Would you like to increase your skills with orthotic recommendations? Are you interested in increasing your treatment repertoire for the foot and ankle for pediatric and adult patients with neurological, developmental and/or orthopedic diagnoses? This course presents a movement systems approach to management of the foot and ankle. Using a kinesiopathological lens, participants examine the effect of repeated movements, sustained alignments, cumulative micro-trauma, and altered relative flexibility on the function of the ankle. This course presents a comprehensive approach to care based on differential diagnosis, while examining the evidence for interventions that maximize the resiliency of the ankle complex through skeletal maturation and into adulthood. Participants learn hands-on skills for an integrated approach including mobilizations to promote adaptive relative flexibility; improving intrinsic stability through strengthening of the “foot core”; and interventions to positively impact neuroplasticity. Participants also actively use the ICF model to guide recommendations for targeted use of the external support of orthoses and casts to guide adaptive tissue-specific stresses.
Course Objectives:
- Recognize the interplay of Musculoskeletal and Neuromuscular Movement System Diagnoses and neuroplastic changes on foot and ankle dysfunction.
- Perform a detailed foot and ankle examination including gait kinematics, neuromotor function, and musculoskeletal structures.
- Develop a comprehensive plan of care for the foot and ankle to improve gait in the context of supporting best structural outcome.
- Perform treatment techniques to address relative flexibility and promote progressive strengthening in foot and ankle for function.
- Make detailed recommendations for casting and orthotic interventions.
Amanda Hall is an engaging speaker and experienced therapist who developed a framework for pediatric and neuro ankle intervention. Her area of expertise includes therapeutic casting and orthotic design based on kinesiopathology, differential diagnosis, manual therapy, and alignment for therapeutic gait with individualized intervention and patient-centered designs. She currently provides casting as well as orthotic and assistive technology interventions at HSC Pediatric Center in Washington, D.C. Amanda is a Pediatric Clinical Specialist . She has presented internationally, with special emphasis on serving patients with complex presentations and “outliers”, including at the Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association, the APTA Pediatrics Annual Conference, and at the National Institutes of Health.
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Continuing Education Hours for disciplines not listed below: 12.5 contact hours (1.25 CEUs). Intermediate level. Approved by the FL Physical Therapy Association for 15 CE Hours - #CE20-765490. Approved Provider for the FL Occupational Therapy Association CE Broker for 15 CE Hours. Meets the basic criteria of the MD Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for ____ CEU's. Approval #2008-080 by the NJ State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 12.5 CEC's. Approved by the NM Board of Physical Therapy for ___ CE Hours. Approved by the NV State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for ___ units of continuing education. Approved by OK State Board of PT course #202113238 for 12.5 CEU hours, Category A. Approved sponsor by the State of IL Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for Physical Therapy for 15 contact hours. Approved by the KY Physical Therapy Association for 12.5 Category 1 contact hour(s). Expiration Date: 3/6/21. Approval # CS64-2010-KPTA. Approved provider by the NY State Board of Physical Therapy for 15 contact hours (1.5 CEUs).
Education Resources is an approved agency by the PT Board of CA for 12.5 contact hours. This activity is provided by the TX Board of PT Examiners accredited provider #2210017TX for 12.5 CCUs and meets continuing competence requirements for PTs and PTAs licensure renewal in TX.
Education Resources is an AOTA Approved Provider for Live and Distance Learning-Independent Courses for 12.5 Contact Hours (1.25 CEUs). NBCOT Professional Development for 12.5 PDUs. 12 hours of this course qualify towards the discipline-specific hours for the 20-hour requirement for NDTA re-certification. Education Resources, Inc. is approved by the Board of Certification to offer 12.5 hours, Category A CEUs for ATs.
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