Education and Training in
Musculoskeletal Assessment and Interventions
416-738-4729
Sat, Jun 06
|The Orthopaedic Therapy Clinic
Assessment and Exercise Interventions for the Low Back and Lower Extremity
Build practical skills employers want you to have that are essential for working both autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team. Gain valuable clinical skills to deliver and progress client programs from the initial stages of recovery through to return to work and sport.
Time & Location
Jun 06, 2020, 9:00 a.m. – Jun 07, 2020, 4:30 p.m.
The Orthopaedic Therapy Clinic, 1075 Bay St Suite 603, Toronto, ON M5S 2B1, Canada
About the Event
Course Schedule:
Day 1
9am – 10:30am The Subjective Assessment
Identifying MSK patterns
Specificity and Sensitivity of Tests
Clinical Prediction Rules to predict specific lumbar pathology
Ruling out non-MSK patterns
Structure of the Subjective Assessment
Symptom Pattern Recognition
Group Practical – Case Studies:
Identifying key information in the Subjective Assessment to direct your assessment
10:30am - 10:45am Morning Break
10:45am – 12:15pm The Objective Assessment – Group practical
Upper Motoneuron Screen
o Babinski
o Hoffman
o Tandem Balance
Assessment of Spinal Curves, Movement and Restrictions
o Active range of motion
o Modified Schober
Lower Motorneuron Testing – Manual Muscle Testing of Lumbar Myotomes & Dermatomes
Clinical Decision Making – Classifying the client
12:15pm - 1:15pm Lunch Break
1:15pm – 2:45pm Exercise Interventions for Back Dominant Pain
o Positions for Pain Control
o Directional Preference Exercise
o Dissociation Exercises
o Mobility & Stabilization Exercise
o Condition-specific Exercise
o Exercise Modifications to Fitness Program
o Considerations for Return to Work or Sport
2:45pm - 3:00pm Afternoon Break
3:00pm - 4:30pm Exercise Interventions for Leg Dominant Pain
o Positions for Pain Control
o Directional Preference Exercise
o Dissociation Exercises
o Mobility & Stabilization Exercise
o Condition-specific Exercise
o Exercise Modifications to Fitness Program
o Considerations for Return to Work or Sport
Day 2
9am – 10:30am Gait and Balance Testing
o Tandem Gait
o Trendelenberg Gait
o Hip vs. Knee Strategy
Practical – Gait Assessment (Assessment Form Provided)
10:30am - 10:45am Morning Break
10:45am – 12:15pm Practical Hands on Sessions for Assessment of the Hip and Knee
o Palpation & Joint Range End Feel
o Modified Thomas Test
o Craig’s Test
o Thessaly Test
o Pulses of the Leg and Foot
Neural Tension Tests
o Straight Leg Raise
o Femoral Nerve Tension Test
o Slump Test
CPRs for measures that predict treatment outcomes for the SIJ and hip joint.
o Cluster of Laslett
o Osteoarthritis of the Hip
o Menisus Injury
12:15pm - 1:15pm Lunch Break
1:15pm – 2:45pm Exercise Interventions for SIJ & Hip Pain
o Hip Osteoarthritis & Total Hip Replacement
o Sacroiliac Joint Pain Syndrome
o Piriformis Syndrome
o Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome
o Iliotibial Band Pain Syndrome
2:45pm - 3:00pm Afternoon break
3:00pm - 4:30pm Exercise Interventions for Knee, Ankle & Foot Pain
o Meniscus Injury
o ACL tendinopathy & repair
o Total Knee Replacement
o Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS)
o Achilles tendinopathy
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