Therapeutic Exercise and Manual Therapy

Alex Siyufy DPT, ATC, SCS, Cert. MDT, Cert. DN

Online Course

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6 hours - Provided by Summit Professional Education

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Description

Do you know which exercises will "best" recruit the rotator cuff musculature? The gluteals? This workshop is designed to provide the medical professional with an understanding of research findings combined with clinically relevant therapeutic exercise and manual therapy techniques. This workshop will provide extensive hands-on lab time in order to practice and refine your manual therapy skills. While exercises are often beneficial, individuals are often assigned too many exercises with excessive parameters and this can be ineffective.

This workshop will enhance the clinician's critical reasoning process by providing the most recent advances to further enhance evidence-informed practice. Each participant will receive a comprehensive workshop manual with multiple summary tables that detail "take home" findings from the research studies. Expand your toolbox and learn manual therapy techniques to deactivate trigger points. The exercises and manual therapy techniques taught can be immediately implemented into practice with patients, athletes and clients.

Highlights

  • Effectively combine manual therapy and therapeutic exercises to improve functional outcomes in patients and optimize reimbursement
  • Practice myofascial release techniques that relieve pain and improve ROM in your patients in 60-90 seconds
  • Practical and creative exercises for the shoulder impingement and the rotator cuff to mobilize the joint and improve functional reach
  • Workshop manual that spans the research and includes customized summaries of the "Best" exercises for common musculoskeletal conditions based on extensive EMG studies
  • Hands-on Labs: Techniques that you can start using on your patients, clients, and athletes the next day in order to get quicker results

Learning Objectives

  1. Discuss the research findings about trigger points and their treatment techniques.
  2. Identify soft tissue restriction and trigger points within the shoulder and cervicothoracic regions.
  3. Apply soft tissue manual therapy techniques to deactivate trigger points and improve functional reaching for greater ADLs/IADLs performance.
  4. Reduce soft tissue restrictions of the upper extremity in order to improve functional reaching for greater ADLs/ IADLs performance.
  5. Demonstrate Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) and Muscle Energy Techniques (METs) that are incorporated into the therapeutic progression in order to restore functional tasks.
  6. Integrate the most effective therapeutic exercises into manual therapy treatment for optimal functional improvement.

Course Content

Therapeutic Exercise and Manual Therapy
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Module
  1. Course Introduction
    1. Evidence-based vs evidence-informed practice
    2. Literature review regarding myofascial trigger points
  2. Manual Therapy - Soft Tissue
    1. Trigger point palpation and identification strategies
    2. Trigger point deactivation and release techniques
    3. Demonstration of a pressure algometer and options for its use
    4. Positional release/Jones Strain-Counter Strain (SCS)
    5. Hands-on lab
  3. Manual Therapy - Soft Tissue Instruments
    1. Instrument-assisted STM
    2. Western-based therapeutic dry cupping therapy
    3. Evidence-based emerging fascial release strategies
    4. Hands-on lab
  4. "Best" Exercises for the Upper Extremity
    1. Evidence-based review of stretching and muscle lengthening exercises
    2. Improving functional reach via multiplanar exercises
    3. Integrative Neuromuscular Inhibition Technique (INIT) overview
    4. Advances in strengthening exercises based on EMG studies
    5. Hands-on lab
  5. "Best" Exercises for the Hip
    1. Evidence-based "best exercises"
    2. Lower crossed syndrome and other common impairments
    3. Open chain vs. closed chain exercise demonstrations Hands-on lab
  6. Concluding Remarks
    1. Overview of dry needling and summary of recent research
    2. Discussion / Q&A
    3. Open lab time for practice and individualizedfeedback
Alex Siyufy DPT, ATC, SCS, Cert. MDT, Cert. DN is a licensed Physical Therapist and Certified Athletic Trainer. Dr. Siyufy is currently a full-time Associate Professor with the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Florida Southern College located in Lakeland, FL. He is a board-certified Sports Clinical Specialist (SCS), certified in the McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (Cert. MDT) and holds a certification in Dry Needling (Cert. DN) from the Spinal Manipulation Institute. As a clinician, Dr. Siyufy previously directed an Outpatient Physical Therapy clinic and served as adjunct faculty for the Old Dominion University (ODU) DPT and Master's in Athletic Training programs. Dr. Siyufy has a background as an item writer for the National Physical Therapy Examination and as an examiner for the National Athletic Trainer's BOC examination. Dr. Siyufy has an active research agenda and is currently involved in several studies in the area of manual therapy, specifically Dry Needling, spinal manipulative therapy and IASTM. Dr. Siyufy received his DPT from the University of Pittsburgh and BS in Athletic Training from Duquesne University. He is currently a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and member of the Sports section.

DISCLOSURES

FINANCIAL: Alex Siyufy is compensated by Summit as an instructor.

NONFINANCIAL: Alex Siyufy received research products from Radford University in return for conducting clinical research with trigger point devices.

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