Erl Pettman

Title:  Adjunct Faculty
Courses Taught:  NAIOMT Level III Lower & Upper, Level IV, Thoracic Spine, Advanced Clinical Reasoning
E-mail:  erlpettman@shaw.ca
 

Education:

Diploma Physiotherapy, Nottingham School of Physiotherapy

Certifications:

Fellow Canadian Academy of Manipulative Physiotherapy (FCAMPT)

Biography:

Erl Pettman received his diploma in Physiotherapy from the Nottingham School of Physiotherapy (England) in 1972 and from the National Academy of Acupuncture in 1976. He has been an Examiner for the Canadian Manual Therapy Examinations since 1980 and Chief Examiner from 1982-2002. In addition to being a Senior Faculty with NAIOMT, he has been a certified manual therapy instructor for the Olaf Evenjth system since 1990. His chapter on Upper Cervical Instability was published in Modern Manual Therapy, 2nd Ed 1992 and he has presented papers at IFOMT Proceedings in 1984, 1988 and 1992. Erl Pettman developed the integrated quadrant system of evaluation in 1980, a three-month manual therapy course in Western Canada in 1982 and founded the NAIOMT in 1984. He recently retired from his clinical practice in Abbotsford, BC, Canada, however continues to teach at Andrews University.