Cervical Spine Course - Practical Solutions for Complex Neck Pain

The course will be research-bound with evidence-informed application, with practical, postgraduate-level strategies you can use with patients immediately! It is tailored towards clinical practice, and it will improve your clinical skills to confidently manage all types of neck conditions.

Dr Kieran Richardson and Dr Taishi Ezaki run a Cervical Spine 2-day workshop covering:

· Non-surgical and surgical management of neck and neck-arm pain disorders

· Manual therapy techniques for the neck and neck-arm

· Evidence-based exercise/motor control strategies

· Differential diagnosis and treatment/management of headache disorders and dizziness

· How to identify red flag pathology in the cervical spine

· Assessment and management of whiplash injuries

· Simplifying TMJ disorders

· Clinical reasoning in the complex cervical spine patient

Course feedback:

Thanks again for the weekend - I found the course thorough, broad-reaching, and I particularly enjoyed the emphasis on clinical reasoning (something I find often missing in short courses). I liked the regular brief practical sessions, and found the case studies really helpful.

Thanks for the course this weekend, it was great to review clinical skills and add to my toolbox. I found the content really useful and am looking forward to implementing some of the skills we reviewed into my clinical practice.

You two were great presenters, very engaging. Feel like my head, neck and arm toolkit has greatly expanded!! Great balance between theory and prac. I particularly liked the opportunities to practice the practical skills. Even with the skills that I thought I didn't need to go over - I absolutely did, and was a great opportunity to go over technique.

Dr. Kieran Richardson is a Specialist Physiotherapist and the Director of Global Specialist Physiotherapy, a consultancy company of expert clinicians, researchers and educators providing formal mentoring, second opinions for complex patient presentations and professional development.

He consults at a number of physiotherapy practices locally, as well as nationally and internationally. He has special interest in evidence-based, non-surgical management of musculoskeletal conditions and recognition of these strategies within the Physiotherapy profession, as well as interprofessionally and to the general public.

He regularly runs training tutorials and workshops on neck and neck-arm pain, cervical dizziness, manual therapy for the neck and evidence-based exercise strategies for this body area. He also conducts second opinions of patients with unremitting signs and symptoms for clinicians and clinics.

Dr. Taishi Ezaki is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2022). He currently works as an Advanced Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and Clinical Leader in the Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Screening Clinic at Cairns Hospital where he regularly provides specialist opinion and management to complex patients awaiting a surgical opinion. His clinical expertise focuses on non-operative management of complex musculoskeletal conditions including spinal and peripheral joint pain.

Taishi is actively involved in quality improvement research, and teaches experienced post-graduate Physiotherapists completing training in the Advanced Musculoskeletal Program in Queensland Health. He is also actively involved in the specialisation training program and provides clinical supervision for Masters of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy students.

Taishi also works part-time as a Consulting Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and is the director of Cairns Specialist Physiotherapy where he provides second opinions and professional development in Far North Queensland and around Australia.