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The Essentials of Ankle and Foot Biomechanics LIVE WEBINAR

In-Fit Rehabilitation

Objectives

-Acquire an essential and pragmatic understanding of foot structure and function.
-Improve their understanding of abnormal foot posture and function
-Be readily able to identify underlying etiology of conditions in the foot and ankle
-improve their palpation skills to easily recognize structures of the foot and identify abnormal joint motion
-Easily use palpation skills to aid in identifying common ankle and foot conditions
-Learn effective mobilizing techniques, taping strategies and orthotic modifications

Agenda

7:00-8:00 - Registration 8:00-9:00 - Review of anatomy with recent research and theory 9:00-9:45 - Palpation of landmarks of foot 9:45-10:15 - Discussion of biomechanics of joints with recent research 10:15-10:30 - Break/questions 10:30-11:15 - Palpation of joints and joint mobility 11:15-12:00 - Detailed discussion of the major joints of the foot in normal foot in stanc and in gait. 12:00-1:00 - lunch 1:00-1:45 - Discussion of Subtle cavus foot, its causes, identifying icavus, etiology of cavus, associated pathologies, physical therapy treatment to support cavus and referrals to and education regarding invasive care 1:45-2:30 - lab to identify the cavus and planus foot and non-supportive treatments for the conditions 2:30-2:45 - break 2:45 - 3:00 - introduction to and practice of the Foot posture Index 3:00 - 4:00 Discussion of pes planus. Including identifying pes planus, its causes, treatments, associated pathologies and brief discussion of invasive treatment 4:00 - 4:30 - Lab for supportive taping of the foot as well as modification of orthotics and semi-custom orthotic fabrication 4:30 - 5:00 - final thoughts and questions and instructor/course critiques

Description

LIVE WEBINAR: APPROVED IN Illinois, Louisiana, Arkansas, Iowa and Utah. Check your state board for reciprocity
The course begins with a review of current theory of structure of the ankle and foot. The course will quickly turn to discussion of the normal biomechanics of the major structures of the foot and ankle from the talocrural joint to the plantar plates of the toes in a straightforward yet informative manner. Palpation lab will be included to help locate these important structures of the foot and aid in understanding the relation to surrounding structures and their movement and function. Next the course will discuss abnormal foot mechanics of pes cavovarus and pes planovalgus. The causes of these common aberrant foot postures as well as progression and the frequent foot conditions that we as therapists and assistants see that are associated with these postures will be discussed in depth. Lab in this section will help the clinician identify the component postures of joints that lead to varus and planus feet via standard tools. Lab will include manual treatments to help relieve the stresses of aberrant foot postures as well as taping to support these postures. The course will conclude with time spent on customizing pre-fabricated orthotics.

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