Course Schedule
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Location |
Speaker |
Time |
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April 14, 2010
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Lincoln, NE |
Foot Integration - Paul Coffin, DPM, Curt Johnson, PT & Ann Ringlein |
8:00am to 5:00pm |
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April 14-17, 2010
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Lincoln, NE |
ALL FOUR DAYS |
8:00am to 5:00pm |
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April 15, 2010
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Lincoln, NE |
Dental Integration - Dr. Mike Hoefs, DDS |
8:00am to 5:00pm |
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April 16, 2010
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Lincoln, NE |
Vision Vestibular Integration - Dr. Bob Edwards, OD & Ron Hruska, MPA, PT |
8:00am to 5:00pm |
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April 17, 2010
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Lincoln, NE |
Rest Integration - Speakers TBD |
8:00am to 5:00pm |
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Course Tuition
- Early Registration Fee: $725 all four days or $200 per day
- Late Registration Fee: $755 all four days or $230 per day
Course Description
Our Interdisciplinary Integration course is offered for health professionals of all disciplines. No prerequisite PRI courses are needed and daily registration is available. This course will offer recommendations on how to manage patients who are limited in successful outcomes through intra-discipline treatment only. Influences of the feet, cranium and the autonomic nervous system; vision and the vestibular system; and rest and management of sleep disorders; on each other and on the practitioner’s examination and intervention will be outlined. PRI tests and techniques will be used to help implement this interdisciplinary integrative intervention.
CE Approval
Day 2 (Dental Integration) Approved by the Iowa Dental Board for eight (8) continuing education hours. This course is approved for all dental professionals including dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants.
Day 2 (Dental Integration) - Approved by the Nebraska Board of Dentistry for 7.5 credit hours.
Day 2 (Dental Integration ) - Approved by the Kansas Dental Board for 7.5 hours of continuing education.
Day 3 (Vision Vestibular Integration) - Approved by the Minnesota Board of Optometry for 7.5 hours on continuing education.
Day 1-4 Approved by the Minnesota Board of Physical Therapy.
Day One: Foot Integration
Paul Coffin, DPM, Curt Johnson, PT & Ann Ringlein (Moderated by Ron Hruska, MPA, PT)
- Course Description
This one-day course is designed to help clinicians understand the biomechanical reasoning and functional purpose for foot orthotic fabrication. Emphasis will be placed on integrating non-compressible, flexible orthotics into a Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) dynamic, symmetry oriented program. Footwear, complex verses simple lower extremity biomechanical pattern, functional hallux limitus and plantar fascitis will be discussed. The clinician will gain an appreciation for when to use PRI orthotics, when to refer, and what other interdisciplinary integration may be necessary.
- Learning Objectives
1. Identify those requiring orthotics through basic assessment of lower extremity biomechanics, gait patterns and foot position.
2. Recognize relationships of common neuromuscular patterns seen with lower extremity function and foot function.
3. Become familiar with orthotics, footwear and the PRI approach to integrate management of the mal-aligned and mal-positioned lower extremity.
Day Two: Dental Integration
Mike Hoefs, DDS, FAACP, FADI (Moderated by Ron Hruska, MPA, PT)
- Course Description
This one day course will introduce clinicians to craniofacial pain, temporomandibular disorders (TMD), and their relationship to the rest of the musculoskeletal system. We will explore the concepts of cranial osteopathy, internal derangements of the temporal mandibular joint (TMJ) and their relationship to postural restoration. Participants will gain an understanding of treatment modalities that address these dysfunctions and the integration with other disciplines. Case studies will be shown to demonstrate this treatment philosophy and coordination of treatment.
- Learning Objectives
1. Learn the anatomy of the cranium, TMJ, and pathophysiology of TMD and cranial strains.
2. Recognize the signs and symptoms of craniofacial pain.
3. Understand the process of examination, diagnosis and treatment objectives.
4. Become familiar with some of the orthopedic appliances used and their correct applications.
5. Learn to identify the primary pathology and its significance in the timing of integrative treatment.
6. Recognize when maximum medical improvement has been achieved.
7. Learn different methods of maintaining stability through orthodontics, restorative dentistry, and long term occlusal appliances.
8. See the use of applied kinesiology autonomic testing, and computerized biometric testing to diagnose pathology and demonstrated corrections.
Day Three: Vision Vestibular Integration
Dr. Bob Edwards, OD & Ron Hruska, MPA, PT
- Course Description
This one-day course centers around the influences of vision on the vestibular system, compensatory patterns of the head, neck and trunk, and typical optokinetic function associated with limited or restricted cranial cervical and thoracic biomechanics. Accommodative binocular movement disorders, myopia, hyperopia, heterophoria and visual midline shift patterns will be discussed and related to clinical postural adaptative challenges and specific neuromuscular patterns and positions. When to integrate optometric, physical or occupational therapy, dentistry or podiatry and why those considerations should be made will be presented and discussed by clinicians who have experienced positive collaborative outcomes.
- Learning Objectives
1. Recognize the vision-vestibular influences on postural restoration application and effort.
2. Gain a better appreciation for and understanding of the vision process and the bihemispheric implication.
3. Design a postural inhibition and isolation program that includes the integration of appropriate neuro-optometric and Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) treatment objectives.
4. Distinguish postural vs. vision adaptation patterns of dizziness, imbalance and respiratory asymmetry.
Day Four: Rest Integration
Speakers TBD
- Course Description
This one day course willl focus on respiratory influences on sleep dynamics, positional influences on rest patterns and primary sleep disorder management. We will explore positions of transition while maintaining neutrality.
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