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Physiotherapy Convention 2018: Let’s think about it!
23 – 24 November | Denkfysio Nijmegen Netherlands | 2018 Edition
Event Schedule
Two Full-day Events with Awesome Speakers and Workshops
Day Two
8.30 – 9.00
Registration
9.00 – 10.00
“Positive health” and how we should educate our patients
Karen Litzy
Dr. Karen Litzy is a physical therapist, host of the podcast “Healthy, Wealthy, and Smart”. She is also a member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), the Orthopedic Section of the APTA, the Section on Women’s health, the Home Health Section and the Private Practice Section of the APTA.
10.00 – 11.15
Workshop ronde 1
11.15 – 11.45
Coffee break
11.45 – 13.00
Workshop ronde 2
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch break
14.00 – 15.15
Workshop ronde 3
15.15 – 15.45
Coffee break
15.45 – 16.45
Battle of the congres
Adam Meakins & Erik Meira
Different subjects, different people, different opinions! Let’s fight!
Day One
8.30 – 9.00
Registration
9.00 – 10.00
Prevention & rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries, are we heading the right direction?
Prof. Dr. Erik Witvrouw
Erik Witvrouw is professor at the department of Rehabilitation Science and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Ghent University.
10.00 – 11.15
Workshop ronde 1
11.15 – 11.45
Coffee break
11.45 – 13.00
Workshop ronde 2
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch break
14.00 – 15.15
Workshop ronde 3
15.15 – 15.45
Coffee break
15.45 – 16.45
Clinical Reasoning in non-specific neck pain: where to from here
Prof. Dr. Barbara Cagnie
Dr. Barbara Cagnie is professor at the department of Physical Therapy and Motor Rehabilitation, Faculty of medicine and Health Science at the Gent University
Workshops
Buy your tickets and make your selection of workshops.
Day Two
Workshop 1
Placebo / Nocebo
Geert Rutten
As physical therapists, have we fully understood how we consciously or unconsciously shape patient expectations and thus influence outcomes through placebo (positive) or nocebo (negative) pathways
Workshop 2
Testing & training
Tim Gabbet
How do we need to test & train our patients & athletes?
Workshop 3
Hip update
James Moore
Director of Sport & Exercise Medicine at The Centre for Health & Human Performance.
Workshop 4
Exercises for low back pain
Ben Cormack
Ben has a passion for getting people moving and using and understanding movement as an important tool to help others
Workshop 5
Tendinopathy rehabilitation
Jill Cook
What causes tendon breakdown? What are the stages of tendinopathy, and how do they effect your treatment? Is treatment just about eccentric training?
Workshop 6
Fascia Rehabilitation
Jeroen Alessie
Jeroen’s main field of expertise is connective tissue, physiology, neuro-rehabilitation, motor learning, physiology & biomechanics.
Workshop 7
Examination & treatment of knee injuries: tips and tricks
Erik Witvrouw
Erik Witvrouw is professor at the department of Rehabilitation Science and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Ghent University.
Workshop 8
Musculoskeletal screening of the overhead athlete: from local perspective towards functional approach
Styn Vereecken
Styn Vereecken has more than 8 years of experience working as physiotherapist of the women’s national volleybal team of Belgium.
Day One
Workshop 1
Physio Rehab…Less bird dogs more deadlifts
Adam Meakins
Adam is a specialist sports physiotherapist and extended scope practitioner with aninterest in the management oftheshoulder and upper limb
Workshop 2
Workload & injury
Tim Gabbet
How do we need to load our patients & athletes?
Workshop 3
Hip update
Erik Meira
Erik Meira is a physical therapist with Black Diamond Physical Therapy in Portland, Oregon. He is a Board Certified Sports Clinical Specialist (SCS) and an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with extensive experience in the management of sports injuries at many different levels.
Workshop 4
Cognitive Functional Therapy “Making sense out of back pain”
Kjartan Vibe Fersum
Kjartan Vibe Fersum is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bergen, Norway. In addition to his teaching and research at the University of Bergen, he works in clinical practice as a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist in Bergen, Norway
Workshop 5
Tissue tolerance, nociception & pain
Derek Griffin
Exposure therapy for your patients and how we can apply Tissue tolerance, nociception & pain principles to rehab
Workshop 6
Motor learning in rehabilitation
Alli Gokeler
Principles of motor learning applied to prevention and rehabilitation.
Workshop 7
Examination of knee injuries: tips and tricks
Erik Witvrouw
Erik Witvrouw is professor at the department of Rehabilitation Science and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Ghent University.
BE PART OF THE
Physiotherapy Convention 2018:
Let’s think about it!
23 – 24 November | Denkfysio Nijmegen Netherlands | 2018 Edition