This course is for all healthcare professionals that work with individuals experiencing lower body pain and/or movement limitations. This course will go into depth about the neurological, joint, and muscular features of the upper body that are important to integrate into your assessment & rehabilitation plan. Focus will be placed on how to identify & treat key limitations in the low back, hip, knee, and foot/ankle. You will learn many new manual therapies & exercises-based techniques for many common lower body musculoskeletal conditions in a step by step manner. These techniques will be taught within the context of specific assessments, as well as case scenarios that we will work through as a group.
General & specific objectives:
PT, DPT, MISCP Co-founder of Integrated Kinetic Neurology
DAY 1
TOPICS |
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8:00 – 8:30 am |
Registration |
8:30-9:30 am |
Introduction to IKN concept |
9:30-10:30 am |
How the nervous system controls the lower limb |
10:30 - 10:45 am |
Coffee/Tea break |
10:45 -11:45 am |
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11:45 am - 12:45 pm |
Case study examples |
12:45 – 1:45 pm |
Lunch break |
1:45 - 2:45 pm |
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2:45 – 3:45 pm |
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3:45 – 4:00 pm |
Coffee/Tea break |
4:00 – 5:00 pm |
Lumbar spine & hip rehabilitation principles |
5:00 – 6:00 pm |
End of day discussion and Review |
DAY 2
TIMINGS |
TOPICS |
8:00 – 8:30 am |
Registration |
8:30-9:30 am |
Clinical assessments for the knee, ankle & foot complex |
9:30-10:30 am |
Case study examples |
10:30 - 10:45 am |
Coffee/Tea break |
10:45 -11:45 am |
Knee, ankle & foot rehabilitation principles |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm |
Manual therapy & exercise strategies |
12:45 – 1:45 pm |
Lunch break |
1:45 - 3:45 pm |
Designing rehabilitation programs for specific lower limb conditions |
3:45 – 4:00 pm |
Coffee/Tea break |
4:00 – 5:30 pm |
Lower limb assessment & rehabilitation case scenarios |
5:30 – 6:00 pm |
End of day review and Certificate distribution |