Full Course Description

Foot and Ankle: Quickly Identify and Assess Dysfunction

A deep understanding of foot and ankle anatomy is crucial for correct diagnosis and treatment. You’ll learn assessment strategies for the most common pathologies: plantar fasciitis, posterior tibial tendonitis, Achilles tendonitis, ankle sprains and more! Join Dr. Courtney Conley, founder of Gait Happens, an online education platform specializing in foot and gait mechanics with over 87,000 followers on Instagram as she explores:

The myths of treating tendons
Long term effects of chronic ankle instability – and how to address it!
Effective treatment protocols tailored to each pathology

This recording will leave you feeling poised to handle your next foot and ankle patient. From kinesiology taping strategies to corrective exercises and footwear recommendations, you’ll be able to implement these low cost and game-changing interventions right away.

Program Information

Objectives

Demonstrate a thorough understanding of foot and ankle anatomy
Differentiate common foot and ankle pathologies: Plantar fasciitis, PTTD, Achilles tendonitis, Ankle sprains
Construct treatment protocols for these pathologies

Outline

Foot and Ankle anatomy
- Extrinsic muscles of the foot and their function
- Intrinsic muscles of the foot and their function
- How understanding the anatomy is crucial for correct diagnosis and treatment
4 common foot and ankle pathologies
- Plantar fasciitis
  - What it is and what it is not
  - X-ray findings
  - Assessment
- Posterior tibial tendonitis
  - How this differentiates from PF
  - Assessment
- Achilles tendonitis
  - Myths of treating tendons
  - Tendon research
  - Assessment
- Ankle sprains
  - Prevalence
  - Long term effects of chronic ankle instability
  - Assessment

Target Audience

Physical Therapists
Physical Therapist Assistants
Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Chiropractors
Massage Therapists
Athletic Trainers
Strength and Conditioning Coaches
Exercise Physiologists

Copyright : 12/11/2020

Foot and Ankle Dysfunction: Eliminate Foot Pain and Unnecessary Procedures

Why are we telling our patients with foot pain to brace the foot with an orthotic for years at a time? We would never tell our patients with low back pain to wear a back brace for years at a time... Bracing the foot is not always the best option. This recording will present corrective exercise strategies to address both mobility AND stability so that you can customize your treatment plan for the patient in front of you.

Learn from a leader in the field! Dr. Courtney Conley, founder of Gait Happens, an online education platform specializing in foot and gait mechanics with over 87,000 followers on Instagram will examine:

How to improve foot function without using an orthotic or brace
Simple and effective taping strategies for the 4 most common diagnoses
How to eliminate foot pain and unnecessary procedures!

She’ll arm you with treatment strategies for the diagnoses you treat all the time: heel pain, ankle pain, bunions, neuromas, pain with walking. You’ll walk away with strategies to help your patients move better and function more efficiently.

Program Information

Objectives

Demonstrate the benefits of kinesiology tape to include decreasing pain and providing decompression to tissues and increasing neurosensory input to improve motor output.
Construct corrective exercise strategies to ensure proper movement patterns in areas of the lower limb that require mobility.
Construct corrective exercise strategies to ensure proper movement patterns in areas of the lower limb that require stability.

Outline

The importance of foot function in rehabilitation protocols
- Why bracing the foot Is not always the best option
Treatment considerations
- Kinesiology taping for each of the 4 diagnoses
  - PF
  - PTTD
  - AT
  - Ankle sprains
- Corrective exercise strategies
  - Sensory awareness and foot positioning
    - Toe yoga
    - Foot tripod/quadripod
  - Mobility
    - Improving ranges of motion
      - First ray
      - Ankle
  - Stability
    - Isolated exercises
    - Integrated exercises
Choosing the appropriate footwear
- What is natural footwear
- Characteristics of proper footwear

Target Audience

Physical Therapists
Physical Therapist Assistants
Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Massage Therapists
Chiropractors
Athletic Trainers
Strength and Conditioning Coaches
Exercise Physiologists

Copyright : 12/11/2020

Practical Screening and Assessment Strategies for the Hip

Whether you're a new grad or you've been working the clinic for decades - the hip and its relationship with the pelvic complex can be, well, complex! Within this recording, we discuss clinically practical screening and assessment strategies for the hip. These findings and information you collect from the assessment is critical in setting the tone for your treatment strategies or interventions. With an accurate and thorough assessment, you will no longer have to wonder what the next treatment step is.

Program Information

Objectives

Evaluate current research on pathology and etiology of hip anatomy and injuries.
Determine normal and abnormal hip range of motion as it relates to producing athletic movement for clients or patients.
Utilize both local and global assessment methods for the hip, pelvis, core, and overall lower limb stability and mobility.
Choose and illustrate assessment concepts for the body and its entire kinetic chain.

Outline

Hip Anatomy and Injuries
- Pathology and etiology
- Subclinical explanation
- Range of motion
- Common Symptoms and Diagnoses
  - Hip, groin or low back pain
  - Bursitis
  - Stiffness or Tautness
  - Tendonitis
  - Labral tears
  - Strains/Sprains
  - Hip Impingement
  - Snapping Hip
Global and Local Assessment Strategies
- Range of motion + approximating joints
- Active, passive and restrictive tests
- Which tests are the most effective?
- Does the order matter?
- Tips and tricks for tissue and joint palpation

Target Audience

Athletic Trainers
Chiropractors
Massage Therapists
Physical Therapists
Physical Therapy Assistants

Copyright : 05/13/2022

Treating Shoulder Injuries in Rotational Athletes

Talk about moving parts! The shoulder joint is complex - you need solutions that are easy to digest AND provide better outcomes for your patients. In this recording, you’ll explore evidence-based corrective exercise strategies that will address the most common shoulder dysfunctions you see in clinic. We’ll also dive into how the origin of injury can impact treatment decisions – was the injury traumatic or due to overuse? Acute or chronic?
In this recording, Dr. Reid Nelles will give you step by step guide where you’ll learn:

How to quickly identify the root cause of impairment; structural, muscular, or neuro?
How to use compression or decompression to alleviate pain
Progression and regression strategies to help every type of patient you treat

You’ll also walk away with tips for using kinesiology tape to help with pain mitigation and edema. Purchse today to feel more confident your ability to treat even the most complex shoulder injuries.

Program Information

Objectives

Choose and demonstrate use of manual therapies consisting of compression band therapy or decompression cupping for common shoulder issues.
Apply and demonstrate evidence-based corrective exercise strategies and use of kinesiology taping for common shoulder dysfunctions.
Determine and perform methods that clients or patients can utilize to address dysfunction with at-home therapeutic exercise strategies.

Outline

Who qualifies as a Rotational Athlete?
- Throwing, Kicking, Tennis, Golf, Hockey
Common Shoulder injuries across rotational sports
- Traumatic vs. Over-use/Dis-use (-itis/-osis)
- Acute vs. Subacute vs. Chronic
- Structural vs. Muscular vs. Neuro
Treatment Techniques for three common dysfunctions
- Manual Therapies (Scope of Practice Dependent):
  - LAB/BREAKOUT Experience with Instructor Feedback Q/A
  - Hands-on
  - Modalities
    - Cupping/Decompression
    - Compression Band Therapy
    - Instrument Assisted Therapies
Corrective Exercise Strategies:
- LAB/BREAKOUT Experience with Instructor Feedback Q/A
- Let the assessment be your guide
- Isometric vs. Concentric vs. Eccentric Muscle Contraction
- Global vs. Local Focus
- Progression and Regression Strategies
Kinesiology Taping: LAB/BREAKOUT Experience with Instructor Feedback Q/A
- Pain Mitigation
- Positioning and External Cueing via Neurofeedback
- Edema and Fluid Dynamics Control

Target Audience

Physical Therapists
Physical Therapist Assistants
Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Chiropractors
Massage Therapists
Athletic Trainers
Strength and Conditioning Coaches
Exercise Physiologists

Copyright : 12/10/2020

Addressing Athletic Hip Mobility & Stability

How do you determine what is the best tool for the job? Deciding which modality or exercise to utilize can be overwhelming because the hip houses some of our strongest and most powerful muscles yet needs to be one of the most mobile joints in the body – all at the same time! After viewing this recording, you won’t have to question where to start. You’ll view live applications of how to address the most common dysfunctions of the hip with progressive and regressive strategies for treating pain, mobility, stability, and motor control. Learn how to resolve hip pain with all of today’s best treatments including cupping, compression floss, kinesiology tape and corrective exercise strategies!

Program Information

Objectives

Determine which modality or intervention strategy is best warranted based off of assessment findings.
Apply and demonstrate evidence-based treatment techniques including decompression/cupping therapy and compression band therapy.
Choose and illustrate proper use of kinesiology taping techniques for hip pain and positioning feedback for performance.
Recognize and implement warranted corrective exercise interventions for patients and clients with dysfunctional hip mobility.

Outline

Solutions for Common Diagnoses in the Hip
- Loss of ROM
- Pain due to dysfunction (local or global)
- Co-contraction and firing loss leading to decreased performance
Going from Exam to Treatment - What’s the first step?
- Decompressive Therapy / Cupping
- Pain mitigation
- Neurofeedback
- Compression Band Therapy
- Pain mitigation
- Mobility
- Kinesiology Taping
  - Pain Mitigation
  - Posture/Positioning Feedback
Corrective Exercise Interventions
- LOCAL:
  - 90/90 Position
  - Glute Biased Lunge
  - End Range Control
  - Cossack Squats
  - Side-Bridge
- GLOBAL:
  - Anti-Rotation Deadlift
  - A-March
  - Multisegmental Forward Flexion
  - RNT or Assisted Squats

Target Audience

Athletic Trainers
Chiropractors
Massage Therapists
Physical Therapists
Physical Therapy Assistants

Copyright : 05/13/2022

Rethinking Running Rehab

If all you’re looking at is volume, intensity and time…you’re missing one of the biggest pieces of the running puzzle – movement quality.

More runners are being injured than ever before and too many practitioners are using antiquated assessment and treatment methods. This flies in the face of our “growing” understanding of treating injuries and deciphering running biomechanics.

Rethinking Running Rehab translates the latest research into actionable clinical practice concepts. Learn a holistic approach to athlete management, the role that aerobic capacity (or lack thereof) plays in almost all injuries, and most importantly the miseducation around what is considered normal from a running gait perspective.

Why do so many running injuries occur? And how can you prevent them?
Why are some people plagued with chronic injuries while others are rarely affected?
How much do “proper” mechanics and foot strike matter?
How to effectively tailor training programs around injury management
What can you do to get runners doing work outside the sagittal plane?

You’ll also explore hot topics like VO2 max, footwear, foot strike and gait analysis. Walk away with dynamic and functional assessment strategies that save you time alongside today’s most effective conservative musculoskeletal care techniques.

Best of all? These strategies are applicable for all lower extremity athletes and injuries, not just runners! Register today!

Program Information

Objectives

Investigate the importance of aerobic capacity as the foundation upon which efficient and pain-free movement strategy is built.
Analyze the relationship between aerobic capacity, pain, and movement
Diagnose efficiently and effectively both the pathogenesis as well as the functional audit pertaining to a runner’s injury.
Determine how to make an appreciable change in running gait for injury rehabilitation and performance purposes, utilizing a systems approach.
Inspect the importance of phenotyping of runners rehab and training purposes.
Evaluate the most current literature and case studies that address the importance of the diagnostic process utilized within The FARM systems approach.
Develop a framework for managing endurance athletes rather than simply treating injuries.

Outline

Principle Led Approach to Rehab and Conservative MSK Care for Runners

7 pillars of health management
Movement strategy for quality motor control
Management vs treatment

Importance of Aerobic Capacity in the Injury Paradigm

Pyramid: movement pyramid, aerobic capacity, performance, skill.
Aerobic capacity vs VO2 max
MAF formula
Nose breathing/conversation test
Heart rate drift test
Blood lactate concentration test
Muscular endurance
Load management

Functional & Whole-Body Examination Techniques

History
Gait (walking): floodlight vs spotlight
Movement testing
Palpation/ROM
Breathing
Orthopedic testing
Neurodynamics
Visual assessment
Running gait analysis
Aerobic testing
Power output

Phenotyping Runners: The Runner’s Screen & Gait Analysis

Stiff vs stretchy
Soleus endurance test
Single-leg pogo jumps
Skipping (forward/backward)
Triple hop
2-minute jump rope test
Gait

Regional Specific Injuries, Differential Diagnosis

Stress fracture
Sprains and strains
Peripheral nerve entrapment
Tendinopathy
Tendinosis
Radiculopathy
Lateral, anterior and posterior hip
- Labrum derangement
- FAIS
- Apophysitis
Knee
- Meniscus derangement/tear
- IT band syndrome
Calf and tibia
- Shin splints
- Compartment syndrome
- PAES
Ankle and foot
- Plantar fasciitis
- Hallux abducto valgus
- Sever’s disease
Case studies

Treatment Interventions to Reduce or Rehab Injury

Training program modifications
Manual therapy
Kinesiology taping
Therapeutic exercise
Stretching
Dry needling

Target Audience

Physical Therapists
Chiropractors
Strength and Conditioning Coaches
Athletic Trainers
Exercise Physiologists
Personal Trainers
Other health and fitness professionals

Copyright : 07/01/2022

Systemic Inflammation: A Musculoskeletal Dilemma?

Throwing all your best movement mojo at a patient and still striking out? Getting results but the issue keeps coming back? Let's break down how your patient's systemic inflammation may be diminishing your clinical MSK outcomes. In this recording, we’ll explore the connection between the gut and the brain and how that influences pain perception, tissue healing and movement. Get your patient to respond better to MSK care with this systemic approach that presents practical and actionable screening and intervention.

Program Information

Objectives

Evaluate the concept of systemic inflammation and how it can negatively impact MSK outcomes.
Evaluate the relationship between dietary intake, pain and systemic inflammation.
Determine specific dietary components that increase inflammation.
Identify mechanisms that initiate the inflammatory response.

Outline

Systemic Inflammation
- Pain science of chronic inflammation
- Useful lab markers, signs and symptoms of systemic inflammation
- How systemic inflammation alters pain perception
- The effects of systemic inflammation on tissue healing
Treatment
- How systemic inflammation, the brain, gut, and musculoskeletal pain are intertwined
- How to improve your clinical outcomes with systemically inflamed rehab patients

Target Audience

Athletic Trainers
Chiropractors
Massage Therapists
Physical Therapists
Physical Therapy Assistants

Copyright : 05/13/2022

Unilateral vs. Bilateral Strength Training: Neurological Ramifications & Practical Applications

For decades, strength programs have focused on bi-lateral symmetry…but that strategy may actually be hindering performance. Modern day neuroscience has unlocked the potential of unilateral training as an essential component of peak performance for many of today’s athletes. Set yourself apart with these neurologic foundations that are underutilized by today’s performance professionals.

Improve motor strength and transfer by specific targeting neural systems
Customize solutions for your programming based on client’s presentation
Use strength training as a pain-relief tool
Determine exactly when to use what type of contraction – and does it really matter?
Improve motor coordination by adding perturbation variables to strength work

You’ll also learn re-assessment skills that streamline your treatment plans while instilling confidence for both the practitioner and patient. This session provides a powerful training approach that incorporates neurologic techniques for a faster improvement timeline. It’s the ultimate recipe for specificity: the right kind of strength, for the right kind of person at the right time.

Program Information

Objectives

Investigate fundamental sensory and motor neurological processes as they relate to strength training.
Determine the 2 critical neurological pathways related to strength training applications.
Assess key client history and neurological presentations suggestive of the need for unilateral strength training.
Appraise 4 unilateral strength training progressions and how to assess training response.

Outline

Fundamentals of Sensory and Neurological Processes for Strength

Neural processes
Critical pathways: Corticospinal and reticulospinal
Implications for programming

Evaluation Tactics to Identify the Need for Unilateral Training

Key components of client history: pain and tissue injury
Neurological presentations
Postural indications
Unilateral strength testing

Strength Training Progressions that Expand the Athlete’s Capabilities

Threat modulation
Graded training progressions
- Isometric
- Concentric
- Eccentric
- Pertubation
Pre & post-training assessments for programming

Target Audience

Physical Therapists
Physical Therapy Assistants
Athletic Trainers
Chiropractors

BFR for Performance: Advanced Drills for Next Level Treatment

If you’re looking for new and innovative ways to work with your patients, then you must add blood flow restriction (BFR) to your practice today and join an elite group of peers who are already applying this therapy.

Tap into muscle fatigue that you never even comprehended was possible. When a cuff is used to reduce blood flow, your patient gets both mechanical and metabolic stimulation at the same time – more bang for your buck! View this session to watch Ed dive into common lower extremity injuries and how to use BFR to accelerate recovery in:

Achilles tendon injuries
Jumper’s knee
Hamstring issues

In this training, you’ll learn advanced drills for pushing your clients to the next level. Help your clients build strength, hypertrophy and endurance while increasing your opportunities for career advancement and patient referrals.

Program Information

Objectives

Differentiate BFR versus non BFR based rehabilitation.
Assess the benefits of using BFR to your late stage BFR rehabilitation programming.
Evaluate the use of ischemic pre-conditioning prior to high intensity and plyometric type training.

Outline

Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Training

Physiological impacts of occlusion
Implications for strength and hypertrophy
Clinical applications of BFR

Adding BFR to Your Late Stage Rehab Programming

Perspectives on priming the system
Offsetting higher loading volumes
Reducing risk with lighter loads

Implementing Ischemic Pre-Conditioning

Common techniques for pre-exercise
High intensity/plyometrics

Target Audience

Physical Therapists
Physical Therapy Assistants
Athletic Trainers
Chiropractors

Struggling with Patient Compliance? Goals, Communication & HEP Solutions that Actually Work

Ask yourself this question, "Are my patients actually doing the program I recommended to them?" If we're being honest with ourselves, the answer is an adamant "Nope!" It's easy to blame the patients for this, however, it is our job to iterate how important the at-home exercises are for their progression of care and healing. You’ll learn streamlined communication tactics, strategies for setting goals that matter, and low cost/no cost exercise program aides, this session will equip you with fresh ideas to increase your patient compliance and results!

Program Information

Objectives

Understand the person in front of you’s past history and their expectations as they relate to how we can create a relationship with the care they receive.
Apply and demonstrate effective and efficient communication skills in order to assist the patient/client with overcoming barriers and achieve their goals.
Choose and illustrate proper corrective exercise coaching cues as well as movement concepts that match the persons goals.
Recognize and Implement necessary progressive and regressive strategies with both a local and global focus to align with the client’s needs.

Outline

Boost your Communication and Goal Setting Skills

Overcome perceived barriers and objections
Setting goals that matter
Create a therapeutic alliance with your patients/clients
Understanding the Bio-Psycho-Social Theory of painful experiences
Understanding Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Meeting the client where they are

HEP and Self-Care Strategies that Actually Work

Low cost/no cost ideas
External Cueing for increasing quality of movement
Low cost/no cost concepts to utilize with patients/clients
Creating variability with an exercise program
- Isometric
- Concentric
- Eccentric
Progressive Strategies and Regressive Strategies
Local vs. Global Focus

Target Audience

Physical Therapists
Physical Therapy Assistants
Chiropractors
Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Athletic Trainers
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists