March 07, 2020
March 07, 2020
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Build a Better Brain What is trending, weighs 3 pounds, has the consistency of soft butter or tofu, and is surrounded by potentially injurous sharp edges? Yes it’s the brain, our BFF! We help our patients build muscle, endurance, and resilience, how can we help them build better brain function? And how does the brain influence patient compliance, motivation, and handling stress? NOW VIRTUAL ONLY! March 31, 2021 • June 24, 2021 |
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8.0 CE contact hours (IL) |
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Navigating the Medicare Changes for Clinicians
Across the entire care continuum, major changes are directly impacting the day to day work flow of therapists. This course will review new Medicare policies that impact the entire care continuum and reflect on what these changes mean to us. During this one day course, we will dispel the rumors and get down to the facts. March 07, 2020 |
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8.0 CE contact hours (IL) |
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April 25, 2020
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Prescriptions and Supplements Do you want to be the informed, holistic clinician but you don't have enough time to research medications? With this new practical primer on medications, interactions, and the nutrient depletion effect of drugs, you will be able to educate patients, family members, caregivers, and colleagues about side effects and adverse events that could be interfering with therapy and functional progress. NOW VIRTUAL ONLY! April 09, 2021 |
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8.0 CE contact hours (IL) |
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The Versatile Scapular System This one-day course explores the complexity and versatility of the scapula and its relationship to the shoulder, spine, and ribs. This practical course engages the participant to consider the variety of mechanical scapular contributions and the impact on stability, mobility, strength, and power of the upper extremity. July 16, 2022 Onsite! |
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8.0 CE contact hours (IL) |
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May 02, 2020
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Heal Dad's Brain
Have you ever thought "If I knew then what I know now..."? NOW VIRTUAL ONLY! April 24, 2021 |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
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Sports Related Injuries and Rehab in the Adolescent Athlete This comprehensive one day course provides a key foundation for evaluating common injuries and prescribing age-appropriate rehab and training for adolescents and children. Understanding the significant implications of injuries to the immature skeleton and important nutritional considerations, is vital to effective healing and return to function. May 02, 2020 - postponed |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
May 09, 2020
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Integrated Balance Strategies Integrated Balance Strategies is a lab focused course that will help you understand how to assess and treat all body systems that contribute to postural stability. You will take away many new tools that you will be able to use right away to improve your patient’s balance in new ways. |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
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Marijuana: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Now that marijuana is legal in Illinois, we are getting more questions than ever. Patients are looking for alternatives to prescription drugs as a more holistic approach to their healthcare. While there has been a lot of controversy on this topic, this course will give you an understanding to formulate your own opinions on marijuana, knowing the good, the bad, and the ugly. NOW VIRTUAL ONLY! March 18, 2021 • August 5, 2021 |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
May 15, 2020
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Form, Function, and Fascia You’ve heard about the concept of regional interdependence right? In a nutshell, this concept suggests pain and dysfunction in one area of the body can be treated with interventions to adjacent regions. What research is uncertain of though, is why and how does this work? Form, Function and Fascia will provide you a framework to immediately use when evaluating your next client’s posture and aberrant movement patterns. May 15, 2020 - postponed |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
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Let's Talk Nutrition This popular, interactive, and engaging format includes lecture, Q&A, small group discussions, self-quizzes, activities in pairs, and excerpts from videos and podcasts. Multiple short lab segments will allow you to complete activities online that you can later include in patient education, in addition to unique slide presentations to test your knowledge before, during, and after this new course. NOW VIRTUAL ONLY! Returning in 2022! |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
June 06, 2020
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Headaches A Functional Medicine Approach Headaches and migraine are complex yet simple and unique yet common. Identifying root causes, addressing the whole person, and providing nutrition and lifestyle education will be paired with manual therapy so this course is the best of both worlds! July 29, 2021 |
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8.0 CE contact hours (IL) |
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Tai Chi for Therapists Tai Chi has a wide variety of benefits that make it an excellent adjunct to traditional therapy interventions. This evidence-based lab course will teach you the foundations of Tai Chi and how to adapt the exercises for your patients. Seated and standing Tai Chi exercises are included. June 06, 2020 Virtual! |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
June 13, 2020
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ACL Injury, Reconstruction, and Rehabilitation This comprehensive one-day course offers a thorough look at the theories and science of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and injury prevention. June 13, 2020 Virtual! |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
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Prediabetes, Diabetes, and Metabolic Syndrome More than half of US adults are prediabetic or diabetic. This morning workshop will include important statistics, physiology, and complications of Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes relevant to PT/OT patient care including key resources. We will discuss risk tests, the continuum from insulin resistance to Type 2 Diabetes, apply the physiology of Type 2 Diabetes relevant to patient care, and connect the importance of understanding Metabolic Syndrome to treatment planning and modifications. July 14, 2023 • September 21, 2023 |
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4.0 CE contact hours (IL) |
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June 20, 2020
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Fail-Proof Fitness for the Female Client Across Her Lifespan Did you know that the same exercises that might be "nutritious" for a woman in her 20's might be considered "junk food" for a woman in her 50's? Learn how exercise programs need to be modified based on the phase of life of your female patient. VIRTUAL! 2021 dates to be announced. |
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8.0 CE contact hours (IL) |
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High Performance Exercises Bridging the Gap Between Therabands and Patients' Returning to Their Sport/Occupation Your patient, a manual laborer, has less shoulder pain and can do shoulder external and internal rotation with a blue band and mastered the YTWI exercises…so what’s next? June 20, 2020 - postponed |
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8.0 CE contact hours (IL) |
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July 10, 2020
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Prediabetes, Diabetes, and Metabolic Syndrome More than half of US adults are prediabetic or diabetic. This morning workshop will include important statistics, physiology, and complications of Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes relevant to PT/OT patient care including key resources. We will discuss risk tests, the continuum from insulin resistance to Type 2 Diabetes, apply the physiology of Type 2 Diabetes relevant to patient care, and connect the importance of understanding Metabolic Syndrome to treatment planning and modifications. July 14, 2023 • September 21, 2023 |
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4.0 CE contact hours (IL) |
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The Versatile Scapular System This one-day course explores the complexity and versatility of the scapula and its relationship to the shoulder, spine, and ribs. This practical course engages the participant to consider the variety of mechanical scapular contributions and the impact on stability, mobility, strength, and power of the upper extremity. July 16, 2022 Onsite! |
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8.0 CE contact hours (IL) |
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July 17, 2020
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Comprehensive Rehab following Hip and Knee Replacement Why not do SLRs? Can exercise “correct” a leg-length discrepancy? When is manual therapy essential? This important new course reviews common protocols and restrictions while presenting a plethora of ideas and effective interventions for your patients in the hospital, home and outpatient settings following total and partial hip and knee replacement. To be announced. Onsite! |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
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Treatment Pearls for the Neck and Shoulder Two areas of common musculoskeletal dysfunction can have significant ramifications impacting balance, sleep, upper extremity function, and much more. This new course was developed to introduce and review a variety of effective and efficient treatment strategies based on specific evaluation findings as presented. July 17, 2020 - postponed |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
July 18, 2020
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Cannabis - An Introduction to Medical Marijuana
There is a big push for holistic medicine and treatment. Have your patients been asking about medical marijuana, CBD oil, or some other form or cannabis? This introductory workshop will discover the uses and benefits of marijuana as well as their implications on therapy. 8-29-24 Registration opening soon! |
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| 4.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
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Managing Lumbopelvic Pain This examination course utilizes an algorithm that helps physical therapists diagnose the generators of low back pain and pelvic pain, utilizing an eclectic approach. Treatment ideas including manual therapy will provide hands-on techniques so attendees will be active and engaged throughout this new, full day course. July 18, 2020 - postponed |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
July 25, 2020
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Super Combo for Geriatrics — Functional exercises in sitting and manual therapy Provide that special touch for your patients with a variety of skilled interventions that are especially effective in sitting positions. Whether your patient is non-ambulatory, debilitated, or recovering from surgery or injury; treated in the home, an inpatient or outpatient facility, this course will enable you to add practical exercises, manual techniques, and low tech, portable props to your "rehab tool box" for improving sitting balance, sit↔stand transfers, posture, endurance, symptoms of dysfunction, and functional mobility. 2021 on-site dates to be announced |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
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The Versatile Core Our "core" -- It is a biomechanical segment for stabilization yet its mobility is vital to function. Consider the numerous approaches of PNF, Pilates, yoga, Feldenkrais, movement impairment systems, martial arts, and virtually any contact sport; "core" training is an integral piece. September 25, 2020 VIRTUAL! |
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8.0 CE contact hours (IL) Lecture, Q&A, partner and group virtual labs with live demonstration -- all in real-time!! |
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August 08, 2020
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Therapy Dogs This new and interactive one-day course will enlighten you on the various uses of Therapy Dogs in multiple settings. Learn benefits of involving Therapy Dogs in physical and occupational therapy, and have some doggone fun at the same time! August 14, 2021 VIRTUAL! |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
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The Versatile Pelvic System This one-day course explores the complex mystery of the pelvis. This course engages the participant to consider the various mechanical contributions to stability & mobility of this system and its impact on the hips and lumbar spine. June 18, 2022 Onsite! |
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8.0 CE contact hours (IL) |
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September 03, 2020
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Super Combo for Geriatrics — Functional exercises in sitting and manual therapy Provide that special touch for your patients with a variety of skilled interventions that are especially effective in sitting positions. Whether your patient is non-ambulatory, debilitated, or recovering from surgery or injury; treated in the home, an inpatient or outpatient facility, this course will enable you to add practical exercises, manual techniques, and low tech, portable props to your "rehab tool box" for improving sitting balance, sit↔stand transfers, posture, endurance, symptoms of dysfunction, and functional mobility. 2021 on-site dates to be announced |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
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Treatment Pearls for the Low Back This one-day course presents a variety of strategies for the treatment of lumbar dysfunction. Lecture, demonstration, and guided lab practice in a variety of treatment strategies including manual therapy and classification systems will allow the therapy professional to gain efficiency and confidence in treating soft tissue and joint dysfunctions, pathological discs, stenosis, neurological involvement, and core weakness in the lumbar spine. August 12, 2022 Onsite! |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
September 24, 2020
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Prescriptions and Supplements Do you want to be the informed, holistic clinician but you don't have enough time to research medications? With this new practical primer on medications, interactions, and the nutrient depletion effect of drugs, you will be able to educate patients, family members, caregivers, and colleagues about side effects and adverse events that could be interfering with therapy and functional progress. NOW VIRTUAL ONLY! April 09, 2021 |
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8.0 CE contact hours (IL) |
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Scrape and Tape How to use soft-tissue mobilization with tools and kinesiology taping techniques to accelerate your client's goals! Scrape and Tape will provide you with the understanding and immediately applicable skills to treat your client's soft-tissue and aberrant movement patterns using soft tissue mobilization with tools and elastic kinesiology tape (K-Tape). When used together, they provide a synergistic effect that can accelerate your client's return to pain-free moving! September 23, 2021 |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |
September 26, 2020
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Ethics and Professional Issues: Sexual Harassment Prevention Training This workshop meets TWO continuing education requirements, ethics in practice and sexual harassment prevention training, with a focus on key concepts for practical application to clinical practice. August 02, 2024 • September 19, 2024 |
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4.0 CE contact hours (IL) |
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Rejuvenate the Kinetic Chain The ability to walk and run while balancing the forces of gravity, body-weight and ground-reaction forces requires adequate amounts of mobility and complementary stability and neuromuscular control. Rejuvenate the Kinetic Chain will provide you with the intellectual tools to start helping your clients get to their goals immediately! Time is the most important factor for both you and your client; start maximizing it and increase your word of mouth buzz and satisfaction surveys! September 26, 2020 - postponed |
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| 8.0 CE contact hours (IL) | Details |