In honor of PT Day of Service 2025, The Northeast District will again be hosting a free Fall Risk Screening!

Are you or someone you know at risk of falling?

Attend our FREE fall risk screening to:

💚 Determine your risk of falling

💚 Check your blood pressure

💚 Receive recommendations for follow-up

💚 Discuss resources to access healthy food in our community

Interested in volunteering?

Please email alyssanbreslin@gmail.com

Interested in making a donation to fund the event?

Visit www.northeast-cpta.org/donate

Join the Northeast District in supporting the CAL-PT-FUND with a donation based outdoor yoga class taught by our very own Alyssa Breslin [Vice Chair of NED]

All levels of experience welcome. Props will be available upon request.

This is a free event, however, donations are welcome. Please use this link ResearchMovesUs2024

In honor of PT Day of Service 2022, The Northeast District will again be hosting a free Fall Risk Screening!

Are you or someone you know at risk of falling?

Attend our FREE fall risk screening to:

💚 Determine your risk of falling

💚 Check your blood pressure

💚 Receive recommendations for follow-up

💚 Discuss resources to access healthy food in our community

Interested in volunteering?

Please email alyssanbreslin@gmail.com

Interested in making a donation to fund the event?

Visit www.northeast-cpta.org/donate

All members are invited to attend the annual Northeast District Business and Assembly of Representatives Meeting. Learn more about the Northeast District and the motions presented at the upcoming Assembly of Representatives.

Date: Monday, September 12, 2022
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Type: Zoom (look for an email from districts@ccapta.org for the invitation)

Come join CPTA’s Northeast District for an informal pub night and evening of socializing in Chico 🍻

If you are unable to join us in Chico, please consider joining remotely as we host a parallel event over Zoom. At some point during the course of the evening we will connect the two events for a District wide toast.

https://ccapta-org.zoom.us/j/84046045299?pwd=UTBIVHhkUUoybUw1Rkd4R1VJMWlwUT09

Join us for physically distanced fun on the American River this weekend to support Physical Therapy Research.

Leave your car at Discovery Park ($5) and join colleagues from 1-3pm this Sunday October 11th. Or better yet, bicycle to Discovery Park in solidarity with this year’s riders. There will be two cornhole competitions. One from 1-2pm and a second round from 2-3pm. $1 buy-in with prizes for the winner, procedures will benefit, you guessed it, The Ride for Research. Look for more details on our Calendar of Events page.

Can’t participate? You can still donate directly at: https://www.ccapta.org/page/RideforResearch

2020 Participants:

• Nikki-Rae Alkema

• Nancy Byl

• Mitchell Kauk

• Christopher Powers

• Paul Smith

Agenda:

6:00-6:30pm: Mixer Shenanigans and General Revelry

6:30-7:00pm: District Business Meeting/Update facilitated by NED Chair Ben Braxley

7:00pm-9:00pm: NED Assembly of Representatives Motion Discussion facilitated by NED Chief Rep Dean Bessas

https://ccapta-org.zoom.us/j/7685728903?pwd=U0RxMDJCbHRNWnlOaU1HaWdoVVlEdz09

The Northeast District will be hosting an informal Zoom meet up for District members and prospective members. Sign on to contact with professionals from our area. This is an opportunity to be 'with' others going through the same professional changes and the challenges at hand.

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/75758570810?pwd=K2JsVUFpd0JON2ZabVZNS1RIMTU0QT09

Your Representatives from the Northeast District are getting ready to be your voice at the CPTA Assembly of Representatives. If you are interested in what is planned to be discussed this year, or if you would like to ask your representatives to present something on your behalf, show up for our Pre-Assembly meeting the evening of September 30th. Check out our Facebook page to RSVP for the event so we can plan for your attendance.

Course Description

The upper cervical spine is defined as the occiput, C1, C2, and all associated  vascular, contractile and non-contractile soft tissue structures.  The upper cervical spine system can play a major role in cervical pain, temporomandibular dysfunction, whiplash associated disorder, headache, dizziness and vertigo. Because the anatomy, kinesiology and arthrokinematics of the upper cervical spine are considerably different than the lower cervical spine (C3-7), effective management of the upper cervical spine requires evaluation and intervention techniques specific to the region.

This one-day course presents upper cervical anatomy, precautions and contraindications to orthopedic manual therapy(OMPT) interventions, screening and evaluation techniques, HVLA and nonHVLA OMPT interventions as well as active therapeutic exercise interventions specific to the upper cervical spine. 7.5 contact hours (.75 CEUs)

Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course the participant will be able to discuss and demonstrate:

• The anatomy of the upper cervical spine including articular, vascular, ligamentous and neural structures.

• Both subjective and objective findings indicative of precautions and contraindications to mobilization/manipulation of the upper cervical spine.

• ŸTesting the integrity and function of upper cervical ligaments.

• ŸTesting for compromise of the upper cervical arterial structures.

• ŸTesting the mobility of the upper cervical spine.

• Performing HVLA and non-HVLA manual techniques  to improve the mobility of the upper cervical spine.

• Instructing the patient in an exercise program to maximize function and minimize dysfunction of the upper cervical spine.

Method of Presentation

The course will employ lecture /discussion and hands-on laboratory techniques. Instructor/student ratio will be 1/12. ( 36 students maximum) 

Course  Instructors

Andrew Brenan is a graduate of the Kaiser Hayward  Fellowship in Advanced  Orthopedic Manual Therapy and has been teaching long and short term courses since 1994.  He is currently a clinical specialist at Kaiser Permanente in South Sacramento in the outpatient orthopedic department and a faculty member with the Northern California Orthopedic Manual PT Fellowship program.

Andrew Russell is a graduate of the Kaiser Northern California Orthopedic Manual PT Fellowship. He has been an outpatient orthopedic physical therapist for 15 years and is a supervisor and orthopedic clinical specialist with St Joseph Health in Sonoma County. 

Linn Harding is a graduate of the Kaiser Northern California Orthopedic Manual PT Fellowship and has taught anatomy and manual orthopedic PT classes for over 25 years. He currently works as a full- time clinical specialist at St. Joseph’s orthopedic outpatient department in Sebastopol CA.

Course Schedule

8:00 AM — 9:00  …… Anatomy and kinesiology of the upper cervical spine and indications for manual therapy to the upper cervical spine.

9:00 — 10:00     ……  Precautions, contraindications, rationale for ligamentous and vascular testing.

10:00 — 10:15              Break
10:15 — 12:00  …….. Evaluation procedures: screening for precautions/contraindications and evaluating mobility

12:00 — 1:00  ……….  Lunch

 1:00 — 3:00  ……….   OMPT: HVLA techniques for the upper cervical spine

 3:00 — 4:00  ………..   OMPT: Non-HVLA  techniques for the upper cervical spine

4:00 — 5:00 ………. Therapeutic exercise for the upper cervical spine

When:

November 8, 2018 7-9 p.m.

Where:

UC Davis Medical Center

4680 Y Street, Suite 1100

Sacramento, California 95817

Presenter(s): Paul Carlisle, PT, MPT

Cost:

$30: PT/PTA (Must be an active CPTA member)

Free: All Students

$75: Prospective members

Contact:

Bill Workman, Continuing Education Chair NE District

**Contact at billworkmandpt@gmail.com **

Registration available via northeast-CPTA.org Courses

Course Description:

The speaker will lead the group through various scenarios related to

administrative/business practices (e.g., coding, productivity, documentation practices). A thorough review of the laws and regulations will be provided as well. You don’t want to miss this interactive event!

Course Objectives:

At the conclusion of the program, the participant will be able to:

Identify resources that can assist in ethical and legal decision-making.

Utilize an ethical decision-making model to reason through and discuss case scenarios.

Consider, and review current laws and regulations relating to the practice of PT.

Schedule:

Hour 1

Review ethical decision-making model to reason through and discuss case scenarios

Review laws and regulations

Identify resources that can assist in ethical and legal decision-making

Hour 2

Discussion on when a situation presents an ethical and/or legal issue

Discuss arguments on the ethical and professional aspects of an issue

CEUs:

2 contact hours or .2 CEUs (approval pending)

Target Audience:

Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants

Instruction Level: Basic

Format: Lecture only

Date: Saturday, October 20, 2018
Time: 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Title: Vestibular Course
Presenter: Lisa Heusel-Gillig, PT, DPT, NCS
Cost: $300 APTA members; $480 non-members
Location:
7667 Folsom Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95826
CSU, Sacramento, Physical Therapy Dept.
Sponsor: Northeast District and CPTA
For more information: Click here 

Date: Saturday, August 25, 2018
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
3rd Annual Results Sports Medicine Symposium
click here for more information
Sponsor: Northeast District
Contact: Bill Workman, billworkmandpt@gmail.com, 310-888-9996

Date: Monday, May 21, 2018
Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Title: Payment Forum
Presenter: Dr. Baldi from Blue Shield
Cost: CPTA member $10; Non Member $25
Location:
3000 Q Street, Sacramento, CA 95816
6th floor conference room
Sponsor: Northeast District
Webinar access potential – please contact us for more info
Contact: Bill Workman, billworkmandpt@gmail.com, 310-888-9996

The National Advocacy Dinner movement is returning to Northern California for another year!

National Advocacy Dinners are community-based forums for students to engage in dialogue and become empowered to work with Federal and State policymakers to represent the PT profession and advocate for patient needs. Join us as we learn more about why #PTadvocacy is so important from local PT, PTA, and student leaders.

WHERE: San Joaquin County Agricultural Center, Stockton, CA

WHEN: Friday, April 20 from 6:00-9:00PM

DRESS: Business Casual DINNER: Dinner will be provided.

Please RSVP if you will be attending so we can get an accurate headcount for food (matthew.b.downey@gmail.com) After dinner and our panel of speakers, we will be having a PT Pub Night at Valley Brew (location is tentative).