This course focuses on the physiological responses and adaptations to exercise , focusing specifically on the cardiorespirator and neuromuscular systems of the body. The laboratory component of this course will feature various clinical data collection procedures and assessments relating to energy expenditure, submaximal and maximal oxygen consumption, blood lactate accumulation, electrocardiography, body composition, and spirometry. (4+0) *Prerequisite: prior physiology coursework (or instructor approval).
- Instructor: Christopher Connolly
This course involves the application and synthesis of the best evidence-based practices in sport psychology that have been shown to result in optimal performance, health, and satisfaction. Students will be introduced to the most effective science based theories, research, and best practices in sport psychology. The course experience will focus on the necessary link between science and sport, encouraging each student to build the bridge from concept to integrated application in real world settings.
- Instructor: Robert Owens
This seminar program focuses on the evaluation and management of the needs of athletes with special considerations such as disabled Master’s level and female athletes and those with chronic disorders like asthma and diabetes. Included in this course is the matching of physical activities with the physical abilities and corrective needs of these athletes.
- Instructor: Tiffany Reiss
This course prepares the student to handle emergency situations that arise with athletes during exercise or sporting events, such as cessation of breathing or circulation, shock, concussion, and spinal injuries. Students will learn to assess critical injuries and illnesses, follow procedures for providing care, and implement guidelines that affect decisions for allowing athletes to continue with activity.
- Instructor: Jun Kawaguchi
In this course students explore issues regarding ethics and jurisprudence associated with working with athletes, as well as how to communicate with other members of the athlete’s “team” of stakeholders. Students learn how to establish a sports injuries and rehabilitation practice.
- Instructor: Michael Reed
This is a series of four field-based practicums in which students participate in the evaluation and management of athletes. The required practicum hours are achieved through a variety of clinical experiences in physician offices, rehabilitation clinics, and sports performance laboratories as well as through participation in sporting events.
- Instructor: Jun Kawaguchi
- Instructor: Brent Marshall
This course focuses on mechanisms to improve athletic performance in the areas of muscular strength, flexibility, and aerobic capacity for the individual athlete and team. The assessment of performance in each of these areas and the creation, implementation and monitoring of training plans to achieve performance-based goals will be emphasized throughout this course. Current peer-reviewed research and scientific/professional expert reports will be strongly utilized.
- Instructor: Christopher Connolly
This is a series of four field-based practicums in which students participate in the evaluation and management of athletes. The required practicum hours are achieved through a variety of clinical experiences in physician offices, rehabilitation clinics, and sports performance laboratories as well as through participation in sporting events.
- Instructor: Jun Kawaguchi
- Instructor: Brent Marshall
This course provides the knowledge of evidence based chiropractic care and rehabilitation. This class will focus on the role of rehabilitation and exercise on patient care and management. It will include a brief overview of muscle functions during movements, faulty/normal patterns of movements, functional exams, patient presentations, learning the clinical audit process, rehabilitation protocols, and reading research articles. Students will gain a detailed understanding of practical applications of various rehabilitation techniques and exercises used in daily practice.
- Instructor: Tiffany Reiss
- Instructor: Jun Kawaguchi
- Instructor: Brent Marshall
- Instructor: Michael Berrebi
- Instructor: Christopher Connolly
- Instructor: Jun Kawaguchi
- Instructor: Brent Marshall
- Instructor: Tim Timothy Ray
- Instructor: Michael Reed