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This class will teach you a refreshing manual therapy approach to treatment of knee dysfunction. It gives a clinician tools to treat knee pain in ways they have never seen before. It incorporates Joint Mobilization, Meniscal Mobilization, Myofascial Release, Taping, Strengthening/ Balance Re-Training and Muscle Re-Education.

As with all of our manual therapy courses, this seminar will follow a a progression of principles and reinforce them throughout the 16 hours, is at least 75% hands-on lab, and will give the clinician hands-on skills they use immediately upon their return to the clinical setting.


INSTRUCTOR



Jeff Garbacz, DPT, CIMT
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  Course Objectives

  • Understand the rationale for each of the knee treatment concepts: Joint Mobilization, MFR, Taping, Strenghtening/ Balance Re-Education and Orthotic Therapy.
  • Understand and be able to demonstrate proper technique for Jt Mobs, MFR, Taping, Strenghtening/ Balance Re-Education and Orthotic Therapy.
  • Understand the Knee anatomy and its application to the joint mechanics, movement, and dysfunction.
  • Understand and demonstrate, through a holistic approach, how the knee complex treatment progression occurs.

  Course Outline

Saturday  
8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00am Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:30am Introduction/ Overview of muscle, bone and joint structure and its effects on Mobilization, Taping and MFR
10:00am Break
10:10am Biomechanics of the Knee Complex
12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm Palpation of the Knee Complex
3:30pm Break
3:40pm Mobilizations of the Knee Complex
5:00pm Adjourn
   
Sunday  
7:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00am MFR of the Knee Complex and Lower Extremity
10:10am Break
10:10am Taping of the Knee Complex and Lower Extremity
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Gait Evaluation
2:30pm Break
2:40pm Exercises for the Knee Complex
3:30pm Orthotics for the Knee Complex
4:00pm Speed Mobilizations
4:30pm Application to Specific Clinical Situations
5:00pm Adjourn


2008 Comprehensive Treatment of the Knee Course Schedule

Click on city to see specific location information, any cities without location information will be listed in the near future - please check back soon.  Please note: to register for a course you must         click here or on the "Registration" link at the top of each page.

Date City
May 3, 4, 2008    ***FULL*** Newark, NJ Area
May 31, June 1, 2008 San Francisco, CA
June 28, 29, 2008 Chattanooga, TN
September 6, 7, 2008 Chicago, IL Area
October 11, 12, 2008 Washington, DC Area

Please click here for a 2008 Knee brochure in pdf (printer friendly) format.

Or click here for a registration form in a pdf format (printer friendly) and fax to us at 800-889-0358.

 

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