Lower Quarter Course Summary and Objectives
Course Overview:
Differential Diagnosis, Imaging, Assessment Techniques, Exercise Prescription, Manual Therapy
Instructors:
Dana Tew, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Jim Heafner, PT, DPT
Chris Fox, PT, DPT
Course Summary:
This course will prepare the clinician for managing patients with dysfunction in the Lower Quarter region.Components from previous classes, such as Foundations and Lumbar Spine & SIJ, are essential for implementing the aspects of this program first. By combining components from anatomy & kinesiology, movement impairment syndrome, repeated motions, manual therapy assessment and treatment techniques, exercise progressions, and evidence-based practice, each clinician will be able to apply an eclectic approach to their lower quarter patients. Between classes, each clinician will be expected to complete readings of the workbook and selected articles, so that they can participate in online mentoring and group discussion sessions.
Objectives:
Differential Diagnosis, Imaging, Assessment Techniques, Exercise Prescription, Manual Therapy
Instructors:
Dana Tew, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Jim Heafner, PT, DPT
Chris Fox, PT, DPT
Course Summary:
This course will prepare the clinician for managing patients with dysfunction in the Lower Quarter region.Components from previous classes, such as Foundations and Lumbar Spine & SIJ, are essential for implementing the aspects of this program first. By combining components from anatomy & kinesiology, movement impairment syndrome, repeated motions, manual therapy assessment and treatment techniques, exercise progressions, and evidence-based practice, each clinician will be able to apply an eclectic approach to their lower quarter patients. Between classes, each clinician will be expected to complete readings of the workbook and selected articles, so that they can participate in online mentoring and group discussion sessions.
Objectives:
- The clinician will demonstrate integration of didactic knowledge, physical exam skills, and patient management skills through weekly quizzes, OSCEs, written and live patient examinations, and during mentored patient care.
- The clinician will have an understanding of the anatomical and pathokinesiological relationships of some of the more commonly encountered musculoskeletal dysfunctions seen in a typical outpatient orthopedic practice in the lower extremity
- The clinician will be able to apply movement impairment analysis in the diagnosis and treatment of hip, knee, and foot disorders
- The clinician will be able to utilize examination tests and procedures based on the most current evidence to effectively and efficiently diagnose lower extremity musculoskeletal pathology
- The clinician will become familiar with exercise progression paradigms that are based on tissue healing and functional goals of the patient
- The clinician will be able to design a treatment program that addresses all key components of functional recovery for patient that includes (not limited to): strength, muscular endurance, proprioception, flexibility and power
- The clinician will display the ability to critically analyze the literature on various lower extremity interventions and diagnostic procedures in an analytical, concise and organized format
- The clinician will demonstrate the ability to correctly identify directional preference and prescribe repeated motions treatment to the lower quarter