Case Based Approach to Soft Tissue Injury

Tuition: $79
Hours: 4

Instructor

Course Description

This four-hour distance based course will provide health care providers with current information concerning active care approaches to low back pain. Topics covered will include the epidemiology, basic science, pathophysiology, active and passive treatment approaches to soft tissue injuries. The learner’s participation (time) is actively tracked and logged.

Textbook Disclosure
No textbooks required. Computer and Internet service required for completion of this course. Funding sources and potential conflicts of interest statement: No funds were received, underwritten or subsidized by any vendors of any goods including supplies or services for this course.

Requirements
Four hours of online education will be logged and tracked.  Activities will include reading assignments, viewing of multimedia presentations, discussion via internet post or forum, and an online learning assessment via written examination.

Outline

Hour

  1. New developments in the classification of muscle injury
  2. Current Concepts in Tendinopathy
  3. Soft Tissue Healing and Mechanotransduction
  4. Manual therapy and exercise interventions for soft tissue pathology/ new developments in soft tissue treatment

Objectives

In this course the learner will:

  1. Remember a new classification system for muscle injury.
  2. Consider the key risk factors for hamstring injury.
  3. Study the pathomechanics of hamstring strain.
  4. Survey rehabilitation techniques used in return to play after athletic hamstring injury
  5. Review the terminology of tendinopathy
  6. Consider current best practices in treatment of tendinopathy
  7. Review the stages of soft tissue healing
  8. Become acquainted with mechanotransduction and its role in soft tissue care
  9. Understand the concepts of periodization and exercise/load selection in therapeutic exercise
  10. Survey manual therapy approaches to soft tissue injury
  11. Become familiar with new concepts in therapeutic approaches to soft tissue injury.

 

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Disclaimer

All opinions, viewpoints and recommendations contained in this presentation represent those of the author alone and do not represent the opinions, viewpoints, or recommendations of any organization with which the author may be affiliated, including, without limitation, the the ACBSP.  This work is intended to provide current and accurate information about the subjects covered and is designed to help doctors of chiropractic to maintain their professional expertise. This publication and accompanying program are offered with the understanding that neither the speakers nor sponsoring organizations are rendering any therapeutic or other professional services. Individuals using this publication or orally conveyed information in dealing with a patient's care should also fully research original and current sources of authority.