February 21 – February 23
The Certified Theratogs Fitter Certification (CTF) Courses will help you gain expertise in designing the garments to optimize your client’s treatment. TheraTogs are an adjunct, carry-over modality that supports your clinical efforts in-between therapy sessions and can provide up to 50 hours of therapy a week.
Attendees who successfully complete both on-site practicum exams will receive a Certified TheraTogs Fitter (CTF) Level II credential.
COURSE DETAILS
Date & Time
Friday, February 21, 2020 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Saturday, February 22, 2020 8:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday, February 23, 2020 8:00am – 5:30pm
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TARGET AUDIENCE: Pediatric physical therapists, occupational therapists, orthotists, physical medicine physicians, and orthopedists
DESCRIPTION: The presenter discusses sensory, biomechanical, kinesiological, and neuromotor aspects of both normal and compromised development of trunk alignment and control. She describes the influence of postural alignment and control on movement acquisition and skills and on limb muscle contracture prevention and management in children with cerebral palsy. She offers clinical evidence and suggestions for improving postural alignment and control using SA Sahrmann’s treatment principles and orthoses, including the TherAlign DragonflyTM TLSO system.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES: Attendees completing this program are expected to be able to:
COURSE SCHEDULE
Start | Topic | Hours |
6:30 | An Overview of Developmental Changes in the Torso | .25 |
6:45 | The Contributions of Postural Control Acquisition & Maintenance to Orthopedic Development | .50 |
7:15 | Elements of Sahrmann’s Movement System Analysis in Orthopedic Development | .50 |
7:45 | New Strategies for Optimizing Trunk Extension | .50 |
8:15 | Questions & discussion | .25 |
8:30 | Adjourn Total Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
COURSE LEVEL: Beginner to Intermediate
Lecture with hands-on lab technique
16:1 student to faculity
TARGET AUDIENCE: The sponsor welcomes a range of qualified clinicians who are likely to work together to maximize physical function including physical therapists, orthotics, occupational therapists, and physical therapy assistants accompanied by an associated physical therapist.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The didactic segments of this program address the typical development of postural alignment and control and their significance in healthy and pathologic sensorimotor and orthopedic development. The discussion includes a review of strategies for assessing postural alignment and control, and incorporates clinical evaluation and treatment principles drawn from S.A. Sahrmann’s Movement Systems Analysis. Facilitator illustrates didactic concepts and suggested management strategies with photographs and videotaped cases. Lab attendees will be trained in strategies for enhancing postural alignment, postural control, and core muscle balance in daily life using the TheraTogs Posture and Torso Alignment System.
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THERATOGS FITTER CERTIFICATION LAB OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lab session, the participant will pass an exam with a minimum score of 50/58 requiring a demonstration of correct procedures in donning TheraTogs garments and strapping applications to improve postural alignment, body weight distribution on the support base, and core muscle strength. Procedures include the following:
By the end of the lab session, the participant will correctly apply:
COURSE SCHEDULE
Start | Contact Hours | |
8:00 | Register | — |
8:30 | Introduction | .25 |
8:45 | Foundations in the Sciences: Postural Control Acquisition & Significance | .75 |
9:30 | Foundations in the Sciences: Principles of Movement Systems Analysis Applied to Orthopedic and Sensorimotor Development and Management | .75 |
10:15 | Short Break – 15 min. | — |
10:30 | Postural Assessments and Applications for Standing and Sitting Posture and Balance | 1.00 |
11:30 | Videotaped cases | .75 |
12:15 | Questions and Discussion | .25 |
12:30 | Lunch | — |
1:30 | Demonstration: Improving Resting Postures in Infants | .25 |
1:45 | LAB: TheraTogs Level – I Fitter Certification – Attendees work in groups of 3 to gain and, by examination, show competence in donning TheraTogs garments and strapping applications designed to improve postural alignment, body weight distribution on the support base, and core muscle strength. | 1.25 |
3:00 | Short break- 15 min | – |
3:15 | Resume Lab | 1.25 |
4:30 | Instructor demonstrates Dragonfly TLSO apron assembly and fitting. | .25 |
4:45 | Clean up and restore lab kits to their original, pre-lab condition. | — |
5:00 | Please turn in course evals and adjourn. | — |
Didactic contact hours: | 3.75 | |
Lab contact hours: | 3.00 | |
Total contact hours: | 6.75 |
COURSE LEVEL: Intermediate
Lecture with hands-on lab technique
16:1 student to faculty ratio
PREREQUISITE: Posture & Torso Alignment (CFTF Level I)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This program builds upon the foundation laid in the Posture & Torso Alignment (CTF Level I) workshop. It features a brief review of pediatric orthopedic lower-extremity (LE) skeletal and joint development as it occurs in the transverse plane – i.e. medial and lateral joint rotation and medial and lateral long bone torsion – and in relation to deviations in foot progression angle (FPA) – i.e. in-toeing and out-toeing.
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In the first afternoon lab session, teams of three attendees learn and practice three LE musculoskeletal assessments that pertain to TP alignment and gait problems: hip rotation ROM in hip extension, modified Ryder’s test, and the modified thigh-foot angle. At the conclusion of the first lab, attendees are evaluated on their ability to demonstrate these same assessments.
In the second lab, attendees will be guided through a series of donning and strapping applications using the TheraTogs Lower Extremity system to demonstrate the biomechanical principles and management techniques reviewed in the morning session. Strapping applications include those designed to improve functioning alignment of the femur at the hip joint, and of the leg at the knee joint. At the conclusion of the lab, attendees are evaluated on their ability to demonstrate these same procedures.
Attendees will receive a DVD containing video instructions for these three assessment procedures. Attendees who successfully complete both on-site practicum exams will receive a Certified TheraTogs Fitter (CTF) Level II credential.
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DIDACTIC PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
Explain the precautions regarding the use of rotation strapping across the hip and knee joints in individuals aged seven years and older.
THERATOGS FITTER CERTIFICATION LAB OBJECTIVES:
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Start | Topic | |
7:30 | Register & settle in | |
8:00 | Introduction (cell phones off) | |
8:15 | Ideal lower extremity skeletal modeling mechanisms & events in the transverse plane | |
9:15 | Short Break (15 minutes) | |
9:30 | Review of musculoskeletal assessment procedures for hip & femur in the transverse plane – Ideal findings & implications | |
10:45 | Review of musculoskeletal assessment procedures for knee & leg in the transverse plane | |
11:00 | Ideal findings & implications | |
11:15 | Case Presentation | |
11:30 | Questions & Discussion | |
12:00 | Lunch on your own | |
1:00 | LAB 1: LE Musculoskeletal Assessments in the Transverse Plane. | |
3:00 | Short break (15 minutes) | |
3:15 | LAB 2: Candidates work in teams of 3 to demonstrate skills in improving torso postural alignment, increase loaded hip stability (enhance ITB function) during weight shifts; rotate the functioning femur medially and laterally; rotate the functioning leg (at the knee joint) medially and laterally. | |
5:15 | Review of key principles | |
5:30 | Clean up, turn in course evaluation forms & adjourn | |
Didactic contact hours: | 3.75 | |
Lab contact hours: | 4.00 | |
Total contact hours: | 7.75 |