CTB Clinical Core for the Upper Body

In-Person Training | 17 NCBTMB CEs

Dates: February 21-22, 2026

Location: Greenwood Village, CO

Hours: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Saturday & Sunday)

What’s included with your registration

Your in-person enrollment includes full access to the complete online Clinical Core for the Upper Body course.

Students are asked to review the online material prior to attending, as it prepares you for the hands-on clinical work covered in class.

Course overview

This course provides a clear, repeatable clinical protocol for resolving the most common upper body complaints seen in practice, including shoulder, upper back, and neck pain.

You will learn how to:

• Identify the key muscular sources of upper body pain
  
  
• Understand how scapular positioning and functional relationships drive symptoms
  
  
• Recognize satellite referral patterns and perpetuating factors
  
  
• Apply CTB’s core treatment modules for the most important muscles in this region
  
  

Rather than chasing symptoms, this training focuses on the muscles and relationships that account for a large percentage of upper body pain complaints.

CTB treatment protocols

At the center of this course are Coaching The Body® clinical protocols, refined over years of hands-on practice and teaching.

Students are guided through:

• Decision-based treatment pathways
  
  
• Identification of the most limiting tissues
  
  
• Use of treatment loops, where functionally related muscles are addressed iteratively until meaningful tissue change and ROM improvements occur
  
  

Treatment loops are critical because they account for the neurological relationships that often stall progress in conventional treatment approaches.

Instructor & certification

This training is taught by Doug Ringwald, CTB Master Practitioner and Instructor.

Upon successful completion, students receive a certificate providing 17 NCBTMB CE hours.