MedSport Continuing Education

Blood flow restriction rehabilitation (BFR) is a powerful tool for the rehabilitation and fitness professional. With over 160 peer-reviewed articles in the scientific literature the efficacy cannot be denied. By applying a tourniquet to exercising limbs you can improve strength, hypertrophy and endurance changes while using a very light load within a small space like an athletic training room or small treatment room.

Saturday, February 11, 2023

Hour 1 - Introduction

• What is Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Training
• Why would a clinician use BFR - Increase strength/hypertrophy/cardiovascular function in a rehab setting
• Why would a fitness fanatic use BFR - Increase strength/hypertrophy/recovery/cardiovascular in a gym/CrossFit setting
• Case Studies

Hour 2 - The Science Behind BFR Training.

Hour 3 - How Does BFR Work?

Hour 4 - Who Benefits from BFR?

• Who should avoid BFR? Indications/Contraindications
• Programming BFR training
• Defining high intensity training
• Defining low intensity training
• Establishing a 1RM using a 10RM test
• Reps and sets and total volume

Hour 5 - Using BFR Cuffs

• Compression Scale
• Pneumatic Compression Scale
• Upper Extremity Application - Zone i. radial pulse
• Lower Extremity Application - Zone i. posterior tibialis pulse

Hour 6 - Upper Extremity Exercises

Hour 7 - Lower Extremity Exercises

Hour 8 - Using BFR for Recovery

Hour 9 - Using BFR for Increasing Aerobic Capacity 

A fun and informal workshop packed full of evidence-based information designed for all therapists regardless of their experience or profession, who are looking for a patient-centered, pragmatic approach to the assessment and management of painful shoulder issues.

The course aims to give all attendees the confidence that doing the simple things well is both effective and evidence based. It will cut through a lot of the confusion and complexity to give you a clearer, simpler, more practical way to assess and manage shoulder issues.

The course doesn’t promise any fancy techniques, miracle cures, or quick fixes. Instead, it focuses on simple, honest, practical approaches giving a lot of information and ideas that can be used with patients dealing with painful shoulders.

• Explain the assessment, management and treatment of the most commonly encountered shoulder problems.
• Generate how to best assess and diagnose painful shoulders.
• Discuss some common myths and misconceptions around shoulder anatomy, biomechanics, assessments, and pathology.
• Identify how to best assess shoulder movement, strength, endurance, power, proprioception, and its kinetic chain.
• Devise a plan for all levels of shoulder rehab exercises and learn how to design a comprehensive and progressive rehab program.

Day 1

Join us live for a diverse agenda of sports medicine topics exploring sport-related injury mechanisms, sports medicine and surgical management of injuries, and rehabilitation towards recovery.

• Apply history and examination findings concerning for bone stress injuries, review the high-risk bone stress injuries, and learn how to counsel patients on preventing bone stress injuries. 
• Identify visual symptoms, possible treatment options, and oculomotor abnormalities related to concussion. 
• Describe what new techniques in ACL surgery and rehabilitation are being implemented and the evidence for these techniques.
• Explain how fatiguability of the ACL can contribute to ligament failure.
• Identify 2 strategies to reduce fear-avoidance behavior in the sports medicine patient population.

AM SCHEDULE

Closing Remarks Room A

The knee is a complex region that comprises the structural and functional core of many human movements, from ADL to sport. Rehab professionals such as physical therapists and athletic trainers are in a unique position to evaluate, treat, and oversee the recovery of patients with knee injuries. They also often find themselves in the position to assist with developing injury reduction programs for active populations. Having a deeper understanding of what is known and not known can help professionals develop the most effective programs to address these issues.

This one-day course will include lecture and lab demonstration to explore the complexity of the knee and the patient attached to it. Topics including tendinopathies in the region such as patellar and quadriceps, ligamentous injuries, meniscal tears, and patellofemoral pain (PFP) will be discussed. There will also be extensive exploration of postoperative management and return to play strategies for common procedures such as anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), meniscal repairs, etc. These concepts will be rooted in a strong foundation of biomechanics and the role that force plays in these presentations.

This complex content will be presented in a way that is simple to understand and even simpler to implement by focusing on key concepts in a hierarchical format.

• Explain how to use a funnel analogy to simplify the complexities of evidence-based practice.
• Design a simple screen for athletes that may be at higher risk for knee injury or second injury.
• Explain how to manipulate biomechanics to alter symptoms presentation in lower extremity dysfunction.
• Describe the most effective programs for reducing the risk for lower extremity injuries.
• Identify primary goals of postoperative rehabilitation to maximize return to sport function.
• Design a targeted and streamlined exercise progression for maximal benefit.
• Compose a basic description of dynamical systems and how that applies to rehabilitation

Friday, October 27, 2023