Collaborative Care Collective Annual Summit

Welcome to the C3 Annual Summit

This conference is brought to you by the Collaborative Care Collective
(SAVE THE DATE for the 3rd Annual C3 Summit June 26-28th, 2026)

A Multidisciplinary Conference on Keeping Patients Active – One Step at a Time.

  • Course Objective: Focuses on gait as a unifying framework for understanding, assessing, and treating movement dysfunction. Across three days, the conference integrates biomechanics, osteokinematics, neuromuscular control, fascia, respiration, and clinical decision-making to restore functional connectivity between the core and lower extremity.
  • Overview:

    Day 1: Gait as a Whole-Body System

    Primary focus: Foundational understanding of gait, observation, and integrated assessment.

    Day 1 establishes gait as a shared “movement vital sign” across disciplines. Presentations frame gait as a whole-body task, emphasizing thoracic, pelvic, hip, knee, and foot osteokinematics across key phases of the gait cycle. Faculty introduce standardized terminology, observation strategies, and clinical reasoning for identifying primary drivers of dysfunction.

    Key themes include:

    Gait as an expression of global organization, not isolated joints

    Coupled trunk–pelvis–lower extremity mechanics

    Pattern recognition in lower extremity injury using an osteopathic and systems-based lens

    The influence of foot structure and foot types on core activation and neuromuscular control

    Improving observational skills to guide physical examination and intervention sequencing

    Hands-on workshops translate these concepts into practice through step-forward assessments, manual evaluation, neuromuscular facilitation (including tonic spread), and introductory foot-to-core treatment strategies

    Day 2: Stability, Tissue Health, and Applied Biomechanics

    Primary focus: Load transfer, tissue integrity, and evidence-informed interventions.

    Day 2 deepens the discussion by examining how stability, fascia, muscle systems, and bone health influence gait efficiency and resilience. Lectures connect anatomy, biomechanics, and imaging to clinical decision-making.

    Key themes include:

    Lumbopelvic stability and SI joint form and force closure

    Fascia-based understanding of muscle function (e.g., quadriceps beyond knee extension)

    Subchondral bone pathology and the role of intraosseous orthobiologics

    Ultrasound-guided assessment and evolving care for common injuries such as lateral ankle sprains

    Applied biomechanics research related to injury risk, footwear, fatigue, and performance

    Workshops emphasize myofascial integration, balance, progressive rehabilitation toward resilience, SI joint stability, and whole-body fascial approaches (from core to calcaneus) to improve load transfer, proprioception, and movement efficiency

    Day 3: Integration, Biotensegrity, and Clinical Synthesis

    Primary focus: Regional interdependence and clinical integration.

    Day 3 brings the conference together by examining how distant regions influence each other within a biotensegrity framework. Faculty connect the foot, knee, pelvis, spine, and neck through case-based discussions and anatomical insights.

    Key themes include:

    Tibia–fibula relationships and fascial septa

    Foot-to-core and neck-to-foot connectivity in gait dysfunction

    Patellofemoral osteoarthritis viewed through proximal and spinal influences

    Collaborative, multi-segment clinical reasoning

    The day concludes with an interactive synthesis of conference highlights, reinforcing gait as a screening tool, outcome measure, and guide for sequencing interventions to support long-term movement health, followed by a collaborative wrap-up and optional dissection lab.

  • Narrative: The conference moves from conceptual foundations → detailed assessment → targeted intervention → integrated synthesis, equipping clinicians with a shared language, refined observational skills, and practical tools to restore efficient gait and durable movement across the core–lower extremity system.

Common Puzzles and Challenges That You Should Gain Insights Into:

  • 1

    Chronic shoulder or neck pain that changes location or intensity week to week

  • 2
    Do you know the individual’s motor control strategy to enhance shoulder girdle function?
  • 3
    Labral tears, dislocations, chronic pain and scapular dyskinesia- when is surgery appropriate?
  • 4

    What is the connection between the thorax and diaphragm for neck and shoulder function?

  • 5

    Physicians, how advanced are your ultrasound skills to determine key anatomy sites of dysfunction?

  • 6
    What are the key movement strategies for scapulo-thoracic and cervico-shoulder movement?
  • 7

    The tissue site of dysfunction- is it too tight or too loose? How do we determine what the tissues are suggesting?

  • 8

    Which regenerative treatments and targets can more effectively stabilize and strengthen cervico-scapular, glenohumeral and thoracic relationships?

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    Knowing if you are the best person to solve this puzzle

If you have an inquiring mind and would like more information about solving your patient’s unique upper quadrant puzzle… then you are welcome to join us in an interactive conference led by clinicians that have been driven by real patient stories.

When:

Date:

  • June 26-28th, 2026

  • June 29th, 2026 Optional Day 4 Anatomy Lab

Time:

  • 8:00 – 5:45 Day 1 Interactive Lectures

  • 8:00 – 5:45 Day 2 and 3 – Skills Lab Sessions

  • 9:00 – 4:00 Day 4 Anatomy Dissection Lab

Where:

  • Rocky Vista University
    8401 S. Chambers Road.
    Englewood, CO. 80112

  • Phone: (303)-373-2008

  • Name of Conference:
    Scapulothoracic and Cervico-Shoulder Pain and Dysfunction

Rocky Vista University

Sponsored by Collaborative Care Collective (C3)

Mission Statement

Changing the world for the better through excellence in education and collaboration of like-minded physical medicine professionals

Collaborative Puzzle Solutions

Through a case report format, integrated with evidence-informed theory, the C3 team will demonstrate how multidisciplinary collaboration facilitates all aspects of care for the individual patient with complex, persistent symptoms and impairment of function.

Regenerative orthopedic physicians will focus on ultrasound guided imaging combined with functional testing for anatomical integrity.

Physical therapists and allied health will focus on assessing, treating, and training form/force closure, fascial integrity, mobility/flexibility and advanced core strategies with regenerative treatments.

Meet the C3 Team

C3 Team is the committee that has been working hard all year to form the speakers and agenda.

Breakthrough Regenerative Orthopedics

[C3 Team Director]

  • Gail Wetzler

    Gail Wetzler

    PT, DPT, EDO, BI-D

    Wetzler Integrative Physical Therapy

Wetzler Integrative Physical Therapy

[C3 Co-Director]

  • Diane Lee

    Diane Lee

    BSR, FCAMPT, CGIMS

    Learn with Diane Lee

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Conference Goals:

  • Introduce the concept of a whole body approach when evaluating and assessing patients with persistent or non-resolving cervical-shoulder-scapular-thoracic dysfunction.

  • Present clinical and empirical research to support the concept of the myofascial network as a dynamic means of balancing tension and compression in the Scapulothoracic and Cervico-Shoulder system.
  • Identify and discuss critical myofascial tissue relationships which when in a state of inefficiency or injury, can lead to or perpetuate dysfunction.

  • Present and teach on multidisciplinary clinical collaborative approach to ensure complete management and restoration of the complex patient in a round table format. These presentations and discussions will focus on the team concept as rarely will one provider have "all" the answers or clinical solutions.

  • Utilize specific patient case studies in a round table format, interdisciplinary discussions to formulate a team strategy for effective clinical management.

Learner Objectives:

By the end of the conference, the participant will be able to:

  • Recognize a clearer understanding of the complexity and individuality of Scapulothoracic and Cervico-Shoulder Anatomy and Assessment Strategies.
  • Identify the role of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Regenerative Orthopedics in Scapulothoracic and Cervico-Shoulder disorders and how Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), prolotherapy, hydro dissection, stem cell and bone marrow can help recovery.
  • Describe the principles of diagnostic testing for myofascial integrity, flexibility and mobility.
  • Evaluate and compare the most common myofascial structures that can lead to or perpetuate Scapulothoracic and Cervico-Shoulder dysfunction.
  • Identify a functional breathing pattern vs a dysfunctional breathing pattern and determine which structures may be contributing to the dysfunctional pattern.
  • Identify and experience effective mobility, neuromyofascial dynamic movement patterns and corrective exercises for upper quadrant function.
  • Identify how to clinically reason physical examination findings to guide treatment and determine when referral to a regenerative orthopedic physician is appropriate.
  • Support how a team approach to patient care can work together to improve patient outcomes.
  • Combine inspiration with motivation for learners to pursue further training to their respective disciplines to improve diagnostic and treatment skills to solve the unique patient puzzles that present in clinical practice.

Conference Speakers

Ann Frederick

Ann Frederick

  

Albert J. Kozar

Dr. Albert J. Kozar

 DO, FAOASM, R-MSK 

Tuition

We invite you to this year’s conference on June 26-28, 2026!

KEEPING PATIENTS ACTIVE –ONE STEP AT A TIME

 A collaborative approach to restoring functional connections between the core and lower extremity

 

For which professions does this course offer CEU’s

Physical Therapists:

We are approved by the APTA for CEUs in CO, KS, WI, AZ, MI, VA, VT, UT, MT, SC, NE, as well as the Board of Physical Therapy West Virginia and World Physiotherapy. This conference is approved for 18 credits.

Allied Health Professionals:

Content for this conference is not intended for use outside the scope of the learner’s license or regulation.

Pilates Professionals - The National Pilates Certification Program has approved this conference for 10 CEC's.

NPCP CEC PROVIDER

CEUL136191 Course Submission Notification from APTA Colorado

CEUL136191 - A Multidisciplinary Conference on Treatment Strategies for Lumbopelvic Pain and Dysfunction Submission

Confirmation CEUL136190 has been Approved by the APTA Colorado

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    Status Type: Approved
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    Credits Approved For: 18.00
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    Approval Number: CEUL136191
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    Approved From: 04/12/2025

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    Approved To: 04/12/2026

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