The ELDOA™ Comprehensive Certification ProgramSix Level Program

ELDOA Level 2 Certification Course

ELDOA of the Spine

Length of course: 3 days

$899.00 plus sales tax

Course Description

ELDOA Level 2 Certification Course – The ELDOA of the Spine – is a three-day course

The first day is a review of ELDOA 1, the Educational Paradigm of Guy VOYER, DO, and the Teaching Method –“Learn by Doing.”. The History of the ELDOA, According to Guy VOYER DO, and the Historical Synopsis of the ELDOA are discussion topics. In days 2 and 3, Kapandji spine biomechanics and descriptive anatomy are taught. Students learn the ELDOA postures of the spine from the level of L5-S1 to C2-C3 and the Factors of Progression are introduced.

Lecture topics include: Back Pain: Treat the Symptoms vs. ELDOA: Address the Cause, What are the Goals of the ELDOA?, Descriptive Anatomy and Kapandji Biomechanics of the Spine, Factors of Progression and the Teaching Principles – Awareness, MFS, and Lemniscate, and The Philosophy of the ELDOA – “You Are Your Own Best Therapist.”

Course Objectives:

Back Pain: Treat the Symptoms vs. ELDOA: Address the Cause

The History of the ELDOA, According to Guy VOYER, DO (2 parts)

The Comprehensive Historical Synopsis of the ELDOA

The General and Local Effects of the ELDOA

Kapandji Biomechanics, Descriptive Anatomy, and Cinesiology

Functional Spine Unit of Junghans and the Role of the Intervertebral Disc

Water is Life: Intercellular vs. Extracellular Water

Introduction to Dura Mater & Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF)

Teach the Postures for the ELDOA of the Spine – L5-S1 to C2-C3

Teaching Principles – Awareness, MFS, Lemniscate – & Factors of Progression

Primary Respiratory Mechanism (PRM

Importance of a Home Program

Discussions and Theories

At the end of the course, students receive a Certificate of Completion as a Student-Practitioner for Level 2.

ELDOA Level 1&2 Combination Certification Course

Length of Course:  4-day Course

$1449.00 plus sales tax

Course Description

ELDOA Level 1&2 Combination Certification Course combines ELDOA Level 1 – The Most Frequently Used ELDOA of the Spine – with ELDOA Level 2 – The ELDOA of the Spine – taught in a four-day course format.

The first part of the course is dedicated to topics specific to ELDOA 1:  The Educational Paradigm of Guy VOYER, DO and the Teaching Method – “Learn by Doing”. The History of the ELDOA, What are the Goals of the ELDOA?, Introduction to Spine Biomechanics and the Functional Spine Unit of Junghans, and the Philosophy of the ELDOA – “You Are Your Own Best Therapist.”

The second part of the course, The ELDOA of the Spine, concentrates on the following topics:  Back Pain:  Treat the Symptoms vs. ELDOA – Address the Cause, Good Posture – The Gravity Line and Spine Curvature Disorders, Kapandji Spine Biomechanics and Descriptive Anatomy, Water is Life:  Intracellular Water vs. Extracellular Water, and Introduction fo Factors of Progression.  In this four-day course format, student-practitioners complete both ELDOA Level 1 and Level 2 Certification Courses.

Course Objectives:

The History of the ELDOA, including the Comprehensive Historical Synopsis of How the ELDOA was Organized by Guy VOYER, DO

What are the Goals of the ELDOA? – General and Local Effects

Good Posture:  The Gravity Line and Spine Curvature Disorders

Teach Classic Spine Biomechanics and Descriptive Anatomy

Water is Life:  Intracellular vs. Extracellular Water

Introduction to Dura Mater and Cervical Spinal Fluid

Teaching Principles:  Awareness, Myo-Fascial Stretching, Lemniscate & Introduce Factors of Progression

Teach the Classic ELDOA Postures of the Spine Levels L5-S1 to C2-C3

The Importance of a Home Program

Discussion and Theory:  ELDOA Philosophy – “You Are Your Own Best Therapist”

ELDOA Level 3 Certification Course 

Ribcage and Sternum, Shoulder Complex, and Hips

Length of course: 3 days

$899.00 plus sales tax

Course Description

The focus of ELDOA 3 is the Peripheral Joints – ribcage and sternum, shoulder complex, and coxo-femoral joint.  This Certification course begins with a review of ELDOA 1 and 2.  Kapandji biomechanics and descriptive anatomy are taught for the aforementioned regions and kinesiology laws are discussed.

The ELDOA postures taught in the course include the ELDOA for the hips, the shoulder – all parts – and for the ribs and sternum.

Prerequisties:  completion of ELDOA Level 2 in the Comprehensive Certification Program.

Course Objectives:

Review of ELDOA Levels 1-2

Descriptive Anatomy and Kapandji Biomechanics of the Hip

Teach the ELDOA Postures of the Hip

Descriptive Anatomy and Kapandji Biomechanics of the Shoulder comples

Teach the ELDOA Postures of the Shoulder complex

Descriptive Anatomy of the Trunk and Kapandji Biomechanics of the Ribcage and Sternum

Teach the ELDOA Postures for the Ribcage and Sternum

Factors of Progression

Fascia Overview

Discuss the Importance of a Home Program

discuss the Examination for ELDOA Level 4 – ELDOA Trainer

At the end of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Completion as a Student-Practitioner Level 3.

ELDOA Level 4 Certification Course 

The Pelvic Axes and the ELDOA for the Pelvis and Sacro-illiac Joints

Length of course: 5 days

$2249.00 plus sales tax

Course Description

ELDOA 4 is taught by Guy VOYER, DO. A part of this course is a review of ELDOA Levels 1-3.  The focus of ELDOA 4 is the pelvis and the biomechanics of the pelvis, which include the sacra-iliac joint and the 22 axes of rotation.  The ELDOA techniques are taught for these structures.

In order to graduate from ELDOA Level 4 as an ELDOA Trainer, students must pass a written exam about the history of the ELDOA according to Guy VOYER, DO, and discuss the comprehensive methodology that forms the basis of the ELDOA techniques.  Students present two ELDOA techniques and their corrections in front of Dr. VOYER as part of a practical examination.  Marks will be given and students must pass these tests before proceeding to ELDOA Level 5.

ELDOA Level 5 Certification Courses

5.1 is a 4 day course
5.2 is a 4 day course
5.3 is a 3 day course

$1999.00 plus sales tax

COURSE DESCRIPTION: The goal of ELDOA 5 courses is to take the ELDOA Therapist from a foundational understanding of the spine taught in ELDOA 1-4 and to advance the working knowledge of what is happening in the world of spinal pathology and back pain. ELDOA Therapist must have an understanding of normal and abnormal spinal function and degenerative conditions

ELDOA Level 5 is organized into 3 courses, ELDOA 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 and is taught only by Guy VOYER, DO.

5.1 is a 4 day course
5.2 is a 4 day course
5.3 is a 3 day course

5.1 COURSE DESCRIPTION:

ELDOA Therapists need to have a thorough understanding of the anatomy, classic biomechanics, tensegritive biomechanics and orthopedic spinal disorders with respect to general spinal pathologies and back pain.

The teaching focuses on the specific causes of spinal pathologies and back pain.  The spinal pathologies are discussed, compared and contrasted in order to correctly select and apply the respective ELDOA.

5.2 COURSE DESCRIPTION:

ELDOA 5.2 is a 4 day course: With surgery becoming more common-place people are looking beyond Western medicine to help relieve their spinal disease or back pain. An ELDOA Therapist isn’t a MD but needs to have a working knowledge of spinal pathologies.

5.2 COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Description to come

LECTURE TOPICS:

• Mid and lower back pain, causes of mechanical back pain, Spondylolisthesis
• Back condition and treatment.
  • Osteoporosis, Osteopenia and Osteoporosis.
• Herniated and Bulging Discs
  • Diagnosis and causes of a herniated disc
  • Risk factors
  • Herniated Discs: Definition, Progression, and Diagnosis
  • Herniated Disc Treatment
• Medications, Drugs and Spinal Injections for Herniated Discs,
  • Discectomy
  • Fusion
  • Spinal Instrumentation: learn your options
• Role of bone graft in spinal fusion surgery
• Types of spinal fractures and symptoms of spinal fractures.
• What you need to know about sciatica
  • Symptoms and causes, 6 leading causes of sciatica
• Sleep well with back or neck pain
• Does cold weather make back and leg symptoms worse?
• Exams and Tests,
  • X-Rays (Radiographs),
  • CT Scan and CAT Scan
  • Neurological Exams
  • Bone Mineral Density (BMD)
  • Discography Information,
    • Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar
  • Electromyography (EMG)
  • Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV) Tests
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Myelography (Myelogram)
• 3 ways to protect yourself from radiation from spinal imaging
• 3D spinal implants (A glimpse into the future)
• Spinal cancer: what you should know
  • Understanding metastatic spine cancer and spinal tumors
  • Symptoms of metastatic spine cancer and spinal tumor diagnosis,
  • How Angiography fits in a spinal cancer treatment plan
  • Symptoms of multiple myeloma in the spine
  • How multiple myeloma of the spine is diagnosed
  • Spinal Chondrosarcoma
• Paget’s disease
• Chordoma
• Understanding spinal osteosarcomas,
• Radiation therapy for metastatic spinal tumors

THE GOAL OF LEVEL 5:

The goal of ELDOA Therapist 5 is to leave with an in-
depth level of anatomical, classic biomechaniacal, tensegrity biomechanics in relationship to spinal pathologies.
This knowledge will allow therapists to work within a gym setting, sports team setting, clinic etc., with all aspects of back pain, or performance from a certified ELDOA group class to one on one private sessions whether it be sport specific or for specific spinal pathologies

ELDOA Level 6 Certification Course

Length of Course: To be determined

Course Description

ELDOA Level 6 is the top level of the ELDOA Program. Level 6 is a review of all 5 levels, but using tensegrity biomechanics. Specific adaptations of the classic postures taught in levels 1-5 will be discussed as well.

Level 6 is organized into two parts. Part one focuses on the tensegrity biomechanics and the techno-methodology. In the second part, practitioners will take an exam to prove their level of proficiency with the material followed by a graduation.