Course Description:

All Things Lower Extremity is a course that covers the main “take home” points on rehabilitation of common lower extremity pathologies? This course covers a multitude of diagnoses in the lower extremity that are most often seen in outpatient orthopedic and sports rehabilitation facilities. Best practices for evaluation and treatment interventions will be discussed on a host of conditions including ankle sprains, Achilles reconstructions, plantar heel pain, patellofemoral pain syndrome, knee replacements, ACL reconstructions, meniscus and cartilage lesions, hip FAI, hamstring injuries, and total knee/hip replacements. The clinician who takes this course will be confident that their treatment approach will be evidence-informed and best practices will be reviewed.

Course Objectives:
1.   State the current evidence on risk factors and impairments for a host of lower extremity pathologies.
2.   Illustrate best practices for treatment interventions for common lower extremity pathologies.
3.   Review evidence-informed evaluation methods for diagnoses commonly seen in lower extremity self-referrals.