patterns and functional pathology of the locomotor system

  • Assess the integrated stabilizing system of the spine both visually and utilizing dynamic functional tests

  • Integrate corrective exercises based on the DNS functional tests and developmental positions: exercise in homologous static positions; position transfer during locomotor function; exercise progression using unstable surfaces; increased difficulty of the exercises utilizing resistance, dual tasking and other challenges

  • Clarify how DNS corrective exercises can integrate with other exercise strategies

  • Cover the basics of application of DNS concept in sport training

  • Provide basic clinical management explanation for clinicians to better integrate the DNS approach in their regular practice, including patient education

  • Optimally prepare students for the next level of training (Course “B”)

Instructor

Craig E. Morris, D.C., DACRB

Craig E. Morris, D.C., DACRB  studied extensively with the late Professor’s Karel Lewit and Vladimir Janda of the Department of Rehabilitation and Manual Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. 

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In addition, Dr. Morris studied with Professor Pavel Kolar individually and in organized courses in Europe and North America for over a decade and utilize these approaches in their clinical practices.

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Dr. Morris is one of the original five clinicians from around the world, and the first Doctor of Chiropractic in North America, to become a certified instructor in Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization according to Kolar.

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In addition to several peer-reviewed journal publications, Dr. Morris is the editor of the text, “Low Back Syndromes, Integrated Clinical Management” (McGraw-Hill Publishers), a leading multidisciplinary text for the management of low back disorders.

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