STEP-1: Shoulder and Elbow (Wilson, North Carolina)

15 Oct 2022 - 16 Oct 2022


In this course, the participant will learn exercise techniques for biomechanical and neurological conditions, including joint restriction, motor control deficits, and athletic function. Emphasis on exercise concepts of dosage, design, and progression will allow the clinician to develop their own rehabilitation programs for the shoulder and elbow. The extensive curriculum taught in the STEP series has a foundation in advanced manual therapy education. Its origin is from the Norwegian School of MTT or MET (Medical Training Therapy / Medical Exercise Therapy). With over 50 years of clinical application, these courses are designed to teach the clinician to think—designing their own exercises, or modifying classic ones, to specifically address each impairment of the patient. Current principles in work physiology and clinical evidence guide the participants on a path to critical thinking that empowers clinicians to create, rather than reproduce. Don't learn a list of exercises, learn how to design an unlimited list of movement-based solutions. Exercise to mobilize joints/fascia, resolve pain and muscle guarding, elevate abnormal movement patterns, combine cervical programs with scapular and upper quarter training. Learn to answer questions for dosage on all variables associated with exercise prescription: resistance (concentric, eccentric, isometric), repetitions, sets, rest, speed, range, and frequency.

This is a part of a STEP Certification from Local sponsor OGI instructor Dr. Kelly Senglar-Vitale, PT, DPT, COMT, Cert. MDT, CMP, Cert. DN, C-STEP, FAAOMPT
Manual Physical Therapy, Inc 
ksvitale@manualptinc.com
3200 Nash Street N
Wilson, NC 27896 
(252) 243-MPTI (6784)


Course Details



Registration Open (UTC): 2022-06-21 (08:00 AM)


Start Date (UTC): 2022-10-15 (08:00 AM)


End Date (UTC): 2022-10-16 (08:00 PM)


Course Fee: $499


Faculty Details

Tom Mollsen


Faculty (PT, DMT, MPT, A.T., C., FAAOMPT)


E-mail: tmollsen@olagrimsby.com


Tom has over 25 years of extensive experience in the rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries and conditions as a licensed physical therapist, licensed athletic trainer, and certified massage therapist. Tom served as the head athletic trainer for 9 years at Elmhurst College. In this capacity, Tom coordinated the medical care of individuals participating in 16 men's and women's NCAA Division Ill sports programs. He was also the head athletic trainer for the Nike-sponsored Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Kendall Gill, and BJ Armstrong Youth Basketball Camps for 8 years. Tom graduated from Midwestern University's College of Health Sciences with a Master of Physical Therapy degree in 2002. In 2014, he completed the Ola Grimsby Institute (OGI) residency program earning a Doctorate of Manual Physical Therapy degree. Tom completed the OGl's fellowship program and was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists in 2016. Through the Roy Matheson program, Tom is a certified work capacity evaluator. Tom is a full-time clinician and owner of Midwest Manual Physical Therapy, an outpatient manual physical therapy clinic in Des Plaines, Illinois.

Outside of work, Tom holds a fourth-degree blackbelt in Gangi's Kung Fu System/Kang Chuan Do, a kung-fu based martial arts system.