Introduction to Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Manipulation (IASTM)

This 2-day hands on intensive seminar will help you learn a clinical and anatomical approach to myofascial release. You will learn what fascia is, the function of fascia, active and latent trigger points, and common referral pain patterns. Considerable lab time will allow you to observe and practice the most effective clinical techniques for the cervical/ thoracic/lumbar spine, shoulder, hip, knee and ankle. Heavy emphasis will be place on Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Manipulation (IASTM) to include precautions, contraindications, and effective techniques/strokes for the upper and lower body designed to complement your manual toolbox while preserving hand strength and avoiding chronic and repetitive injuries. At the conclusion of this seminar, you will feel refreshed with a new arsenal of information and skills that you can apply immediately the next day with your patients. This course will provide the participant with the knowledge and skills necessary to immediately apply these techniques in the clinic environment.

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Integrating Yoga Concepts into Orthopedic Rehabilitation

The benefits of yoga for musculoskeletal injuries are well-known and evidence-based. Yet, as medical practitioners, we do not get this unique and effective knowledge in our traditional schooling. This course, written and taught by a 20-year experienced board-certified orthopedic doctor of physical therapy and a certified yoga instructor, has the aim of integrating the key therapeutic benefits of yoga that are not taught in non-yoga schools into the established framework of the medical practitioner.

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    Total Joint Arthroplasty: An Intensive Lab Course to Improve Functional Outcomes

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    • Mar 23, 2024 – Mar 24, 2024

      2701 North Decatur Road, ATLANTA (Decatur), GA 30033

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      Emory Decatur Hospital
      2701 North Decatur Road, ATLANTA (Decatur), GA 30033

      Course Location
      Emory Decatur Hospital
      2701 North Decatur Road
      Decatur, GA 30033
      Bobbie Bailey Tower Auditorium
       
      The course will be held in Bobbie Bailey Tower Auditorium on the main campus. The auditorium is located on the lobby level of the Bobbie Bailey Women's and Outpatient Surgery Tower. Parking is in the parking deck to the tower or adjacent to the main hospital and is free (vouchers will be handed out at the course).
       
      Area Accommodations
       Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites
      2183 North Decatur Road
      Decatur, GA
      (2 miles away)
       
      Courtyard by Marriott
      1236 Executive Park Drive NE
      Atlanta, GA
      (4 miles away)
       
      Doubletree Hotel
      2061 North Druid Hills Road
      Atlanta, GA
      (4.2 miles away)
       
      There are NO room blocks or discounts available at the mentioned hotels.
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    Gait Recovery and Orthotic Management in Rehabilitation in Adults with Neurological Injury or Disease

    This course will provide participants with essential tools for examination and evaluation of gait in adults with neurological injury or disease, with the end goal of determining appropriate therapeutic interventions and/or orthotic management to maximize gait recovery. Stroke will be the diagnosis emphasized in the course because of its prevalence, but the course will also address gait dysfunction and recovery in spinal cord injury, Parkinson ’s disease, multiple sclerosis, peripheral neuropathy, and other neuromuscular disorders. Common gait deviations and trends in gait recovery will be discussed. Evidence based activity, exercise, and orthotic interventions specific to the rehabilitation and recovery of gait will be presented. Participants will have opportunities to see and handle orthotic examples and practice application of information through video and paper patient cases.

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      Stroke Rehabilitation Across the Continuum of Care: An Evidence Based Approach

      This course will provide participants with essential tools for clinical examination and intervention of persons following a stroke, across the continuum of care. Common impairments, activity restrictions, and participation limitations will be discussed. Evidence based interventions specific to the rehabilitation and recovery of basic mobility following stroke will be presented. Participants will have opportunities to see and work through examples and practice application of information through lecture and hands on labs.

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        Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation in Orthopedic Patients

        This two-day, evidenced based, laboratory intensive course will focus on teaching a historically useful manual therapy technique, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF). The course introduces PNF as a manual therapy and exercise intervention technique to address common pathologies of both upper and lower extremities. The course is intended to provide the clinician with the skill to rehabilitate the patient with a hands-on, integrative approach. This will be accomplished through a combination of lecture, demonstration, and significant lab time. The structured sessions are aimed at emphasizing important concepts in neurophysiology and motor learning to improve neuromuscular control in orthopedic patients. Mastery of these techniques requires a solid foundation in basic anatomy and the pathomechanics of the shoulder and hip. Attendees will learn useful terminology, basic procedures, and techniques.

        Participants will learn to successfully apply PNF techniques in a manner that each patient-centered session is both therapeutic intervention and assessment or evaluation. The clinician will learn to develop and sequence a dynamic treatment plan incorporating PNF techniques that can be used for conservative and post-operative approaches. Current clinical evidence supports the combination of these treatments when properly performed and prescribed by a skilled clinician. Strategies for documentation and coding will also be covered.

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          Muscle Energy and Soft Tissue Techniques for the Lower Quadrant

          This lab intensive manual therapy course presents the use of mechanical movements which lead to proper selection of Muscle Energy Techniques (MET), Soft Tissue Mobilization (STM), select joint mobilizations and home exercises to correct positional faults, muscular imbalance and hypo-mobility of the lumbar spine, pelvis and hip region.

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            The Lumbo-Sacral Complex

            Low back pain is a significant contributor to disability worldwide and is one of the most common conditions for which patients seek care. Treatment approaches can often be confusing due to dogmatic classification systems, which can be overly complicated and difficult to apply in a clinically meaningful way. However, patients with regional disorders often present with similar clinical presentations. These clinical presentations can often guide clinicians towards the best treatment options.

            This course is designed to be eclectic in its delivery to best suit the needs the busy clinician. Treatment approaches are organized based on categories that are consistent with how patients that report low back pain are likely to present. Patients presenting with chronic low back pain, referred leg pain, SI dysfunction or even stenosis will often respond to similar treatment approaches. This course will provide treatment options in a multimodal context that are grouped to address the most common clinical presentations. Finally, treatment approaches are organized in a logical way providing examples of how the treatments could be integrated.

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              The NeuroVestibular Complex

              This hands-on course is designed to bridge the gap between evaluation and treatment of adult patients with balance disorders associated with vestibular dysfunction.

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              • Oct 7, 2023 – Oct 8, 2023

                5601 Loch Raven Blvd,, BALTIMORE, MD 21239

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                Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital
                5601 Loch Raven Blvd,, BALTIMORE, MD 21239

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                Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital
                5601 Loch Raven Blvd
                Baltimore, MD 21239

                Good Health Center
                O’Neill Building
                Room A

                Enter through the Emergency room and proceed to the elevator. We are located on the 2nd floor.

                Area Accommodations
                Doubletree Inn at the Colonnade
                4 W. University Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21218
                Reservations: 410-235-5400
                www.doubletree.com

                Radisson Cross Keys
                5100 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD 21210
                Reservations: 410-532-6900
                www.radisson.com/unionmemorial

                Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore
                20 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
                Reservations: 410-539-8400
                www.radisson.com/hotels/mdbalhar

                There are NO room blocks or discounts available at the mentioned hotels.
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              • Dec 2, 2023 – Dec 3, 2023

                19221 36th Avenue W, Suite 101, SEATTLE (Lynnwood), WA 98036

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                Northwest Return to Work
                19221 36th Avenue W, Suite 101, SEATTLE (Lynnwood), WA 98036

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                Northwest Return to Work
                19221 36th Avenue W, Suite 101
                Lynnwood, WA 98036         
                 
                Our Lynnwood clinic is conveniently located in the Alderwood Business Campus (next to John L. Scott)
                near Alderwood Mall
                 
                Nearby Accommodations
                Courtyard Seattle North/Lynnwood Everett
                4220 Alderwood Mall Blvd, Lynnwood, WA 98036
                www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sealn-courtyard-seattle-north-lynnwood-everett/
                (425) 670-0500
                 
                Embassy Suites by Hilton Seattle North Lynnwood
                20610 44th Ave W, Lynnwood, WA 98036
                www.embassysuiteslynnwood.com
                (425) 775-2500
                 
                Hampton Inn & Suites Seattle North/Lynnwood
                19324 Alderwood Mall Pkwy, Lynnwood, WA 98036
                www.hamptonseattlenorth.com
                (425) 771-1888
                 
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              • Apr 13, 2024 – Apr 14, 2024

                55 Fogg Road at Rte 18, BOSTON (S. Weymouth), MA 02190

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                South Shore Hospital
                55 Fogg Road at Rte 18, BOSTON (S. Weymouth), MA 02190

                South Shore Hospital
                55 Fogg Road at Rte 18
                South Weymouth, MA 02190
                Emerson Conference Room "A"
                Tel: 781-340-8000
                 
                Map and Driving Directions:
                Link: http://www.sshosp.org/directions/direction_ssh.htm
                 
                South Shore Hospital is easily accessible from Route 3.
                Northbound on Route 3. Take exit 16 off Route 3 on to Route 18 south (Main Street). At the third traffic light, turn left on to Columbian Street. Turn right on to Fogg Road, pass the hospital's emergency entrance on your right, and then turn right into the main entrance parking lot.
                 
                From North
                Follow I-93 south to Route 3 south (Braintree/Cape Cod). Take exit 16B off Route 3 on to Route 18 south (Main Street). At the third traffic light, turn left on to Columbian Street. Turn right on to Fogg Road, pass the hospital's emergency entrance on your right, and then turn right into the main entrance parking lot.
                 
                From Logan Airport
                Follow signs out of the airport for I-93 south. There will be a $3 toll immediately outside the airport. Proceed through the Ted Williams Tunnel and follow signs for Exit 23, to I-93 south. Follow I-93 south to Route 3 south (Braintree/Cape Cod). Take exit 16B off Route 3 on to Route 18 south (Main Street). At the third traffic light, turn left on to Columbian Street. Turn right on to Fogg Road, pass the hospital's emergency entrance on your right, and then turn right into the main entrance parking lot.
                 
                From West
                Follow the Mass Pike (I-90) to exit 14 (I-95/Route 128 south). When I-95 splits from Route 128, remain on Route 128 south (which is now also I-93 north). When I-93 north splits north, travel on to Route 3 south (Braintree/Cape Cod). Take exit 16B off Route 3 south on to Route 18 south (Main Street). At the third traffic light, turn left on to Columbian Street. Turn right on to Fogg Road, pass the hospital's emergency entrance on your right, and then turn right into the main entrance parking lot.
                 
                From South
                Follow Route 3 northbound to exit 16. Travel south on Route 18 south (Main Street). At the third traffic light, turn left on to Columbian Street. Turn right on to Fogg Road, pass the hospital's emergency entrance on your right, and then turn right into the main entrance parking lot.
                 
                Follow Route 24 north to I-93 north. Follow to Route 3 south (Braintree/Cape Cod). Take exit 16B off Route 3 on to Route 18 south (Main Street). At the third traffic light, turn left on to Columbian Street. Turn right on to Fogg Road, pass the hospital's emergency entrance on your right, and then turn right into the main entrance parking lot.
                 
                Area Accommodations
                Holiday Inn 781-871-0545
                929 Hingham Street, Rockland, MA
                (2.9 miles away)
                 
                Comfort Inn - Rockland - 781-982-1000
                850 Hingham St, Rockland, MA
                (3.0 miles away)
                 
                Hyatt Place Boston/Braintree – 781-848-0600
                50 Forbes Road, Braintree, MA
                (5.0 miles away)
                 
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