If you have ever considered your next step in your AK education, then here it is:
-- APPLIED NEURO for the AK DOC --

A Four Day Intensive Series

Taught by

Michael D. Allen, DC, NMD, DIBAK, DABCN, DAAIM, DCBCN, FACFN

Functional Neurologist

REGISTRATION

The next two-weekend class will be:

January 11 and 12, 2020

and

February 8 and 9, 2020

at:

Allen Chiropractic, PC

23161 Mill Creek Drive

Suite 110
Laguna Hills, CA 92653

Office: 949.855.9629

Read Registration Information Below

This class is for two two-day weekends.

Registration includes required books (valued @ $179) picked up at the seminar.

The Weekend #1 Early Registration deadline – before 12/11/19: $655.00 (a $35.00 savings, includes the required books)

The Weekend #1 Regular Registration – after 12/11/19: $690.00 (includes required books)

The Weekend #2 Early Registration deadline – before 1/8/20: $515.00 (you should have your books)

The Weekend #2 Regular Registration after 1/8/20: $550.00 (you should have your books)

GREATEST SAVINGS: Prepay both weekends before 12/11/19: $1170.00 (a savings of $70.00), effectively bringing each weekend price to $585.00 (including required books)

Student Registration: Weekend #1, before 12/11/19: $465.00 (includes required books)

Student Registration: Weekend #2, before 1/8/20: $325.00 (you should have your books)

Student Registration: Prepay both weekends - before 12/11/19: $740 (includes required books)

Subjects to be Covered Include:

The first day of each seminar will be academic. The second day is brief review of each topic with plenty of practical application so you can use this information in your practice.

Schedule: Weekend #1

Saturday 8:30am-12; 1:30-6pm: Academics

Sunday 8:30am-12; 1:30-5pm: Brief Review and Practical Application

Introduction to Neurological Concepts in Applied Kinesiology

You Will Learn:

The new concepts that blend functional neurological concepts with the fundamentals of applied kinesiology

Understanding the Basics of Manual Muscle Testing (MMT)

You Will Learn:

How your brain thinks in terms of whole motions, not relative to individual muscles.
About the architecture of the spinal cord
How to map a physiological blind spot and what its size means

Intrinsic Spinal Muscle Dysfunction and its Role in Vertebral Subluxation

You Will Learn:

What are shunt muscles and why are they important
What are spurt muscles and how can we test them using manual muscle testing
How to manage shunt and spurt muscles together

Proprioception and the Gait Reflex

You Will Learn:

What makes up a reflex arc
The 12 effects of primary afferentation
The importance of functional reciprocity

The Enteric Plexus: Understanding the Vasovagal Reflex

You Will Learn:

The components of the enteric nervous system (ENS)
What it means to be "vasovagal"
The importance management of corticobulbar pathways

Gastric Esophagitis and the Ileocecal Valve Syndrome

You Will Learn:

The causes and treatment of a hiatal hernia
The causes and treatment of a dysfunctional ileocecal valve
The role of the ileocecal valve in small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)
The management and treatment of the migrating motor complex

Schedule: Weekend #2

Saturday 8:30am-12; 1:30-6pm: Academics

Sunday 8:30am-12; 1:30-5pm: Brief Review and Practical Application

Neurotransmitters

You Will Learn:

The difference between neurochemicals and neurotransmitters
The importance of the 7 major neurotransmitters
How to examine the major neurotransmitters

Scoliosis and its Vestibular Relationships

You Will Learn:

The importance of functional blance
How to examine the semicircular canals
The vestibulospinal outflow and its affect on spinal stability

Nociception and Pain Control

You Will Learn:

The affects of medication in pain control
How to use manual muscle testing as examine the cause of pain
How to address chronic pain in a clinical practice

Upper Cervical and Cranial Postural Mechanisms

You Will Learn:

The various postural reflexes and how to recognize each of them
How to examine and treat the various postural displays

Athletic Injury: Pre-existing Patterns, their Treatment and their Prevention

You Will Learn:

The 9 most common athletic injuries and how to address them with AK
The overuse syndrome; its examination and treatment
When to use heat versus cold

NOTE: Every reasonable effort will be made to include each of these above items. However, the speaker reserves the right to make changes and/or modifications to this syllabus as necessary to present the most updated material available.

HealthBuilderS® Professional Coaching

If you have ever considered your next step in your AK education, then here it is: -- APPLIED NEURO for the AK DOC --

A Four Day Intensive Series

REGISTRATION

Subjects to be Covered Include:

The first day of each seminar will be academic. The second day is brief review of each topic with plenty of practical application so you can use this information in your practice.

​

Schedule: Weekend #1

Saturday 8:30am-12; 1:30-6pm: Academics

Sunday 8:30am-12; 1:30-5pm: Brief Review and Practical Application

Introduction to Neurological Concepts in Applied Kinesiology

You Will Learn:

The new concepts that blend functional neurological concepts with the fundamentals of applied kinesiology

Understanding the Basics of Manual Muscle Testing (MMT)

You Will Learn:

How your brain thinks in terms of whole motions, not relative to individual muscles.

About the architecture of the spinal cord

How to map a physiological blind spot and what its size means

Intrinsic Spinal Muscle Dysfunction and its Role in Vertebral Subluxation

You Will Learn:

What are shunt muscles and why are they important

What are spurt muscles and how can we test them using manual muscle testing

How to manage shunt and spurt muscles together

Proprioception and the Gait Reflex

You Will Learn:

What makes up a reflex arc

The 12 effects of primary afferentation

The importance of functional reciprocity

The Enteric Plexus: Understanding the Vasovagal Reflex

You Will Learn:

The components of the enteric nervous system (ENS)

What it means to be "vasovagal"

The importance management of corticobulbar pathways

Gastric Esophagitis and the Ileocecal Valve Syndrome

You Will Learn:

The causes and treatment of a hiatal hernia

The causes and treatment of a dysfunctional ileocecal valve

The role of the ileocecal valve in small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)

The management and treatment of the migrating motor complex

Schedule: Weekend #2

Saturday 8:30am-12; 1:30-6pm: Academics

Sunday 8:30am-12; 1:30-5pm: Brief Review and Practical Application

Neurotransmitters

You Will Learn:

The difference between neurochemicals and neurotransmitters

The importance of the 7 major neurotransmitters

How to examine the major neurotransmitters

Scoliosis and its Vestibular Relationships

You Will Learn:

The importance of functional blance

How to examine the semicircular canals

The vestibulospinal outflow and its affect on spinal stability

Nociception and Pain Control

You Will Learn:

The affects of medication in pain control

How to use manual muscle testing as examine the cause of pain

How to address chronic pain in a clinical practice

Upper Cervical and Cranial Postural Mechanisms

You Will Learn:

The various postural reflexes and how to recognize each of them

How to examine and treat the various postural displays

Athletic Injury: Pre-existing Patterns, their Treatment and their Prevention

You Will Learn:

The 9 most common athletic injuries and how to address them with AK

The overuse syndrome; its examination and treatment

When to use heat versus cold

​

NOTE: Every reasonable effort will be made to include each of these above items. However, the speaker reserves the right to make changes and/or modifications to this syllabus as necessary to present the most updated material available.

HealthBuilderS®
Professional Coaching

If you have ever considered your next step in your AK education, then here it is:
-- APPLIED NEURO for the AK DOC --