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Hard concepts. Explained like a great teacher would.
I talk you through physiotherapy step by step — with stories, analogies, interactive visuals and quick checks — in English or Roman Urdu. Tell me where you are, and I'll plan the route.
Step-by-step
Learning paths
Each path is a guided route: short lessons with PNA Teacher, then missions inside the rest of the PNA website — so every page you read has a purpose.
Movement Science Foundations
The building blocks every physio needs — explained so they finally make sense.
Clinical Reasoning Starter
Think like a clinician: read test results honestly, localise lesions and talk about pain the right way.
Manual Therapy Starter
From joint mechanics to choosing the right grade — the thinking behind your hands.
Knee Rehab Mastery
From the injury to the exercise plan — one joint, mastered step by step.
Safe Assessment Essentials
Screen for danger, read the nervous system and interpret tests honestly — before you treat anyone.
Soft-Tissue Toolkit
The soft-tissue techniques you'll use most — when each fits, how to apply it safely, and how to prove it helped.
Hard concepts, made easy
Concept lessons
The topics students struggle with most — taught as a conversation, with analogies, interactive visuals and checks after every idea.
- Movement Science
The Convex–Concave Rule
Stop memorising roll and glide. See it once and you'll never forget it.
10 min · 1st–2nd year DPT - Movement Science
Active & Passive Insufficiency — Feel It in Your Own Hand
Your own hand is the lab. Two quick experiments and this topic is yours.
8 min · 1st–2nd year DPT - Movement Science
Open vs Closed Kinetic Chain — The Foot Decides
Look at just one thing — the hand or the foot — and you'll classify any exercise in 3 seconds.
8 min · 2nd–3rd year DPT - Movement Science
The Gait Cycle Made Easy
Break one step into 8 pieces — and suddenly every limp starts making sense.
11 min · 2nd year onwards - Tissue Healing
Tissue Healing Phases — What to Do and When
Protect, then repair, then rebuild. Match your treatment to the biology.
10 min · 2nd year onwards - Exercise Prescription
Exercise Dosage — FITT, RPE & Reps in Reserve
Stop prescribing "3 sets of 10 for everyone". Learn to dose exercise like medicine.
11 min · 3rd year onwards - Manual Therapy
Maitland Grades I–V, Made Visual
Five grades, two questions: where in the range, and how big?
9 min · 3rd year onwards - Clinical Reasoning
Sensitivity, Specificity, SnNout & SpPin
A positive test doesn't always mean 'yes'. Learn what a result really tells you.
11 min · 3rd year, final year & interns - Clinical Reasoning
Red Flags — When NOT to Treat (and What to Do Instead)
Most back and neck pain is harmless. Learn to spot the few cases that aren't — and refer at the right speed.
11 min · All years & interns - Neurology
Dermatomes, Myotomes & Reflexes — The Neuro Screen Made Easy
Three questions to ask the nervous system — and how to read the answers like a map.
12 min · 2nd year onwards - Neurology
UMN vs LMN Lesions — Never Confuse Them Again
Replace two long lists of signs with one picture and one question.
10 min · 2nd–4th year DPT - Pain Science
Pain Science Basics — Why Hurt ≠ Harm
Pain is always real — but it isn't a damage meter. Learn to explain this to any patient.
10 min · All years & practising physios
Manual Therapy Encyclopedia
All 35 techniques, taught step by step
Every chapter of the encyclopedia now opens with PNA Teacher: what it is, an analogy, when it's safe, the steps with their reasons, a patient case, checks and flashcards.
Joint mobilization & manipulation
Maitland, Kaltenborn, Mulligan, traction, neurodynamics and more.
- Maitland Joint Mobilization12m
- Kaltenborn–Evjenth Mobilization12m
- Manual Traction & Joint Distraction11m
- Mulligan Mobilization With Movement (MWM)11m
- Mulligan NAGs, SNAGs & Self-SNAGs11m
- PAIVM & PPIVM Spinal Assessment / Mobilization11m
- HVLA Thrust Manipulation12m
- Neurodynamic Mobilization11m
- PNF Manual Techniques11m
Soft-tissue techniques
MET, strain-counterstrain, myofascial release, trigger points, IASTM, lymphatic drainage…
- Cyriax Deep Transverse Friction11m
- Muscle Energy Technique (MET)11m
- Strain Counterstrain / Positional Release11m
- Facilitated Positional Release (FPR)11m
- Myofascial Release (Direct & Indirect)11m
- Soft-Tissue Mobilization11m
- Trigger-Point Pressure Release11m
- Fascial Manipulation11m
- Active Soft-Tissue Release11m
- Instrument-Assisted Soft-Tissue Mobilization (IASTM)11m
- Myofascial Decompression / Dry Cupping11m
- Manual Lymphatic Drainage11m
- Scar Mobilization11m
World approaches
McKenzie, Paris, Mennell, osteopathic methods — and an honest look at disputed ones.
- Paris Approach to Orthopedic Manual Therapy12m
- McKenzie Method — Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy (MDT)12m
- Mennell Joint-Play Approach12m
- Fascial Distortion Model (FDM)12m
- Balanced Ligamentous Tension (BLT)12m
- Spencer Shoulder Technique12m
- Still Technique12m
- Osteopathic Articulatory Techniques12m
- Osteopathic Lymphatic Pump Methods12m
- Rolfing / Structural Integration12m
- Bowen Technique / Bowenwork12m
- Visceral Manipulation / Visceral Fascial Therapy12m
- Craniosacral Therapy12m
The method
How PNA Teacher teaches
- One idea at a timeShort messages, never a wall of text. You decide when to move on.
- Analogies firstEvery hard idea is tied to something you already know — a tyre, a smoke alarm, a road.
- Learn by doingInteractive visuals and 'try it on your own body' moments make concepts stick.
- Checks that teachEvery wrong answer gets a kind explanation of why it was tempting — and why it's wrong.
- Remember for goodFlashcards come back just before you'd forget them (spaced repetition).
- Honest evidenceClinical pearls, common mistakes and real sources — including where the textbook rule breaks down.
PNA Teacher is educational. It doesn't replace clinical supervision, individual patient assessment or your university's curriculum.