Description

Course Overall Rating:  4.9/5 based on 29 reviews

What others are saying!

“Phil does a fantastic job educating in a clear and systematic manner, giving attendees great guidance for incorporating this information into clinical practice!  Definitively recommend this course for novice and experienced practitioners!”

Trish Strazar

“Great course with going back to basics to improve the understanding of diagnosis and different approaches to treatment.”

Carrie Scott

“I felt the lab component was very useful and that current evidence as broken down into “clinical jewels” for easier translation into practice.”

Attie Kempf

March 7th, 2020

Menorah Park
27100 Cedar Road Beachwood, OH 44122
Miller Seminar Room
8am-5:30p
Approved for 8.0 CEU’s

This course is intended to teach physical therapists a structured algorithm on how to approach, evaluation and treat complex lumbopelvic pain.  Participants will learn an evidence based algorithm that will appropriately subgroup patients into treatment categories, so that maximum effectiveness is achieved.  This will include testing and treatment for the SIJ region, in a way that each attendee can leave feeling confident they can assess and treat the lumbopelvic region.  Attendees will not leave feeling insecure of their skills or that the SIJ is too complicated.  Once a diagnosis has been achieved, there will be a focused review and practice on the best strategies for those who require stabilization or mobilization.  Participants will be taught a number of assessment techniques to be able to properly select which manual intervention could be beneficial for a given patient.  We will also discuss the most important questions for manual therapy, which are:  who is best suited to improve with manual therapy, who is contraindicated, and who will get worse with manual therapy?  Also, we will review basic management strategies for patient with chronic pain and why traditional therapy seems to fail those patients. The purpose of this course is to give physical therapist an eclectic, non dogmatic approach, letting the research and evidence guide assessment and treatment.

7:30 Registration
8:00 Anatomy and Mechanics
8:30 Red Flags In the Lumbopelvic Region
9:00 Lab – Palpation
9:30 Current Evidence for Management and Algorithm for Diff Dx
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15 Lab:  Testing for Subgroups
11:00  Managing Chronic Pain
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Update on Manual Therapy Effectiveness
1:30 Lab Manual Therapy Interventions
4:00-4:15 Break
4:15 Lab Stabilization Interventions
5:30 Adjourn

Instructor:  Dr. Philip Toal PT, DPT