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Integrating Ortho and Neuro in Your Practice of Physical Therapy |
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Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, March 30, 2003 |
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Saturday, March 29, 2003, 8:30 to 9:00 a.m. What's So Fun About Physical Therapy? Having fun is a great motivator for the activities we choose to engage in throughout our lives, including our jobs. This address will explore what it is that makes an activity fun, and how we find fun in the profession of physical therapy. Michael Schlater, PT
graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center Physical Therapy
Program in 1987. Since then, he has worked primarily at Poudre Valley
Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado in both the OutPatient and InPatient
Rehab departments. He also worked as a travelling PT for two years in such
diverse locations as White Plains, NY and Casper, WY. Mike has been an
active member of the APTA holding positions at the District and Chapter
level. He has also been a member of the Research and Continuing Education
Committees, the Sunset 2000 Task Force, and the Technology Task Force. Mike
is the recipient of the Colorado Chapter's 2002 Outstanding Physical
Therapist Award. |
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Saturday, March 29, 2003, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Neurological Implications in the Patient with Whiplash Patients with whiplash/cervical strain often present with dizziness and disequilibrium in addition to pain and range of motion restriction. Changes in posture, perception of body position, muscular tone and sequencing also occur. This presentation will encompass the etiology and differential diagnosis of these conditions, along with treatment approaches that will compliment the orthopedic management of these patients. Julie Knoll, PT, NCS, is President of South Valley Physical Therapy, PC. She is a board certified neurologic clinical specialist and has been in practice 11 years with special focus on treatment of patients with vestibular disorders, MS, facial paralysis, stroke, and brain injury. She has presented numerous lectures and seminars on vestibular rehabilitation over the last 7 years. She is co chair of the Governmental Affairs Committee of the APTA/Colorado Chapter.
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Saturday, March 29, 2003, 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. PNF: Restoring Neuromuscular Control Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) is a powerful manual system by which a therapist can evaluate and treat the interrelationship between the neuromuscular, soft tissue, and articular systems. PNF can be applied to virtually any neurological or orthopedic patient. This presentation will give an overview of the history and principles of PNF and introduce the scapular, pelvic and trunk patterns. There will be emphasis on the use of PNF for the timing, sequencing and recruitment of the deep tonic stabilization musculature. We will demonstrate the use of extremity patterns to assess the relationship between proximal stability and distal strength and control, and the relationship to the gait cycle. This presentation is based on the Functional Mobilization approach, (developed by Gregory Johnson, PT, FFCFMT) which integrates PNF procedures with soft tissue and joint mobilization. Peter Szymanski, PT, IOC, CFMT is a 1984 graduate of University of Colorado Physical Therapy program. After several years working in neurological rehabilitation, he moved into outpatient orthopedics. He has attended more than forty continuing education courses, and has attained the Integrated Orthopedic Certification and the Certified Functional Manual Therapist designations through the University of St. Augustine and the Institute of Physical Art. He is in solo private practice in Denver. Peter deJong, PT, MTC, CFMT graduated in The Netherlands in 1992 and worked with geriatric and neurological patients using the NDT method in the U.K. for six months. In 1993, he moved to Florida, where he worked on a rehab floor. From 1994 on he has worked in the orthopedic field. Peter did his manual therapy certificates with the IPT in St. Augustine in 1996, and with the IPA in Steamboat Springs in 2000. He trained and worked with Gregg Johnson in Steamboat in 2002. He opened his own private clinic in Colorado Springs last year. His main interest is long-term movement problems. |
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Saturday, March 29, 2003, 4:25 to 5:30 p.m. Why Does Your Orthopedic Client Fall? This will be a presentation looking at the nature of balance disorders in the individual with orthopedic diagnoses. We will look at the sensory integration necessary for balance with the patient population seen in the orthopedic clinic. The emphasis will be on how to examine, evaluate the findings and provide intervention to decrease fall risk and complaints of imbalance associated with an orthopedic diagnosis. Kenda Fuller, PT, NCS is owner of South Valley Physical Therapy. She has been working with balance disorders from a variety of perspectives for more than 15 years. Kenda has taught at the University of Colorado and at Regis University, as well as nationally and internationally on the topic of balance and falls. |
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Sunday, March 30, 2003, 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. Clinical Decision
Making using Comprehensive This presentation will provide an introduction to gait analysis as well as describe what the different components of gait analysis are and how they can help the clinician determine treatment interventions. The treatment recommendations often range from fine-tuning physical therapy or bracing all the way to surgical or neuro-surgical interventions. There will be patient presentations as well as a discussion on what patients would benefit most from a gait analysis. The patient presentations will include both neurologic patients as well as orthopaedic patients with a discussion regarding what measurements tools are most useful for each type of pathology. If time permits, current research that is being done at CGMA will be reviewed as well as how this may effect future physical therapy intervention. Amy Winter Bodkin, MS, PT, PCS is a 1978 graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Physical Therapy. She received her MS in Physical Therapy from Northwestern University in 1988 and her Pediatric Specialist Certification in 1991. Amy has many years of experience with pediatric and adult patients in multiple environments including acute care, public schools, home care and nursing homes. Currently she is an Instructor in Rehab Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC). Her responsibilities include clinical work and research at the Center for Gait and Movement Analysis, The Children’s Hospital, teaching two courses each year at the CU Physical Therapy Program and research in early intervention at JFK Partners, UCHSC. She is a doctoral candidate in the Health Services Research Track of the PhD Program in Clinical Science at UCHSC. |
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Sunday, March 30, 2003, 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Neurological Aspects and Interventions for Patients with Pain and Chronic Injury Recent research on animals and humans suggests pain from repetitive motion injuries can result in changes in the motor and sensory cortex of the brain. Changes of movement patterns caused by pain and musculoskeletal injury can also become firmly entrenched. This talk will review some of these studies. Discussion of implications for early care and intervention techniques based on the research findings will be emphasized. Patricia A. Winkler, MS, PT, NCS, is Assistant Professor at Regis University. She has been in clinical practice for 30 years treating patients with neurological dysfunction and movement disorders resulting from musculoskeletal disorders. She is current teaching at Regis University in the Neuromanagement courses and completing a Doctor of Science degree in Neurological Physical Therapy. Her current area of research is on patients with visual and oculomotor abnormalities and the affect on balance. |
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