
Education and Training in
Musculoskeletal Assessment and Interventions
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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 1Â
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
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10:30am - 10:45am  Morning   Break
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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
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12:15pm - 1:15pm  Lunch   Break
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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
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2:45pm - 3:00pm  Afternoon Break
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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 ProgramÂ
o Considerations for Return to Work or Sport
Day 2Â
9am – 10:30am  Gait and Balance Testing
o Tandem Gait
o Trendelenberg Gait
o Hip vs. Knee Strategy
Practical – Gait Assessment (Assessment Form Provided)
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10:30am - 10:45am Morning   Break
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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
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12:15pm - 1:15pm  Lunch Break
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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
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2:45pm - 3:00pm  Afternoon break
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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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