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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    Manual Therapy and Functional Exercise for the Shoulder Complex

    Shoulder pain is extremely prevalent in the general population, being ranked as the third most common musculoskeletal complaint. This two-day hands on seminar will present a comprehensive overview of the structural and biomechanical basis of shoulder function and its relationship to the entire upper extremity. Improve your outcomes in the clinic or training room by examining the best evidence-based manual techniques and functional exercises for conservative and post-op management of common shoulder conditions.

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    Course Dates & Locations:

    • Mar 9, 2024 – Mar 10, 2024

      3000 New Bern Avenue, RALEIGH, NC 27610

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      WakeMed Health & Hospitals
      3000 New Bern Avenue, RALEIGH, NC 27610

      Course Location
      WakeMed Health & Hospitals
      3000 New Bern Avenue
      Raleigh , NC 27610
       
      Building Name:
      Andrews Center
      Conference Rooms 1 & 2
      Phone #: 919-350-8000
       
      Parking
      Free parking located on upper and lower deck of the Andrews Center.
       
      The Andrews Center is located at the WakeMed Raleigh Campus. After exiting the Beltline on New Bern Avenue, drive through the Sunnybrook Road intersection and take a left into the Emergency Entrance. The Andrews Center is on your left. Click here for a map of Raleigh Campus.
       
      Area Accommodations
      Marriott-Raleigh City Center – 929-833-1120
      500 Fayetteville St , Raleigh, NC 27601
      (3.6 miles away)
       
      Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown – 919-872-2323
      3415 Wake Forest Road , Raleigh, NC 27609
      (3.6 miles away)
       
      Sheraton Raleigh Hotel
      421 S Salisbury St , Raleigh, NC 27601
      (919) 834-9900
      (3.6 miles away)
       
      There are NO room blocks or discounts available at the mentioned hotels.
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    Total Joint Arthroplasty: An Intensive Lab Course to Improve Functional Outcomes

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    Course Dates & Locations:

    • 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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    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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        The Shoulder Complex

        Successful evaluation and treatment of the shoulder complex entails an accurate understanding of its normal and abnormal anatomy, pathomechanics and biomechanics. Treatment of the shoulder can be complex and confusing based upon the multitude of approaches that exist. By utilizing a systematic approach, therapists and athletic trainers may focus on a problem-solving basis to accurately and successfully evaluate patients with a variety of shoulder conditions. Included in this two-day workshop is an overview of the most common orthopedic conditions in which therapeutic intervention is indicated, evaluation and treatment schemes to promote successful outcomes and significant lab time. Attendees will further their development involving effective evaluation and treatment (surgical as well as non-surgical); including differential diagnosis, manual therapy, exercise prescription and evidence supported treatment techniques for the shoulder proper.

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        Course Dates & Locations:

        • May 18, 2024 – May 19, 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

          Ground floor of the main hospital
          Keeton Auditorium
          Located off of the A elevators.

          Parking will be validated for each day.
          Participants are to park in the main visitor parking deck.
           
          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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        The Cervico-Thoracic Complex

        Neck pain leads to significant disability and limits functional abilities for patients at all levels. 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 neck pain are likely to present. Clinical presentations such as chronic neck pain, radiculopathy, traumatic onset, asymmetric movements, headache or myofascial pain are common in clinical practice. 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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          Management of Nerve & Tendon Pain in the Upper Extremity

          This seminar is designed to advance clinical competence in working with the neurological and musculoskeletal issues associated with repetitive stress injuries through the application of current clinical evidence. A thorough review of tendon/nerve physiology, pathomechanics, and surgical techniques will create a foundation for proper intervention. This foundation will then be used to develop assessment and treatment approaches to pathology associated with repetitive stress injuries. Course content includes current conservative and surgical treatment options, ergonomic assessment/intervention, imaging, post-surgical guidelines, splinting options, joint and soft tissue mobilization, modalities and specific therapeutic exercise techniques. The student will participate in lecture and small group discussion before implementing assessment and treatment strategies in laboratory sessions.

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            Muscle Energy and Soft Tissue Techniques for the Upper Quadrant

            This lab intensive course presents both Soft Tissue Mobilization (STM) and Muscle Energy Techniques (MET) for the cervical and upper thoracic spines, upper ribs and shoulder regions.

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            Course Dates & Locations:

            • Dec 2, 2023 – Dec 3, 2023

              5655 First Boulevard, NASHVILLE (Hermitage), TN 37076

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              Summit Medical Center
              5655 First Boulevard, NASHVILLE (Hermitage), TN 37076

              Course Location
              Summit Medical Center
              5655 First Boulevard
              Hermitage, TN 37076
              1st Floor Conf. Rm - Follow Signs
              (615) 316-3000 - www.summitmedctr.com
               
              Nearby Hotels
              Country Inns & Suites - 615-277-1099
              3423 Percy Priest Dr - 37076
              (2.5 miles away)
               
              Hilton Garden Inn - (615) 884-0088
              412 Royal Parkway - 37214
               (6.0 miles away)
               
              There are NO room blocks or discounts available at the mentioned hotels. 
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            • Mar 16, 2024 – Mar 17, 2024

              111 Campus Way, Suite 100, SAN DIEGO (San Marcos), CA 92078

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              Pima Medical Institute
              111 Campus Way, Suite 100, SAN DIEGO (San Marcos), CA 92078

              Course Location
              Pima Medical Institute
              Physical Therapy Assistant Dept.
              111 Campus Way, Suite 100
              San Marcos, CA 92078
              TEL: 760 299-4500


              Nearby Hotels
              Hampton Inn San Marcos
              123 E. Carmel Street
              San Marcos, CA 92078
              (760) 736-9249

              Fairfield Inn & Suites San Diego North/San Marcos
              227 W San Marcos Blvd
              San Marcos, CA 92069
              (760) 891-0111

              Residence Inn San Diego North/San Marcos
              1245 Los Vallecitos Blvd
              San Marcos, CA 92069
              (760) 591-9828

              There are NO room blocks or discounts available at the mentioned hotels. 
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            Manual Therapy for the Upper Extremity

            This two day course will enable the participant to understand the role of manual therapy in rehabilitation of the upper extremity and apply manual and exercise techniques appropriately.

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            Course Dates & Locations:

            • Mar 9, 2024 – Mar 10, 2024

              4200 Houma Boulevard, NEW ORLEANS (Metairie), LA 70006

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              East Jefferson General Hospital
              4200 Houma Boulevard, NEW ORLEANS (Metairie), LA 70006

              Course Location
              East Jefferson General Hospital
              Main Hospital Building
              4200 Houma Boulevard
              Crawford Conference Center
              Metairie, LA 70006
              www.ejgh.org
               
              Directions
              East Jefferson General Hospital is conveniently located 6 miles from the city of New Orleans and can be accessed from Exit 226 on I-10.
               
              There are NO room blocks or discounts available at the mentioned hotels.
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              Area Accommodations
              New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway – 504-836-5253
              3838 N Causeway Blvd, Metairie, LA 70006
              (1.6 miles away)
               
              Hampton Inn Metairie – 504-831-7676
              2730 N Causeway Blvd, Metairie, LA 70006
              (1.8 miles away)
               
              There are NO room blocks or discounts available at the mentioned hotels.
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