Speaking & Events |
Joel has been an invited speaker and presenter at events, conferences, and symposiums from community to national levels. Contact him today to discuss further opportunities.
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Past Lectures and Courses
RUNNING FUNDAMENTALS: A Head-to-Toe Approach
In the past two decades running has seen a significant increase in the number of participants who are training and competing, the number of races, and, unfortunately, the number of injuries many runners incur. Current estimates suggest upwards of 80% of runners will deal with a running related injury per calendar year. Because running is a practical and efficient mode of exercise with many well-documented health benefits and minimal barriers to entry it is a popular recreational and performance sport. Physical therapists and other healthcare practitioners would be well-served to explore their approach to working and partnering with this unique population of athletes and patients. Management of the injured runner is varied and often takes a multi-faceted approach in order to return them to healthy and consistent training. This course is designed to unpack pain science principles related to a biopsychosocial model, to review musculoskeletal principles and differential diagnosis, to evaluate varied communication styles and approaches by fostering therapeutic alliance, and to enable the participant to address the variables of plan of care design to include treadmill evaluation, load management, program design, and prescription of equipment. |
HAMSTRUNG NO MORE: Contemporary Review and Management of Hamstring Injuries
Hamstring injury is one of the most common injuries in both recreational and professional sport leading to lost training and competition time. This course will review mechanisms of injury and risk factors, discuss criteria for establishing a return to play timeline utilizing relevant evidence and critical reasoning, and propose interventional training and activities to reduce the risk of recurrent injury. |
CLINICAL ESSENTIALS: Addressing Pain in Rehabilitation
Despite significant advances in research related to pain, neurophysiology, and biomechanical sciences, physical therapists and rehabilitative clinicians continue to struggle in their approach to treating both acute and chronic pain. Following recent changes and acknowledgments, throughout the medical and healthcare industry, of increasing opioid overuse, physical therapists are uniquely positioned to assist their patients by reconciling contemporary pain science with therapeutic exercise and biomechanical intervention in order to achieve the APTA’s vision 2020. This course will teach clinicians how to blend neurophysiology and biomechanical sciences into a framework that allows them to address their patients’ impairments from a biopsychosocial foundation, while simplifying their assessment and treatment approaches. |