Who's This Course For?
Chiropractor, Educator, Certified MSK Nerd
Michael Maxwell, DC, BHK
Michael's mission is to provide MSK education that is backed by research, rooted in reason, and highly applicable,
Michael is a Certified Instructor for Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization according to Pavel Kolar, and is Canada's only Certified Instructor for Michael Shacklock's Clinical Neurodynamics. Michael has presented at post graduate continuing education courses and conferences throughout North America and Internationally.
Through his consistent and exceptional exposure to some of the world's most recognized clinicians and educators, 20 years in the trenches helping clients and patients reach their goals, and his dedication to providing exceptional and comprehensive care in clinical practice, Dr. Maxwell is well-positioned to provide outstanding clinical continuing education.
Course Description
DNS B builds on the foundation of Course A, extending into the differentiated global movement patterns — ipsilateral and contralateral — that define mature human locomotion. Participants will develop advanced assessment and treatment skills across the full developmental sequence, with hands-on application across a broad range of clinical populations.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Analyze the kinesiological content and movement quality of differentiated ipsilateral and contralateral global movement patterns, and explain their relationship to locomotor pathology
- Perform advanced functional assessment of both undifferentiated and differentiated developmental positions using visual, palpatory, and dynamic DNS testing
- Design and progress DNS corrective exercise programs through differentiated static positions, positional transitions, unstable surfaces, resistance against planned movement, and isolated segmental training
- Apply advanced clinical reasoning to integrate DNS assessment and corrective strategies into everyday practice, including patient education
- Adapt DNS principles across specialized populations — pediatric (DNS FIT Kid), athletic (threshold and performance training), neurological (SCI, stroke, spasticity), obstetric (pelvic floor and diaphragm function during pregnancy), and geriatric patients
Course Outline
Day 1:
Session 1: Ontogenesis – review with emphasis on differentiated movement patterns.
Break
Session 2: Review of assessment and therapy in undifferentiated positions (diaphragm test, upper limb elevation test, intra-abdominal pressure control in supine).
Lunch
Session 3: Testing in differentiated movement patterns (rolling patterns, differentiated quadruped position, crawling, differentiated bear position).
Break
Session 4: Patient demonstrations – live or video-based, including analysis.
Day 2:
Session 1: Review of assessment and therapy in undifferentiated positions (intra-abdominal pressure control in sitting, quadruped position, modifications in low kneeling, bear, squat).
Break
Session 2: Therapy in differentiated positions – workshop: side-lying, oblique sitting.
Lunch
Session 3: Therapy in differentiated positions – workshop: crawling.
Break
Session 4: Therapy in differentiated positions – workshop: differentiated bear position. Group exercise in developmental positions.
Day 3:
Session 1: Application of DNS principles across different populations (infants and children, women during pregnancy and postpartum, application in sports, and in the elderly population).
Break
Session 2: Workshop: Test – Therapy – Retest (differentiated and undifferentiated models)
Lunch
Session 3: Summary of therapy principles, guiding patients toward self-therapy. Discussion, Q&A