Weekend Overview
Certification Weekend
This is it. Join us in Asheville, North Carolina for a tough but fun weekend with the best rehab providers in the world.
This 2-day event will consist of certification testing on Saturday and a unique day of content on Sunday morning that can only be seen during your certification weekend experience.
Certification testing on Saturday will include a combination of practical examination and a comprehensive, proctored, written test. Prior to the exam, students will have the opportunity to review relevant content with faculty and classmates
Live Course Testing Honored Through March 31, 2027
We will honor testing at our live courses through March 31, 2027 for anyone completing the live test portion of their certification.
Beginning April 1, 2027, a ticket to a testing weekend is required to complete your certification.
Schedule
SATURDAY
8:00am – 5:00pm
Certification testing. You will receive your scheduled testing time via an email from “courses@ptonice.com” the Monday prior to the weekend
SUNDAY
8:00am – 1:00pm
Unique division content
Objectives
- Demonstrate the ability to effectively evaluate & treat a patient with a common spine or extremity condition, using a thorough subjective and objective examination guided by clinical practice guidelines and current best evidence
- Demonstrate the ability to screen patients for risk factors and contraindications to spinal manipulation, including upper cervical ligament integrity testing
- Demonstrate safe and effective mobilization and thrust manipulation technique for the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine
- Demonstrate appropriate manual therapy and exercise prescription for common extremity syndromes, along with spinal mobility exercises and their home exercise counterparts
- Show understanding of repeated movement testing for radicular presentations, therapeutic neuroscience for persistent pain, and the role of patient expectations, sleep, and stress in spine and extremity care
Additional Information
PREREQUISITES
- Must have completed all of the courses in the certification:
- Lumbar Spine Management
- Cervical Spine Management
- Total Spine Thrust Manipulation
- Extremity Management
EDUCATION LEVEL
- Entry-level






