P-DTR® Foundations - San Francisco 2025

Module I: Jan 22 - 26

Module II: Mar 5 - 9

Module III: Apr 23 - 27

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is the course located?

550 California St

San Francisco, CA 94104

When does the course start and finish?

Class will run from 9AM to 6PM with an hour lunch break around 1PM.

What if I need to cancel the course?

Easy! Simply contact us at least 30 days before the course begins and we will give you a full refund (minus merchant fees we incur), no questions asked. Cancelations less than 30 days incur the following fees in addition to merchant fees; 29-15 days, $250 fee, 14-8 days, $450 fee, one week or less - 60% of tuition fee.

What material will I receive to begin studying when I register for the course?

You will receive access to recommended reading, neurological concepts, manual muscle testing descriptions, and a few informational videos.

I'm a chiropractic student. Is there a discount for students?

Yes! We love to see budding chiropractors start their practices with P-DTR. Email carl@pdtrusa.com with your current in-school registration and we'll send you a discount coupon for 40% off enrollment.

P-DTR® Foundations Curriculum

Module 1

INTRODUCTION

What is P-DTR?
- Origins
- How does it work?
- What does it treat?
  - Software vs. Hardware analogy
- Core Principles of P-DTR
- Receptor classes
- Proprioception
  - Exteroception
  - Interoception
- Myotatic Stretch Reflex
  - Autogenic excitation
  - Reciprocal inhibition
  - Gamma motor neurons
- Deep Tendon Reflex
  - Technique
  - Location of DTR’s and corresponding nerve roots
  - Superficial reflexes
- Paired Receptor Model
  - Components
    - Primary
    - Main Secondary
    - Virtual Secondary
    - Tertiary

RULES OF P-DTR

Application of muscle testing to P-DTR
Therapy Localization
- What is TL?
  - Sensory and motor homunculi
- What does TL do?
- How is it used?
Muscle Testing Outcomes
- Facilitated
- Inhibited
- Neurologic Switching
  - Normal autogenic responses to X and II’s
- Hypertonicity
  - Global Hypertonicity
- Receptor rules
  - Stimulus
  - Opposite stimulus
  - Anti-stimulus
- TL rules
- DTR rules
- Tertiary rules
- Modes of Dysfunctions
  - Classifications
    - Basic mode
    - Multi modes
    - Hyper modes
  - Frequency of Firing
- Rules of Indicator Muscles
  - Qualifying a valid indicator muscle
- Universal Therapy Localization
- Double Therapy Localization

MUSCLE SPINDLE CELL DYSFUNCTIONS

Intrafusal muscle fibers
- Nuclear bag fibers
- Nuclear chain fibers
Classes of stimuli
- Proper stimulus
- Opposite stimulus
- Anti-stimulus
  - Regional Hypertonicity
  - Local Hypertonicity
- Assessment and Treatment Protocol
  - History
  - Observation
  - Palpation and orthopedic testing
  - Normal autogenic responses
  - Muscle testing
  - P-DTR treatment
- Reactor/Reactive
  - Location of reactor and reactive
  - Proper stimulus
  - Options for treatment

SINGLE TRAUMATIC EVENTS

Indications
Testing
Treatment

NOCIOCEPTION

Fast pain vs. slow pain
Excitatory stimuli
- Mechanical stimuli
- Thermal stimuli
- Chemical stimuli
Peripheral nociceptive fibers
“Double” system of pain innervation
Dual nociceptive pathways
- Neospinothalamic tract
- Paleospinothalamic tract
Dual nociceptive neurotransmitters
- Glutamate
- Substance P
Nociceptive Inhibition Patterns
- Nociceptive Withdrawal Reflex/Flexor Reflex Afferent
- PMRF
- Extrapyramidal Inhibition Pattern
- Thalamic Inhibition Pattern
Gate Control Theory of Pain

NEUROGAIT II

Location of Nerve Endings
- Type I Golgi
- Type II Golgi
- Type III Golgi
- Type IV Golgi
Rules of muscles
- Flexor stretching rule
- Extensor stretching rule
Ligaments
- Golden rules of ligament testing
- Ligament physiology
- Rules of ligaments
  - Limb rotation during gait
- Nutrition for ligaments
Rules of Joint Capsules
Joint Capsule Golgis vs. Non-Joint Capsule Golgis
Rules of Joint Hyaline Cartilage
Rules of Joint Fibro Cartilage
Rules of the Spinal Ligaments
- Anterior Longitudinal Ligament
- Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
- Supraspinous Ligament
- Interspinous Ligament
- Ligamentum Flavum
- Intertransverse Ligament
Rules of the Talus
Rules of the hyoid, earlobes, nose, and lips

Module 2

NEUROGAIT II CONTINUED

Ligament Palpation and Muscle/Ligament Relationships
- Pelvic ligaments
- Hip ligaments
- Knee ligaments
- Ankle/foot ligaments
- Sternal and clavicular ligaments
- Shoulder ligaments
- Elbow/wrist ligaments
- Organ suspension ligaments
Rules of bones

NEUROGAIT I

Gait: Types of Sensory Input
- Effect of stepping rate in stance and swing phases
Automatic gait
Cerebellum and gait
Gait phases
- Phase 1: Initial contact
- Phase 2: Loading response
- Phase 3: Mid stance
- Phase 4: Terminal stance
- Phase 5: Pre-swing
- Phase 6: Initial swing
- Phase 7: Mid swing
- Phase 8: Terminal swing
Mechanical breakdown of stance phase
- Chopart joint
- Lisfrank joint
- Foot divisions
  - Talar foot
  - Calcaneal foot
Joint ligaments and involved muscles
- Talonavicular joint ligaments
- Cuneonavicular joint ligaments
- Calcaneocuboid joint ligaments
- Talocalcaneal/subtalar joint ligaments
- Interphalangeal joint of the 1st toe ligaments
- Tibiotalar joint ligaments
- Metatarsophalangeal joint of the 1st toe ligaments
- Metatarsophalangeal joint of the 2nd toe ligaments
- Metatarsophalangeal joint of the 3rd toe ligaments
- Metatarsophalangeal joint of the 4th toe ligaments
- Metatarsophalangeal joint of the 5th toe ligaments
- Anterior tibiotalar deltoid ligament
- Tibionavicular deltoid ligament
- Posterior tibiocalcaneal deltoid ligament
- Posterior tibiotalar deltoid ligament
- Anterior talofibular ligament
- Calcaneofibular ligament
- Posterior talofibular ligament

GAIT INHIBITION

Background
Symptoms
Testing procedure
Inhibition patterns
Treatment
- Forward gait
- Backward gait
Iliolumbar ligament

PALO-ALTO

Background
Testing procedure
- Posterior
- Anterior
- Lateral
- Oblique
- Adductor
- K1

PiLUS

Background
- Hypothesis of Illi
- Hypothesis of Kapandji
- Location of receptors
Symptoms
Testing procedure
Treatment

PELVIC CATEGORIES

Pelvic category I
- Location of receptors
- Symptoms and presentation
- Related muscles
- Treatment
Pelvic category II posterior ilium
- Location of receptors
- Symptoms and presentation
- Related muscles
- Treatment
Pelvic category II posterior ischium
- Location of receptors
- Symptoms and presentation
- Related muscles
- Treatment
Pelvic category II symphysis pubis
- Location of receptors
- Symptoms and presentation
- Related muscles
- Treatment
Pelvic category III
- Location of receptors
- Symptoms and presentation
- Related muscles
- Treatment
Sacral distortion
- Location of receptors
- Symptoms and presentation
- Related muscles
- Treatment

GOLGI ORGAN DYSFUNCTIONS

Golgi-golgi dysfunctions
- Location of receptors
- Pathways
  - Spinocerebellar Pathway
  - Dorsal Column Medial Lemniscus
- Joint capsule golgis vs. non-joint capsule golgis
  - Normal vs. dysfunctional responses
- TS Line and golgi dysfunctions
Golgi-pacini dysfunctions
- Pacinian corpuscles
- Differentiating golgis vs. pacinis
  - Rules and application of “rebound”
  - Determining golgi-golgi pairs vs. golgi-pacini pairs

PRESSURE AND VIBRATION DYSFUNCTIONS

Pacinian corpuscles
Vibratory receptors
- Ruffini endings
  - Frequency
  - Location
- Meissner’s corpuscles
  - Frequency
  - Location
- Krause’s corpuscles
  - Frequency
  - Location
Use of tuning forks
- Universal vibratory challenge
  - Locations
  - Rules of universal vibratory points

CLOACAL SYNCHRONIZATION

Equilibrium reflex synchronization
- Labrynthine reflex
  - Symptoms
  - Location
- Head-on-neck reflex
  - Symptoms
  - Location
- Visual righting reflex
  - Symptoms
  - Location
- Anterior pelvic reflexes
  - Symptoms
  - Location
- Posterior pelvic reflexes
  - Symptoms
  - Location
Appositional testing
- Flexion tests for anterior reflexes
- Extension tests for posterior reflexes
Treatment

LONG KINEMATIC CHAINS

The Science of Mechanics
- Statics
- Dynamics
- Kinematics
- Kinetics
Mechanisms vs. Structures
Long Kinematic Chains
- Open Kinematic Chain
- Closed Kinematic Chain
Dynamic Kinematic Chain Testing
Rules of Long Kinematic Chains
Common locations

Module 3

THERMAL NOCIOCEPTION

Three types of thermal receptors
- Cold receptors
- Warm receptors
- Nocioceptive stimuli
Cold receptors
- Fiber type
- Pathway
- Stimulation
- Symptoms
- Inhibition pattern
- Treatment
Warm receptors
- Fiber type
- Pathway
- Stimulation
- Symptoms
- Inhibition pattern
- Treatment

TICKLE AND ITCH

Tickle
- Fiber type
- Pathway
- Stimulation
- Symptoms
- Inhibition pattern
- Treatment
Itch
- Fiber type
- Pathway
- Stimulation
- Symptoms
- Inhibition pattern
- Treatment

FINE AND CRUDE TOUCH

Fine touch
- Meissner’s corpuscles
- Merkel’s discs
  - Iggo dome receptors
- Fiber type
- Pathway
- Stimulation
- Symptoms
- Inhibition pattern
- Treatment
Crude touch
- Fiber type
- Pathway
- Stimulation
- Symptoms
- Inhibition pattern
- Treatment

VERTEBRAL FIXATION AND LIMBIC FIXATION

What is a spinal fixation?
Occipital fixation
- Use of therapy localization
- Testing
- Treatment
Sacral fixation
- Use of therapy localization
- Testing
- Treatment
Vertebral fixation
- Use of therapy localization
- Testing
- Treatment
Limbic fixation
- Location
- Use of therapy localization
- Testing
- Treatment

JOINT POSITION PROPRIOCEPTORS

Joint position sense
- Conscious joint position
  - Pathway
  - Symptoms
  - Treatment
- Unconscious joint position
  - Pathway
  - Symptoms
  - Treatment

SPINOTHALAMIC DYSFUNCTIONS

Ascending sensory systems
- Anterolateral system
  - Spinotectal
  - Spinomesencephalic
  - Spinohypothalamic
  - Spinoreticular (Paleo)
  - Spinothalamic (Neo)
- Dorsal column medial lemnical pathway
  - Fasiculus gracilis
  - Fasiculus cuneatus
  - Medial lemniscus
- Somatosensory pathways to the cerebellum
  - Spinocerebellar tracts
  - Cuenocerebellar tracts
1 st, 2nd, and 3rd order neurons
Spinothalamic dysfunctions
- Spinotectal
  - Course
  - Function
  - Stimulus
- Spinomesencephalic
  - Course
  - Function
  - Stimulus
- Spinohypothalamic
  - Course
  - Function
  - Stimulus
- Spinoreticular (Paleo)
  - Course
  - Function
  - Stimulus
- Spinothalamic (Neo)
  - Course
  - Function
  - Stimulus

ADRENALS

Histology
- Location
- Structure
  - Medulla
    - Chromaffin cells
      - Catecholamines (adrenaline and noradrenaline)
  - Cortex
    - Glomerulose zone
      - Mineralcorticoids (aldosterone)
    - Fasiculata zone
      - Glucocorticoids (cortisol)
    - Reticularis zone
      - Androgens (DHEA and DHEA-S)
      - Estrogens
- Blood supply
- Function
  - Maintaining metabolic processes
  - Regulate balance of salt and water
  - Control “flight or fight” response to stress
  - Maintaining pregnancy
  - Initiating and controlling sexual maturation during childhood and puberty
  - Synthesis of corticosteroid hormones in cortex
    - Cortisol
    - Corticosterone
    - Androgens
    - Aldosterone
Metabolism
- Role of cholesterol
- Hormones of the adrenal cortex
  - Glucocorticoids
  - Mineralcorticoids
  - Androgens
Adrenal pathology
- Cushing’s syndrome
- Addison’s disease
General Adaptation Syndrome
- Categories of stress
  - Physical stress
  - Chemical stress
  - Emotional stress
  - Thermal stress
- Stages of GAS model
  - Alarm reaction
  - Resistance stage
  - Exhaustion stage
- Triad of chronic stress
  - Adrenal cortex enlargement
  - Atrophy of thymus gland and lymphatic tissues
  - Stomach and duodenal ulcers
- Symptoms of adrenal stress
- Signs of adrenal stress
- Relationship of DHEA to cortisol
  - Pregnenolone steal/cortisol escape
Treatment

MERIDIAN DYSFUNCTIONS

Meridian electromagnetic dysfunctions background
- Meridians vs. Reactor/Reactives
- Meridian alarm points
- Meridian associated muscles
- Over vs. Under meridians
- Meridian dysfunction classifications
- Hand/finger polarity
Signs and symptoms
Common cycles
- Outer sheng
- Inner sheng
- Elemental
- Ko
- 24 hour
Diagnosis
Treatment
- Primary and secondary meridians
- Associated points along bladder meridian

EMOTIONAL FAULTS

Triad of health
Fast emotional corrections
- Memory recall fast correction technique
- Emotional stress reduction technique
- Localization, quality memory
Psychological reversal
- Qualification
- Treatment
- Nutrition
Full emotional correction
- Neurolinguistic programming eye vectors
- Visceral referred pain patterns
- Treatment

STOMATOGNATHIC DYSFUNCTIONS

Stomatognathic dysfunctions
- Cranial faults
- Cranial sutures
- Sacral dysfunction
- TMJ dysfunction
- Hyoid
- Neurologic tooth
Cranial motion
- Sphenoid bones
- Occiput
- Temporal bones
- Frontal bone
- Parietal bones
Cranial faults
- Inspiration assist
- Expiration assist
- Sphenobasilar inspiration assist
- Sphenobasilar expiration assist
- Glabella
- “Banana head”
  - Temporal bulge
  - Parietal descent
- Internal frontal
- External frontal
- Nasosphenoid
- Universal
Sutural cranial faults
- Sagittal suture
- Squamosal suture
- Lambdoidal suture
- Zygomatic sutures
- Palatine suture
Sacral dysfunction
- Sacral respiratory function
- Sacral faults
  - Sacral inspiration assist
  - Sacral expiration assist
  - Sacral wobble
    - Inspiration assist
    - Expiration assist
  - Atlanto-occipital countertorque
    - Inspiration assist
    - Expiration assist
TMJ anatomy
- Muscles of mastication and mandibular movement
- Assessment and testing
Hyoid anatomy
- Muscles of the hyoid
- Assessment and testing
Neurologic tooth
- Background
- Indications
- Challenge and manipulation of teeth
- Nutrition

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