Calf, Ankle & Foot — Review and Practicum Lab

Course Content

• Practice, apply, re-inforce and expand upon physical examination and treatment techniques taught in the associated didactic module.
• Labs focus on areas of technical difficulty, and provide an opportunity for presentation, demonstration treatment and discussion of challenging cases.
• Note: Practicum/Review Labs are opens only to participants who have completed the prior associated didactic module: Calf, Ankle and Foot.

Calf, Ankle & Foot Physical Exam

• Ankle, foot, and toe joint review:
  • AROM assessment
  • Joint play and end-fee testingl
  • Joint stabilization prolo-acupuncture
• Calf muscle review: manual strength testing, trigger point needling, gua sha and tui na therapies
  • Plantarflexors + invertors
  • Plantarflexors + evertors
  • Dorsiflexors + invertors
  • Dorsiflexors + evertors
• Ankle and foot protective and corrective therapies review
  • Taping techniques
  • Ankle stability and control exercises
  • Calf strengthening and stretching

Case presentation/treatment demonstration and discussion