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Learn advanced evaluation and treatment of the foot and ankle to improve gait and function for adult and pediatric patients with neurologic, developmental and orthopedic health conditions. Learn an organized system to evaluate ankle function that addresses joint/soft tissue mobilization, strength/motor control of the “foot core,” pain, orthotic design and foot/ankle taping techniques.
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Would you like to increase your skill 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 which 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.
OBJECTIVES:
Schedule – Day 1
Section 1: 2 hours, 30 minutes
• Lecture: Introduction and Terminology (with polls)
• ACTIVITY: Terminology Worksheets
• Building a Model of Foot and Ankle Function
• Do We Need to Intervene?
• Impact on developing systems: The Developmental Kinesiopathological Model (DKM)
• ACTIVITY: Developing goals at multiple ICF levels, Developing DKM Goals
• LAB: Musculoskeletal Key Tests: Dorsiflexion Stress Test and Talo-crural Axis Test
Section 2: 3 hours, 15 minutes
• Lecture: Movement System Analysis for the Foot and Ankle
• Lecture: Movement System Analysis for the Foot and Ankle
• Movement System Analysis for the Foot and Ankle: Gait
• ACTIVITY: Case Examples using the Movement System Analysis for the Foot and Ankle
• Interventions and Evidence: Maximizing the resiliency and resources of the foot and ankle complex
Schedule – Day 2
Section 1: 2 hours, 15 minutes
• LAB: Hindfoot mobilizations
• LAB: Supination and pronation progressions Improving Motor Control and Strength of the foot and ankle
• Improving Motor Control and Strength of the foot and ankle
• LAB: resistance, taping, novel task for motor learning
• Retraining patterns of recruitment and tonic contraction: emphasis on stability in the “foot core” and eccentric gastrocsoleus
• LAB: Skill building: Progressive Resistive Exercises for the foot core for foot core and eccentric control
• The Role of Neuroplasticity in Foot and Ankle Function
Section 2: 2 hours, 30 minutes
• Interventions to address neuroplastic changes
• Use of orthoses to support neuromotor and musculoskeletal rehabilitation and development
• Orthotic design based on Movement System Analysis findings
• ACTIVITY: Video case studies to apply course concepts, presentation to group for discussion
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.
Financial Disclosures: No financial relationships to disclose.
Non-Financial Disclosures: No non-financial relationships to disclose.
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Continuing Education Hours for disciplines not listed below: 11.0 contact hours (1.1 CEUs). Intermediate level. License #______________.
Education Resources Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Provider #3043.Distance Learning-Independent course is offered at 11 contact hours 1.1 CEUs. (intermediate level, OT service delivery). AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products or clinical procedures. Course meets the basic criteria of the MD Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 1.1 CEU's, 11 contact hours. Approval #2209-41 by the NJ State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 11 CEC's. Approved by the OH Physical Therapy Association for 11 Hours - Approval #23S1421. Approved sponsor by the State of IL Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for Physical Therapy for 13 contact hours. Approved provider by the NY State Board of Physical Therapy for 13 contact hours (1.3 CEUs). Education Resources is an approved agency by the PT Board of CA for 11 contact hours. Approved by the APTA Kentucky, A Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association, for 11 Category 1 contact hour(s). Expiration Date: 3/6/25, approval #CS61-2023-APTAKY. This activity is provided by the TX Board of PT Examiners accredited provider #2210017TX for 11 CCUs and meets continuing competence requirements for PTs and PTAs licensure renewal in TX. 11 hours of this course qualify towards the discipline-specific hours for the 20-hour requirement for NDTA re-certification. They do NOT qualify towards the 8-hour NDTA Instructor requirement for re-certification.
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