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Date: June 13
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Course Type: Live, In-Person
CCUs: 4
Location: Rise Gym – 11703 Spring Cypress Rd, Tomball, TX 77377
Physical therapy is full of named approaches—and strong opinions about them. Sahrmann. McKenzie. Movement impairment. Directional preference. But in the clinic, patients don’t present as textbook examples of any one philosophy.
This course is designed to help you think critically about two commonly used treatment frameworks: Sahrmann’s Movement System Impairment approach and the McKenzie Method. Rather than teaching you what to think, we’ll focus on how to evaluate each approach, where they overlap, where they differ, and when each may—or may not—fit the patient in front of you.
Using real-world patient scenarios, we’ll walk through how each philosophy might interpret the same presentation, guide assessment, and influence treatment decisions. The goal is not to pick a “winner,” but to sharpen your clinical reasoning so you can apply principles intentionally instead of defaulting to a label.
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:
Explain the core assumptions and clinical goals of both Sahrmann and McKenzie approaches
Compare how each framework evaluates movement, symptoms, and contributing factors
Apply both philosophies to common patient scenarios and identify strengths and limitations
Improve your ability to question, adapt, and integrate approaches rather than rigidly follow one system
This course is ideal for physical therapists who want to move beyond protocol-driven care and develop a more flexible, skeptical, and patient-centered way of thinking in the clinic.
Date: June 13
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Course Type: Live, In-Person
CCUs: 4
Location: Rise Gym – 11703 Spring Cypress Rd, Tomball, TX 77377
Physical therapy is full of named approaches—and strong opinions about them. Sahrmann. McKenzie. Movement impairment. Directional preference. But in the clinic, patients don’t present as textbook examples of any one philosophy.
This course is designed to help you think critically about two commonly used treatment frameworks: Sahrmann’s Movement System Impairment approach and the McKenzie Method. Rather than teaching you what to think, we’ll focus on how to evaluate each approach, where they overlap, where they differ, and when each may—or may not—fit the patient in front of you.
Using real-world patient scenarios, we’ll walk through how each philosophy might interpret the same presentation, guide assessment, and influence treatment decisions. The goal is not to pick a “winner,” but to sharpen your clinical reasoning so you can apply principles intentionally instead of defaulting to a label.
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:
Explain the core assumptions and clinical goals of both Sahrmann and McKenzie approaches
Compare how each framework evaluates movement, symptoms, and contributing factors
Apply both philosophies to common patient scenarios and identify strengths and limitations
Improve your ability to question, adapt, and integrate approaches rather than rigidly follow one system
This course is ideal for physical therapists who want to move beyond protocol-driven care and develop a more flexible, skeptical, and patient-centered way of thinking in the clinic.