Online Continuing Education Courses

Review of Journal Articles Regarding Manipulation of the Lumbar Spine

• Distinguish the relationship between lumbar spinal manipulation, cavitation and zygapophyseal joint gapping
• Clarify the role of spinal manipulative therapy in the care of acute LBP based on current evidence
• Explain the state of the literature on utilizing spinal manipulation for radiculopathy
• Compare spinal manipulation to microdiskectomy as treatments for sciatica based on a recent trial
• Critique the proposed importance of spinal manipulation in altering the contractile thickness of the Transversus Abdominis