NEUT 1020 Pathology/Neuromuscular Therapy
This course prepares students to identify general patho-logical conditions so as to be able to refer for medical attention or identify indications and contraindications for massage for specific body systems as stated: musculo-skeletal, endocrine, nervous, integumentary, circulatory and lymphatic, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urinary, and reproductive systems. Topics include: review of basic anatomy and physiology per body system; identification of pathologic conditions per body system; physiologic ef-fects of manual therapies upon each body system; for-mation of a treatment plan; indications versus contraindi-cations for treatment; dysfunction versus disease;critical reading; and NMT Foundational Platform.