POST-SYMPOSIUM COURSES
Post-Symposium Course #4
| Title: |
Classification and management of chronic low back pain subjects with classification of motor control impairment (LEVEL II). |
| Dates: |
Monday, October 31 and Tuesday, November 1, 2005
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| # of Participants: |
30 delegates |
| Requirement: |
Prerequisite course: Level I |
| Instructor: |
Peter O'Sullivan PhD (Australia) |
| Description: |
This 2-day course reviews the classification of chronic low back pain based on a bio-psycho-social model. The workshop looks at common clinical presentations of subjects with different motor control disorders and looks at developing greater understanding of the different clinical presentations and motor control strategies utilized for each of these disorders. The workshop will involve examining a series of case studies and patient demonstrations. The focus of the workshop is to develop clinical reasoning, examination skills and management skills for dealing with complex and chronic lumbo-pelvic pain disorders with a classification of motor control impairment. |
Post-Symposium Course #5 SOLD OUT!
| Title: |
The running course: biomechanics, analysis, training and rehabilitation |
| Dates: |
Sunday, October 30 (3:30 pm - 8:00 pm) and Monday, October 31, 2005
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| # of Participants: |
45 delegates |
| Instructor: |
Matt Walsh BSc (App) PT (Oregon, USA) |
| Description: |
Through didactic sessions, discussion, demonstration and practical sessions, the following topics will be covered: common faults in training programs; shoe analysis and prescription; common patterns of dysfunction; principles of rehabilitation; extensive biomechanics and anatomy review; and observation and video techniques. Upon completion of this 2 day course, participants will be able to:
- define and discuss the biomechanics of the lower quadrant as it pertains to running
- state and demonstrate the differences between the biomechanics of gait and running
- discuss the concepts of training, mileage, duration and intensity for a running client
- prescribe an appropriate running shoe with reference to body type, foot shape, running mechanics and running history
- perform a complete running analysis to determine normal and abnormal biomechanics
- implement specific treatment techniques for running related injuries
- choose appropriate drills in movement re-education for a specific running dysfunction
- evaluate multisegmental dysfunctions and demonstrate through example their interrelatedness in the running cycle.
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Post-Symposium Course #6
| Title: |
The painful and unstable lumbar spine: a foundation and approach for restabilization |
| Dates: |
Monday, October 31, 2005 |
| # of Participants: |
150 delegates |
| Instructor: |
Stuart McGill BPE MSc PhD (Waterloo, Ontario) |
| Description: |
Much scientific and clinical effort has been directed towards developing exercise together with other protocols for treatment of the unstable spine. While many have claimed that "stabilization exercises" were employed in their study, one must wonder - how did they know the exercises were actually stabilizing? How did they know the spine needed a stabilization approach at the outset? Why are some patients cured while others fail? This course will attempt to introduce some of the notions necessary to understand stability and instability, and foster discussion of appropriate progressive therapeutic exercise. Then a progression of exercises will be justified across the continuum from rehabilitation to high performance using evidence from analysis of stability, motor patterns, spine loads and performance enhancement. A summary of the staged components of the program include:
| Stage 1: |
Corrective exercise - groove motion patterns, motor patterns |
| Stage 2: |
Build whole body and joint stability |
| Stage 3: |
Increase endurance |
| Stage 4: |
Build strength |
| Stage 5: |
Develop power, agility |
Overlay for all stages: the position of performance and the balance environment.
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