Advanced Management of Lower Extremity Injuries in the Athlete

North American Seminars Course Outline

North American Seminars presents this two-day lecture and hands-on laboratory course providing the clinician with recent evidence-based practice guidelines for the examination, evaluation, differential diagnosis, prognosis, treatment interventions and expected outcomes for selected lower extremity disorders. New research on how to accurately diagnose and treat hip and knee osteoarthritis, acetabular labral tears, iliotibial band syndrome, hamstring strains, knee chondral lesions, patellofemoral disorders, tendinopathies, and plantar fasciopathy will be reviewed. Participants will learn new exercises and “clinical pearls” to add to their current non-operative and operative rehabilitation protocols. During the interactive laboratory activities, course participants will hone their orthopedic examination and treatment skills. Hands-on practice of selected special tests and treatment techniques for the hip, knee and ankle will be the focus of each breakout session. Each lab session will emphasize the use of examination findings to determine appropriate treatment interventions. This interactive course will allow participants to enhance the quality and efficiency of care to clients with lower extremity overuse injuries. The clinician who attends this course will be able to immediately apply the information and skills presented.

This course is presented by North American Seminars in Illinois, Washington, Texas, Florida, Massachusetts, Tennessee, California, Oregon, Arizona, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Connecticut, Indiana, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia and throughout North America. See the dates and location tab for details on course locations

North American Seminars Course Objectives

• Become more confident in recognizing, examining, evaluating and treating common overuse injuries of the hip.
• Perform a series of orthopedic special tests for the hip using an algorithm - based approach.
• Recognize early signs and symptoms of hip osteoarthritis and labral pathology.
• Be able to understand the current surgical and non-surgical treatment options for articular cartilage lesions of the knee.
• Understand the difference between tendonitis and tendinopathy.
• Recognize current concepts surrounding the treatment of lower extremity tendinopathies
• Learn new techniques to treat patellofemoral pain.
• Understand the theories surrounding the increased risk of knee injury in the female athlete.
• Recognize the current evidence or lack of evidence surrounding knee injury prevention in the female athlete.
• Use a clinical prediction rule to recommend that the athlete needs a knee or ankle radiograph.
• Use evidence based practice in the prescription of static and dynamic stretching exercises in the athlete.
• Perform an algorithm based examination of the ankle ligaments.
• Interpret the most recent findings on how to diagnose and treat plantar fasciitis.
• Be able to recommend the best running shoe for the athlete.
• Create innovative treatments for neuromuscular re-education of the lower extremity.
• Understand the current research behind the efficacy of orthotics.
• Be able to use a “treatment direction approach” to determine the need for orthotics.

North American Seminars Course Brochure and Timeline

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North American Seminars 2009 Scheduled Dates and Locations

Start Date	End Date	Location - Click to Map It	Tuition	Hrs	Hotel
Mar 13, 10	Mar 14, 10	Northwest Hospital, Seattle, WA	$425.00	15.00	View Hotels
Apr 24, 10	Apr 25, 10	Mercy Hospital, Chicago, IL	$425.00	15.00	View Hotels
May 15, 10	May 16, 10	Sutter Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA	$425.00	15.00	View Hotels
Jun 12, 10	Jun 13, 10	Spaulding Framingham Outpatient Center, Framingham, MA	$425.00	15.00	View Hotels
Aug 28, 10	Aug 29, 10	CJW Sports Medicine, Richmond, VA	$425.00	15.00	View Hotels
Oct 02, 10	Oct 03, 10	John Heinz Institute, Wilkes-Barre, PA	$425.00	15.00	View Hotels
Nov 06, 10	Nov 07, 10	San Ramon Regional Medical Center, San Ramon, CA	$425.00	15.00	View Hotels
Nov 13, 10	Nov 14, 10	Alamance Regional Medical Center, Burlington, NC	$425.00	15.00	View Hotels



J.W. Matheson PT, DPT, MS, SCS, OCS, CSCS, is a 1996 graduate of the Mayo Clinic of Health Sciences. In 2000, J.W. was awarded a post-professional Mary McMillan Scholarship from the APTA. J.W. has worked in a variety of clinical and academic settings as a clinician, researcher, adjunct faculty member and a consultant. J.W. is also a 2001 graduate of the first public APTA Credentialed Sports Physical Therapy residency at Gundersen-Lutheran Sports Medicine in Onalaska, WI. He is a board certified specialist in sports physical therapy and a certified strength and conditioning specialist. J.W. is currently employed as the Clinical Research Director for Therapy Partners, Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He divides his time between research and clinical practice. J.W. has contributed multiple chapters to textbooks in the areas of sports and orthopaedic physical therapy. He has also published several peer-reviewed research articles on specific exercises for the knee and shoulder. J.W. has completed his transitional DPT degree from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions in Boston and currently is a teaching assistant in the program. In his free time, J.W. likes to run and when possible, escape to Montana to fly fish.