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Workshop Objectives:
- Describe the Integrative Assessment framework, detailing its three parts for a comprehensive patient evaluation.
- Demonstrate primary testing and screening procedures essential for identifying underlying health issues effectively.
- Learn how to assess and confirm if a patient maintains proper "joint centration" to ensure optimal joint alignment and function.
- Gain insights into selecting specific DNS exercises tailored to individual patient needs, considering assessments and rehabilitative goals.
Dr. Bill Tortoriello
Dr. Bill Tortoriello graduated from National University of Health Sciences (NUHS) in 2006 as a Doctor of Chiropractic. Upon graduation, Dr. Bill opened his own private practice, Integrative Chiropractic. Dr. Bill has taken all varieties of DNS education offered, including all clinical and exercise courses, as well as special skills courses ranging from neurology and manual therapy, to orthopedics, scoliosis, and golf. Consequently, in 2014 Dr. Bill was certified as a formal DNS Practitioner, as well as one of only a select few DNS Pediatric Practitioners. While immersing himself in the traditional DNS principles, Dr. Bill has attempted to combine the knowledge gained from the Prague School with the primary, integrative approaches gleaned from other experts in the field of musculoskeletal medicine such as Shacklock and McKenzie.
In addition to maintaining a private practice in Chicago since 2006, Dr. Bill has also been honored to teach Functional Rehabilitation in the Clinical Sciences Department of his alma mater, NUHS, since 2015.
Dr. Bill strives to spread the DNS principles of movement, stabilization, and treatment to the Chiropractic profession, his students at NUHS, and more generally throughout the healthcare community.