Orthopedics and Advocacy

Happy Tuesday from NED!

As Northeast District Chair Ruth LeBlanc mentioned in her recent post, 2019 is slated to be the busiest and most productive year on record for our little slice of the Physical Therapy world. In fact we have so many events coming up for prospective and current members that it’s tricky for us to highlight all of the great opportunities at once.

So, today’s post is just a quick reminder to keep all four of our great offerings on your radar over the next two months:

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For our orthopedic practitioners and those who aspire to expand their clinical expertise in that domain, we have another installment in the ongoing collaboration between NED and Results Physical Therapy: Treating the Athletic Shoulder. Registration is live. Please sign up ahead of the course date of Saturday March 9th.

Just a little further down the road in April, NED is bringing three expert clinicians and graduates of Kaiser Orthopedic Manual Therapy Fellowships in for a course titled Orthopedic Manual Therapy and Exercise Management of the Upper Cervical Spine. Registration is live.

Please register early and post fliers in your clinic or via social media so our district can maximize the benefit of hosting so much great Orthopedic content.

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For all NED practitioners and for students in particular, there are two great advocacy opportunities on the horizon as well.

A unique advocacy, networking, and education event is happening on Monday March 25th just across the river from East Sac in Arden-Arcade. NED is hosting this social event, one hour CE session, and a legislative speaker prior to CPTA Legislative Day at the Capitol on Tuesday. Please join us for this special CPTA Pre-Legislative Day and Northeast District Event.

And last but not least, March 22nd will be a student specific event hosted at University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Stockton. If you are a student and you’ve never participated in National Advocacy Dinner, please register in advance and make it to this stimulating and engaging event.

Thank you for being engaged professionals and for extending NED’s 2018 success into our bold plan to be the model district for nationwide PT involvement in 2019.

Appreciatively,

Ben Braxley

your district vice-chair

Nationally recognized Vestibular specialist comes to the Northeast District this Saturday!

What’s New in Vestibular Rehabilitation? Update on new clinical practice guidelines

Brought to you by CPTA and the Northeast District

Coming on October 20th, this course is designed to help clinicians who receive referrals for individuals with “dizziness” or BPPV and want to feel comfortable performing a comprehensive evaluation that leads to an appropriate plan of care with interventions including a home exercise program for simple and complex patient presentations. Material will provide clinicians with the tools to differentiate BPPV from other disorders including vestibular hypofunction, vestibular migraines, and concussions. In addition to these diagnoses, we will discuss how simple vestibular disorders can develop into more complex presentations due to comorbidities including anxiety and depression, migraines, motion sensitivity and persistent postural perceptual dizziness (3PD). Through case studies, participants will be able to incorporate the new clinical practice guidelines for vestibular hypofunction and BPPV.

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of the program, the participant will be able to:

• Describe normal anatomy and physiology of the peripheral and central vestibular systems

• Describe common pathologies of the vestibular system

• Differentiate signs and symptoms of BPPV from other diagnoses which cause dizziness and describe common pitfalls

• Discuss the new clinical practice guidelines for BPPV and peripheral vestibular hypofunction

• Perform a comprehensive evaluation for patients with BPPV that leads to effective treatment on BPPV in all canals

• Perform a comprehensive evaluation for patients with vestibular hypofunction that leads to effective treatments

• Describe complex patient presentations of peripheral vestibular disorders with co-morbidities including anxiety/depression, migraines and persistent postural perceptual dizziness (3PD)

Speaker

Lisa Heusel-Gillig, PT, DPT, NCS graduated from Emory University Physical Therapy Masters program in 1985. She worked in neuro-rehabilitation, both inpatient and outpatient from 1988-2001 at Emory Center for Rehabilitation Medicine. She started at the Emory Dizziness and Balance Center from 2001-present focusing on patients with vestibular hypofunction, BPPV, cerebellar disorders, older adults with fear of fall, stroke and head injury patients, and migraine patients with motion sensitivity. She received her DPT degree in 2007 from Emory, became a board certified neurology clinical specialist (NCS) in 2011. She is certified in Vestibular Rehabilitation and is on the faculty for annual Emory Vestibular competency course, as well as the advanced vestibular course and vestibular testing course. She has also has taught similar courses in Australia and New Zealand. She has published articles including “Efficacy of gaze stability exercises in older adults with dizziness” and “Balance rehabilitation and dual-task ability in older adults”. She presented a poster at the 2013 APTA combined section meeting on “Effectiveness of Physical Therapy Intervention in Patients with Degenerative Cerebellar Ataxia.”

CEUs

8.0 contact hours or 0.8 CEUs, approved by CPTA

Cost

Registration received by October 6, 2018; For full details and to register: www.ccapta.org/

Education-Courses

$300 APTA members

$480 Non-members

Location

CSU Sacramento, Folsom Hall

7667 Folsom Boulevard

Sacramento, CA 95826

Parking

$6 per day Permits can be purchased at the ticket machine outside the West Entrance of the building

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PT Day of Service Volunteer Opportunities

Your Northeast District is proud to announce that it is participating in the PT Day of Service 2018. As some of you may know, October 13th is the Global Day-of-Service. And this year NED is partnering with WEAVE, Inc. to assist with their 40th Anniversary Celebration.

WEAVE works to build a community that does not tolerate sexual assault, domestic violence,

or sex trafficking and provides survivors with the support they need to be safe and thrive. On

October 13, 2018, WEAVE will be celebrating 40 years of serving the Sacramento

Community by throwing a disco!

This is where the members of the Northeast District, PT Day of Service volunteers, and WEAVE come together. The Northeast District has committed to supporting a volunteer shift on Saturday,

October 13th from 1pm – 4pm. It will entail set up for WEAVE’s anniversary party.

Location for set up: 8269 Alpine Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95826

If you would like to participate or have any questions, email your District Chair Ruth

LeBlanc. RuthALeBlanc@gmail.com

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