ELDOA 1&2 Combination Course is a four-day course. It combines ELDOA Level 1 – The Most Frequently Used ELDOA of the Spine – with ELDOA 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 to Factors of Progression. In this four-day course format, student- practitioners complete both ELDOA Level 1 and Level 2 Certification Courses.

Lecture topics include:

• The History of the ELDOA
  
  
• Guy Voyer’s Educational Paradigm (Learn by Doing, Complexity, Tensegrity & Biomechanics)
  
  
• What is a Spine – Mobility vs. Stability
  
  
• The General Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Spine
• What is an Intervertebral Disc?
  
  
• The Medical Approach to Back Pain vs. the ELDOA
  
  
• The Philosophy of the ELDOA “You are your own best therapist”
  
  
• Osteo-articular warm up
  
  
• ELDOA exercise practice
  
  

With the help of the course instructor participants will work in small groups to work out the exercise progressions for each spinal segment and coach each other on how to correctly perform each exercise. This way everyone learns to both do and coach the ELDOA.

The goal of the intensive format is to immerse yourself in the anatomy and mechanics of the ELDOA while getting plenty of practical experience with it. So by the time you walk out of the class the last day, you will not only feel better and have an improved posture, but are also capable of teaching it to your clients or patient the very next day and deliver amazing results.

No Exam

Food & Coffee

There is an abundance of restaurants and coffee shops in the West End of Vancouver that will cater for everybody’s eating requirements.

Matchstick Coffee shop is a 7 min walk (if you turn left out of the hotel)

Whole Foods is just under a kilometre away (10 mins walk).

If the weather is nice you can pack a lunch and eat by the ocean.

Accommodation:

The Hotel Best Westin by Sands offers a discounted rate if you mentation “Soma Education” call:
604 682 1831

There are also many other accommodation options in the area.

• A service charge of $150 will apply for ALL CANCELLATIONS.
• Refunds will not be issued within 30 days of the course/seminar start date.
• Course participants have the option to re-schedule the course within a period of 12 months from original start date of the course. The enrollment change must be notified to Soma Education Canada at info@somaeducation.ca with a minimum of 5 days prior to original course start. Participants who choose to re-schedule must choose equal Certification Course taught by Paul Sherman, Soma Education Canada. Re-scheduling does not qualify for a refund.
• Cancellation within 5 days prior to course start are considered late cancel or no show and will not allow for a refund or enrolment change. Service charge will apply.
• No refunds on private or customized engagements.
• Virtual Lecture – Please contact Guy Voyer for any cancelations of the virtual aspect of this course, Soma Education does not hold any responsibility for this.