P-DTR LISBON
Foundation - Module 1

September 17 - 21

8th edition 2025-26

Description

Elevate your practice with P-DTR Courses in Portugal! 

Join us in Lisbon for our upcoming P-DTR Courses – designed for healthcare professionals eager to deepen their knowledge and skills. Don’t miss this chance to enhance your expertise in functional neurology and connect with like-minded practitioners from around the world. 

• Why Choose Neuro New Me? At Neuro New Me, we take care of everything so you can focus on learning.

• Languages: Courses will be conducted in English, with simultaneous Spanish translation/En inglés con traducción simultánea al Español.

• Accommodation Partnership: Simplify your stay. We are excited to announce our renewed partnership with Hotel Zenit and an Apartment Option. 

  Exclusive Discount: Get 10% off the current hotel rate for your stay. 

• Apartment Option: Stay at a cozy apartment just two buildings away from the venue for only €85 per day, perfect for sharing with a colleague to reduce costs and coworking. You can choose to include accommodation in your course fee, making your experience even more seamless and stress-free. Contact us for more details! 

• Comprehensive Organization: Meals, accommodation, and even leisure activities are planned for you. 

• Relaxed Environment: Enjoy group lunches, dinners, and optional cultural experiences, exploring Lisbon’s terraces, beaches, and famous landmarks. 

• Dedicated Support: Access advanced practitioners for guidance before, during, and after the course through our Intermediate Lisbon WhatsApp group. 

  Limited Spots – Enroll Now! Spots are filling up fast, so secure your place today. 

  Reserve your spot and become part of an advanced community of health professionals. We look forward to welcoming you to Lisbon – see you soon! 

  Team Neuro New Me

Overview

• Introduction
• Muscle Spindle Cell Dysfunctions
• The Event
• Nocioception

P-DTR Foundation Series | 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

• Muscle Spindle Cells

  • Intrafusal muscle fibers

    • Nuclear bag fibers

    • Nuclear chain fibers

• Myotatic Stretch Reflex

  • Autogenic excitation

  • Reciprocal inhibition

  • Gamma motor neurons

• Deep Tendon Reflex

  • Technique

  • Location of DTR’s and corresponding nerve roots

  • Superficial reflexes

MUSCLE SPINDLE CELL DYSFUNCTIONS

• Classes of stimuli

  • Proper stimulus

  • Opposite stimulus

  • Anti-stimulus

• 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

    • Regional Hypertonicity

    • Local Hypertonicity

• Assessment and Treatment Protocol

  • History

  • Observation

  • Palpation and orthopedic testing

  • Normal autogenic responses

  • Muscle testing

  • P-DTR treatment

• Paired Receptor Model

  • Components

    • Primary

    • Main Secondary

    • Virtual Secondary

    • Tertiary

• Rules of P-DTR

  • Receptor rules

    • Stimulus

    • Opposite stimulus

    • Anti-stim

  • 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

• Reactor/Reactive

  • Location of reactor and reactive

  • Proper stimulus

  • Options for treatment

THE EVENT

• Indications

• Testing

• Treatment

NOCIOCEPTION

• Fast pain vs. slow pain

• Excitatory stimuli

  • Mechanical stimuli

  • Thermal stimuli

  • Chemical stimuli

• Peripheral nocioceptive fibers

• “Double” system of pain innervation

• Dual nocioceptive pathways

  • Neospinothalamic tract

  • Paleospinothalamic tract

• Dual nocioceptive neurotransmitters

  • Glutamate

  • Substance P

• Nocioceptive Inhibition Patterns

  • Nocioceptive Withdrawal Reflex/Flexor Reflex Afferent

  • PMRF

  • Extrapyramidal Inhibition Pattern

  • Thalamic Inhibition Pattern

• Gate Control Theory of Pain

Facilities

Zenith Hotel, Lisbon
09h - 15h30

CANCELLATION POLICY

NEURO NEW ME can make changes in the places, location and/or schedule of the training action whenever necessary, for reasons of force major and as long as this does not make the objectives defined for it unfeasible, committing the cases to communicate as changes as early as possible to all registered participants.

NEURO NEW ME must carry out the training actions in the disclosed data, being able to make changes for reasons of force majeure. All changes are communicated to the participants in the shortest possible time, not giving them the right to any compensation.

The amount and payment terms applicable to each selection action are indicated in the promotional material. The payment must be settled before the training action starts and the respective proof of payment sent to: info@neuronewme.com.

Payments can be made by deposit or bank transfer to the NIB provided by NEURO NEW ME.

Whenever a training action does not gather the minimum number of participants at the beginning of the data, it will be scheduled for a new date.