Traditional health care settings have offered few options to athletes who want to overcome back pain without losing fitness. Often, athletes have been told they either must stop training to live without back pain or they must settle for training in pain. Sports Center is now offering a cutting edge seminar for physical therapists and athletic trainers who want simple, powerful solutions for their active clients. Learn proven examination techniques and specific drills that you can execute with confidence on Monday morning.
After attending this course, you will know:
- Detailed pathoanatomy and pathophysiology of degenerative changes in the spine.
- The difference between chemical and mechanical pain and how they affect your rehab choices.
- The three components of any injury and how to address all three in your practice.
- Physical examination findings that are key to measuring success in clients with back pain.
- What questions to ask every client with back pain and what the answers mean.
- How to design your spine rebuilding program to increase client compliance.
- Special spine rebuilding drills used by the Sports Center team.
- The 7 Sports Center Secrets to personal and professional success.
- And much, much more!
This engaging course is taught by Doug Kelsey, PT, PhD,
Founder and
Chief Physical Therapist, and Sports Center's Training Coaches, Ryan Smith, PT and Christine Springer, PT. You will learn our
rebuilding secrets first hand from the Sports Center training team in
the world's only Gravity Controlled Training Lab. Our seminar is
designed to offer a variety of learning experiences including: lecture,
group discussion/hot seat, and small group laboratory application of
examination procedures and exercise performance. Sports Center is
located in central Austin, the heart of the Texas hill country, making
it the perfect destination for a long weekend.
When:
- Thursday April 28, 2005 from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Friday April 29, 2005 from 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Where:
- Sports Center, Austin, Texas.
Continuing Education Units:
- Sports Center is an approved provider (#P3374) by the BOCATC and this course meets the requirements for 15 contact hours.
- 15 contact hours approved by the Texas Physical Therapy Association, ID Number: 37488A
Intended Audience:
- Physical Therapists, Athletic Trainers
Tuition:
- $650.00
- Early registration price of $600 if registered by Wednesday, March 30th, 2005.
- MasterCard, VISA, American Express.
- Check payable to Sports Center.
Extras:
- Lunch will be provided both days.
Course Agenda and General Topics
Thursday (4/28/2005)
8:00 - 9:00 am
- Welcome and Introduction to Sports Center.
- Overview of the Sports Center 7 Secrets to Personal and Professional Success.
9:00 am - 12:00pm
- Lecture on Sports Center Secrets 1-3 and how you can use them to:
- Differentiate between DDD, DJD, HNP, annular tears, fractures and tendonitis in the lumbar spine.
- Understand the difference between chemical and mechanical pain and how each affects clinical decision making.
- Recognize and resolve inflammation in the spine.
- Identify whether client spine symptoms are physically-based or emotionally-based.
- Learn history and examination findings that tell you where to start, how fast to go, and where your client will be at the end of their spine rebuilding program.
12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Lunch (provided on site)
1:00 - 4:00 pm
- Small Group/Lab Rotations
- History Keys: What to ask, what to listen for, and what the answers mean.
- Examination Procedures.
- How to use the physical examination to direct your decisions.
- Pertinent findings and what to ignore.
- Introduction to Rebuilding Cycles for DDD/DJD.
- Core Training: Why lock and load is the first skill any client must master.
- The importance of disc/joint nutrition: Why your clients must break a sweat.
- Unloading tools: The key to improving disc & joint health while improving fitness.
- Using impulse loads to create muscle fatigue without joint or disc overload.
- Identifying Joint vs. Disc-friendly exercises.
4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Review/Questions
Friday (4/29/05)
8:00 - 11:00 am
- Sports Center Secrets 4-7 including topics of:
- Rebuilding the Core.
- The Importance of Team: Why HEP's rarely work.
- How to keep clients from dropping out.
- Secrets to making any exercise fun.
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Small Group/Lab (1st rotation); The three rotations include:
- Hot Seat: How to tell if someone is hurt or just hurting.
- Learn and perform Sports Center's spine examination procedures.
- Demonstration and practice Sports Center Lumbar DDD/DJD Rebuilding Drills:
- Mastering form: What's supposed to move and what isn't.
- Five ways to make an exercise easier or harder other than changing the weight.
- Balance training secrets to improve function when you have spine pain.
- WOW factor: Using lasers, vectors, and other cool tools to create variety
- Special Sports Center exercises that will help all athletes from the weekend warrior to the world class athlete.
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Lunch (provided on site)
1:00 - 3:00 pm
- Small Group/Lab (2nd & 3rd rotations)
3:00 - 4:00 pm
- Review & Summary
- Graduation Ceremony
