APTEI: Plantar Heel Pain
APTEI: Plantar Heel Pain
This course includes
The instructors
Course Description
This online course will enable healthcare providers to gain practical knowledge of the possible anatomical & biomechanical factors leading to persistent heel pain and disability.
The course will review a clinically focused approach to the evaluation of persistent plantar heel pain and all the potential differential diagnoses. This course offers extensive knowledge on the differential diagnoses and causes of plantar heel pain (PHP), different ways to assess PHP, and interventions targeting PHP.
Outcome measures/assessment tools that are discussed include:
- Weight-bearing lunge test: Dorsiflexion ROM
- Gastrocnemius length test
- Gastrocs/soleus tenderness test
- Standing heel-raise test
- Single leg balance test
- Intrinsic foot muscle control test
- Metatarso-phalangeal joint extension ROM
- Dynamic balance test/Anterior excursion reach test
Management options are provided for each of the options above, given that the individual does not perform as desired due to their PHP.
Objectives
The course will review a clinically focused approach to the evaluation of persistent plantar heel pain and all the potential differential diagnoses.
Based on current studies, the management options reviewed will include:
- Manual therapies. No “plantar fascia stretches” will be taught; as in my humble opinion, the plantar fascia can NOT be stretched
- Effective muscular and proprioceptive retraining exercises
- The role of shoes and insoles
- Knowing when there may be a central sensitization component
Audience
This online course is for physiotherapists (physical therapists) and all healthcare providers interested in the effective management of plantar heel pain
There are NO prerequisites for this course
The instructors
PT, D.SC.PT, M.PHTY, B.SC.PT, FCAMT
Bahram is a physiotherapist and founder of the Advanced Physical Therapy Education Institute (APTEI). He's taught 1000+ continuing education courses to healthcare professionals across Canada & internationally.
He has instructed over one thousand post-graduate orthopaedic and pain science courses and has been a guest presenter at several physiotherapy and medical conferences across Canada and internationally.
His primary clinical approach is to identify relevant functional impairments and determine the best self-management strategy to maximize patient independence.
Material included in this course
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Introduction
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PHP Practical Workbook
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L1: Handout
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Lesson 2: Differential Diagnosis
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L2: Handout
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Lesson 3: Popular Hypothesized Causes of PHP
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L3: Handout
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Feedback on section #1
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Evaluation
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Lesson 4: Outcome Measures #1-3
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L4: Handout
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Lesson 5: Outcome Measures #4-6
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L5: Handout
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Lesson 6: Outcome Measures #7-8
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L6: Handout
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Feedback on section #2
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Management
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Lesson 7: Options #1-3
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L7: Handout
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L7:L Video on Self DF Mobilization
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Lesson 8: Options #4-6
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L8: Handout
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L8: Video on Clock Exercises
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Lesson 9: Options #7-8
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L9: Handout
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L9: Video on hip muscle retraining & AERT
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Lesson 10: Other interventions
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L10: Handout
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Feedback on section #3
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Central Sensitization
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Lesson 11: Central Sensitization
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L11: Handout
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Feedback on section #4
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Summary
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Lesson 12: Summary
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L12: Handout
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Quiz!
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Patient exercises included in this course
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3x3x3 for Hip Strength
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Clock Exercises on StarMat
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Self Dorsiflexion Mobilization
This course has exercises. Can I prescribe them to my patients?
Yes, exercises included in courses or resource packages on Embodia can be prescribed directly through the Embodia platform. A Tier 2 or 3 Membership is required to prescribe exercises. These memberships include a range of other features. You can learn about home exercise programs (HEP) on Embodia here, and about memberships on Embodia here.