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Assessment and Management of Vertebral and
Peripheral Joint Dysfunction: Diverse Treatment Approaches: “Adding to
the Toolbox”
(July 11-12, 2009)
Instructor:
Dr. Ina Diener, PhD Physio
Location:
Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles
Description
This course offers the opportunity to learn from Dr. Diener, an ardent
advocate and pioneer of evidence-based OMT practice in South Africa. You
will become conversant with the different disciplines of manual therapy
interventions, especially in the application of techniques. More
importantly, you will come away from this course with a rationale to
best match your treatment selection with patient presentation.
A review of clinical anatomy and biomechanics will give a foundational
understanding for the usual pathomechanics of joint dysfunction.
Understanding the effects of injury, aging, and immobilization are key
ingredients to identifying and addressing impairments of movement and
function. In turn, this understanding will provide you with a logical
strategy for assessing joint dysfunction and for selection of
appropriate techniques.
You will be introduced to numerous mobilization techniques from
Maitland, Mulligan, Kaltenborn, McKenzie, and Hing for immediate
application in the clinic. By expanding your repertoire of techniques
and understanding of technique application, you will gain confidence and
acumen in treatment selection.
Objective
Upon completion of this course the participant will be able to:
• Evaluate current research and evidence addressing reliability of joint
assessment
• Analyze/understand current research on the effects of joint
mobilization and evidence for
efficacy of treatment.
• Understand pathomechanics and joint dysfunction, including the effect
of injury, aging and
immobilization.
• Identify key features and differences in theoretical approaches to
treatment of joint dysfunction,
including those of Maitland, Mulligan, Kaltenborn, McKenzie and
Hing.
• Develop competency in the application of key techniques from a variety
of treatment
approaches to spinal and peripheral joints.
• Apply clinical reasoning to select optimal manual therapy intervention
for patient presentation,
including grade of movement and treatment dosage.
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Course Outline – Day One
(Lecture/Lab) |
• History of
joint therapy – different treatment approaches
• Function and dysfunction of joints: effects of injury, aging,
immobilization
• Assessment of joint dysfunction: Theory and Practice
• Lab: Treatment techniques: drawing from the experts
- Upper limb
- Lower limb
• Rational for treatment selection |
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Course Outline – Day Two
(Lecture/Lab) |
• The Science
and Practice of manual therapy, research effects, efficacy of
treatment.
• Lab: Treatment techniques: drawing from the experts
- Thoracic spine
- Cervical spine
- Lumbar spine
• Putting it all together: rationale and treatment selection
• Discussion, summary, & conclusion |
Instructor
Dr. Ina Diener comes to us from South Africa where she is a practicing
physiotherapist and faculty member at the Universities of Stellenbosch
and Western Cape. Presently, she teaches and mentors Masters and PhD
candidates in physiotherapy.
Dr. Diener is a pioneer in evidence-based physiotherapy in South Africa.
She has presented at numerous international conferences including the
keynote presentation at the Rehabilitation Conference in United Arab
Emirates in November 2007 on joint dysfunction. Her most recent work has
appeared in the South African Journal of Physiotherapy on cervicogenic
headache as well as in Proceedings of the 7th Scientific Conference of
the IFOMPT on chronic headaches. She served as Chair of the Academic
Committee of the International Federation of Orthopedic Manipulative
Therapists (IFOMT) and presented at the recent IFOMT Conference in South
Africa. Combining more than 30 years of clinical and research
experience, Dr. Diener offers a course that will examine joint
dysfunction while offering the advanced learner multiple approaches to
management.
EARLY BIRD:
$395.00 before July 1, 2009 |
REGULAR:
$450.00 after July 1, 2009 |
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For more information, contact:
Therese Franklin
Phone: (510) 599-6150
Email:
conedsec@iaopt.org
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