Evidence-based Sports Physical Therapy Competencies
Contact hours: 15
Lecture: 7.5
Lab: 7.5
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Description
Sports Physical Therapy is a specialized practice that focuses on prevention, evaluation, treatment, rehabilitation, and performance enhancement of the physically-active individual. In order to become a productive member of a sports medicine team, the sports physical therapist needs to be versed in many facets of care of the athlete. Many of these facets will be covered in this course including: Preventive and supportive taping; Pre-participation Screenings; Functional Movement Screenings including corrective exercise prescription; Evaluation, instruction and treatment of Athletic Movement.
Approach
A combination of lecture and lab session will be utilized to facilitate participant learning. Participants will receive hands-on demonstration and practice of examination procedures, preventive strategies and selected interventions for the care of the physically-active individual. The lab focuses predominantly on becoming proficient in a core set of sports physical therapy competencies. A small group testing session will be conducted on the beginning of Day 2 to review the examination, prevention and intervention strategies/techniques learned in Day 1. A round-robin format will be used where course faculty monitor the performance of each participant and provide feedback accordingly. In our experience, these sessions have been consistently rated among the highest by course participants.
Objectives
Upon completing this course, you'll be able to:
1. Incorporate information from self-report measures, history and pre-participation musculoskeletal screenings to guide evidence-based decision-making and recommendations to a team physician re: sports participation and/or need for rehabilitation.
2. Demonstrate clinical examination skills for functional movement utilizing an evidence-based functional movement screen.
3. Demonstrate clinical examination skills for athletic movement
4. Synthesize examination findings from functional movement screen and athletic movement to prescribe corrective exercises and injury prevention strategies.
5. Select and demonstrate neuromuscular training and therapeutic exercise interventions based on current best evidence for the rehabilitation of the physically active indivdual.
And most importantly, be able to apply this stuff to your
clinical practice next week!!!!
Appropriate dress
Participants are asked to bring appropriate attire for lab sessions (i.e. shorts and t-shirts and sports bras for women) and air-conditioned environments throughout the day (i.e. warm-up or work-out clothes).
Day 1 8:00-8:15 AM Introduction & Course Overview
8:15-8:45 Pre-participation Screenings (PPS)
8:45-9:15 Musculoskeletal portion of PPS lab
9:15-9:45 Functional Movement Screen (FMS) and lab
10:00-10:45 Y-Balance Test and lab
10:45-11:15 Neurological Screening and SCAT Review
11:15-12:00 Review of Labs
12:00-1:00 Lunch Break
1:00-1:30 PM Evaluation of Athletic Movement
1:30-3:00 Jump Evaluation Lab
3:00- 3:15 Break
3:15-4:45 Running Evaluation Lab
4:45-5:00 Review & Questions/Answers
Day 2
8:00-9:00 AM Small Group Testing
9:00-9:15 Prevention and Intervention with Taping
9:15-9:30 Prevention and Intervention with Therapeutic Exercise
9:30-10:15 Prevention and Intervention with Neuromuscular Training
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Preventive and Supportive Taping Lab
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 PM Therapeutic Exercise Lab
2:30- 2:45 Break
2:45- 4:00 Neuromuscular Training Lab
4:00-4:45 Translating Evidence into Practice
4:45-5:00 Review & Questions/Answers
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