Balance assessment and management

Presenter: Beccy Oliver and Julie Jones
Specialist Physiotherapists

Category: Club Recordings

This session aims to revisit the factors which influence balance, and to highlight their role in the maintenance of postural stability. This session will encompass the key elements of a comprehensive balance assessment, key outcome measures to consider. The key principles of managing balance will also be demonstrated and discussed.

Plantar Heel Pain: A review of the differential diagnosis, assessment and evidence based management options

Presenter: Nick Livadas
Chartered Physiotherapist

Category: Club Recordings

This webinar will address the challenging condition of plantar fasciopathy. Often resistant to treatment and easily confused with other pathologies causing plantar heel pain. This webinar will present the anatomical considerations, the epidemiology before exploring how the subjective and physical examination can aid the diagnosis. Common treatments will be discussed…

Changing the exercise parameters during the rehabilitation process

Presenter: David Fevre MSc MCSP SRP

Category: Club Recordings

The ability to compromise and adapt in sports medicine is essential for clinical practise. In many situations you must work with basic facilities in both treatment and rehabilitation settings. In rehabilitation terms this will mean adapting basic pieces of equipment to produce a multitude of sport specific exercise drills. The…

Engaging curiosity in communication

Presenter: Paul Lagerman BSc PG Cert NZRP

Category: Club Recordings

Our traditional reasoning models embrace a traditional perspective of curiosity - an acquisition of knowledge. As we drift from our bio mechanical mooring to a BPSM, it could be postulated that we are without a conceptual rudder. This webinar takes an unconventional look at communication in physiotherapy, more pertinently in…

Differential diagnosis of the neck

Presenter: Rina Pandya, PT. DPT, APTA (USA) HCPC (UK),MCSP (UK), AFF. MACP.(UK)

Category: Club Recordings

At the end of this webinar the candidate will be able to: 1. Compare and contrast 3 differential diagnoses of neck pain. 2. Identify 3 systemic red flags 3. List 3 physician referral criteria

Exercise prescription for people with Parkinson's, are your patients getting the right dose?

Presenter: Julie Jones, MCSP, MSc, PgCert TLT, BSc (Hons), SFHEA
and
Beccy Oliver BSc Physio MCSP

Category: Club Recordings

This presentation leads on from the earlier webinar which focussed upon the pathology and assessment of Parkinson’s delivered earlier this year. This presentation aims to discuss the indications and benefits of exercise for people living with Parkinson. The benefits in relation to symptom management will be explored as well as…

Shape-Up-My-Shoulder (#SUMS) Rehabilitation Program: Do strengthening exercises enhance outcome?

Presenter: Jeremy Lewis PhD FCSP
Consultant Physiotherapist
Professor of Musculoskeletal Research
MSK Sonographer
Independent Prescriber
Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy)
Postgraduate Diploma in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Physiotherapy
Postgraduate Diploma in Biomechanics
Master of Science (Manipulative Therapy)
Injection Therapy (Practice Certificate)
PhD
Postgraduate Certificate in Diagnostic Imaging (Ultrasound)
Independent Prescriber (Practice Certificate)

Category: Club Recordings

Progressive resistance exercise, in isolation or in combination with other noninvasive therapies such as therapeutic touch, is the firstline approach to managing nontraumatic rotator cuff–related shoulder pain (RCRSP). Resistance exercise may be effective for people with RCRSP secondary to improving mechanical features of the shoulder, including strength, kinematics, and muscle…

Parkinson’s update: pathology, assessment and management

Presenter: Julie Jones
Senior Lecturer
CSO and Parkinson’s UK Clinical Academic Fellow

Category: Club Recordings

Learning outcomes: 1. To discuss the pathophysiology of Parkinson’s and evaluate how these impact upon movement, and function. 2. To explore the combined motor and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s impact on function. 3. To explore the assessment of people with Parkinson's and key outcomes measures to embed within assessment 4.…

The importance of clinical assessment in the modern technological world

Presenter: David Fevre
MSc MCSP SRP

Category: 2021, Club Recordings

Clinical diagnosis is a primary skill for all medical clinicians and is the key initial process in the medical pathway from initial injury to full recovery. To initiate and complete the process clinical assessment and continuous re-assessment is an essential part of the changing stages in recovery. A graduated and…

Paediatric physio survival guide: Treatment and Engagement

Presenter: Andy Ringer
Paediatric Physiotherapist

Category: 2021, Club Recordings

Treating children and young people can be a bit overwhelming and downright frustrating at times. Kids are not mini adults and knowing appropriate treatment approaches and how to engage them in therapy is essential for all paediatric physiotherapists. This webinar build upon the previous paediatric physiotherapy survival guide and will…

MSK related neuropathic pain

Presenter: Paul Lagerman
BSc PG Cert NZPS
Physiotherapy and Consulting Chronic Pain Management

Category: 2021

Neuropathic pain is a complex condition, commonly associated with a lesion or disease of the nervous system. It is a major factor contributing to the global burden of disease accounting for a 6.9% and 10% of the general population. This webinar is a brief overview of neuropathic pain with a…

Diagnosis and Management of Knee Osteoarthritis

Presenter: Richard Norris
Cofounder & Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Specialist, The Physiotherapy Centre

Category: 2021, Club Recordings

Diaphragm rehabilitation for cardiopulmonary patients: After Mechanical Ventilation

Presenter: Dr. Rina Pandya PT DPT
Doctor of Physical Therapy.

Category: Club Recordings

This course is designed as handy reference towards learning and refreshing the anatomy of diaphragm. It will also highlight the clinical relevance of strength and function of the diaphragm as a core stabilizer and its role as a thoracoabdominal pump. This course will walk through the positive effects of diaphragmatic…

Marrying athletic profiling with clinical practice

Presenter: David Fevre MSc MCSP SRP

Category: Club Recordings

A squad of players is not a homogenous group of athletes. Functional medical screening and individual athletic profiling in professional sport has become an important role for the medical team in assisting in injury prevention. The importance of any screening programme in the sporting clinical environment is that it is…

Exercising for people with autoimmune conditions

Presenter: Karen Hambly, PhD, MCSP, FHEA

Category: 2020, Club Recordings

People with long-term chronic autoimmune conditions could derive substantial health benefits by increasing physical activity. People living with these conditions have symptoms that can often reduce their ability to keep active and work and negatively impact their quality of life. Exercise has been shown to be a cost-effective strategy in…

Musculoskeletal injection therapy: A theory and practice update

Presenter: Nick Livadas BSc (Hons) MSc FHEA
Clinical Lead: Connect Health
Senior Lecturer: Teesside University

Category: 2020, Club Recordings

This one hour webinar is aims to offer both injectors and non injection clinicians an update on some of the pertinent issues we should consider regarding the use of injection therapy to manage musculoskeletal disorders. A brief review of the evidence for corticosteroid injections will be presented and how this…

Assessment and management of degenerative and traumatic tears, meniscal root tears and ramp lesions

Presenter: Richard Norris
Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Specialist

Category: 2020, Club Recordings

Impingement in the Sporting (& Non - Sporting) Shoulder

Presenter: Ian Gatt
MSc OMT MAACP MCSP BSc (Hons)
Head of Performance Services & Lead Physiotherapist - Great Britain Boxing

Category: 2020

Clinical reasoning and case formulation in musculoskeletal management

Presenter: Paul Lagerman
PG Cert in Pain & Pain Management
BSc Honours in Physiotherapy
BSc Honours in Sports Rehabilitation

Category: 2020, Club Recordings

Clinical reasoning is identified as integral to physiotherapy practice. It is the process by which the clinician generates and tests hypotheses based on information collected from the patient. The hypotheses based on the information obtained is then used to determine a diagnosis and implement treatment. Traditional clinical reasoning has been…

Hand & Wrist injuries in Boxing: Assessment & Treatment

Presenter: Ian Gatt MSc OMT MAACP MCSP BSc (Hons)

Category: 2020, Club Recordings

Boxing is one of the oldest sports, and competition varies between Olympic and Professional style. The hand-wrist region is an important area in this sport, considering that it is used to strike the opponent in either the head or body. One can therefore appreciate why it is also the region…

Assessing and improving muscular performance in people with complex impairments

Presenter: Rachel Young MSc, BSc (hons), MCSP
Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy

Category: 2019, Club Recordings

The webinar will outline the changes in muscle structure and performance associated with the ageing process and long term conditions. Validated methods of measuring muscular performance will be discussed alongside consideration of the different components of muscular performance. Treatment, exercise and activity interventions focussed on improving muscular performance for people…

Reasoning exercise dosage for persistent pain

Presenter: Paul Lagerman BSc PG Cert NZRP
PG Cert in Pain and Pain Management
BSc Hons in Physiotherapy
BSc Hons in Sports Rehabilitation

Category: 2019, Club Recordings

When it comes to exercise dosage, physiotherapy has had limited understanding. Traditionally, physiotherapy has adopted principles of strength training, primarily 3 sets of 10, which became the model of choice in many rehabilitation and fitness centres. Following tissue injury, deconditioning can occur through damaged tissue, immobilisation or protection of the…

An Introduction to Graded Motor Imagery

Presenter: Tim Beames MSc BSc (Hons) MCSP

Category: 2019, Club Recordings

Graded Motor Imagery (GMI) is a novel treatment approach designed originally for complex and persistent pain problems. There are three elements that collectively make up GMI; implicit motor imagery, explicit motor imagery and mirror therapy. There is a small but growing evidence base to support the use of GMI, particularly…

The role of physiotherapy in supporting people with long-term conditions to be more active

Presenter: Anna Lowe MCSP, MSc, FHEA.
Public Health England-
Physical Activity Clinical Champion

Category: 2019, Club Recordings

There is overwhelming evidence that active living promotes both mental and physical health, yet we know that approximately one fifth of men and a quarter of women in England are not active enough for good health. People with LTCs or any type of disability are far less likely to be…

Perturbation Training for balance training in sporting and non-sporting populations, including elderly fallers

Presenter: Jon Graham
BA Bsc MSc MCSP HCPC reg
BA Psychology MSc Coginitive Psychology BSc Physiotherapy

Category: 2019, Club Recordings

Postural control is the foundation of our ability to move independently and safely in any chosen environment. There is an unexpected commonality to the rehabilitation of injured athletes and elderly fallers and in that both these clinical populations need to be able to make the appropriate postural adaptations in response…

Objective Measures for the Upper Limb in Sports

Presenter: Ian Gatt MSc, OMT, MAACP, MCSP, BSc (Hons)

Category: 2019, Club Recordings

In sports, subjective measures from athletes can provide useful information towards the clinical diagnosis of an upper limb injury however, without robust objective measures we would be neglecting crucial information. Range of motion and strength measures are probably the most basic and important measures required to assist planning a return…

Exercise and the neurological population: challenges, benefits and future directions

Presenter: Rachel Young (MSc, BSc (hons), CSP)
Neurological Physiotherapist
Sheffield Neuro Physiotherapy
Associate Lecturer Sheffield Hallam University Doctoral Student Sheffield Hallam University

Category: 2018, Club Recordings

This webinar will identify the physical and psychosocial changes caused by neurological impairment. The challenges and barriers associated with exercise engagement for people with neurological changes will be considered. Research which has explored the benefits of exercise for people with a neurological condition will be summarised and I will explore…

Moving & Handling in Early years and Primary Setting 

Presenter: Alison Rotheram MCSP HCPC

Category: 2018, Club Recordings

The presentation covers moving and handling young children whilst adopting a safer posture. Working in schools and nurseries. Back care and safer principles of manual handling. Basic anatomy and advice for back pain. Highlighting early years risk factors with manual handling. Introducing good practices for handling children. Delegation of duties…

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation: a pragmatic approach

Presenter: Peter Gladwell PhD MCSP
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
Pain Management Service
North Bristol NHS Trust

Category: 2018, Club Recordings

This webinar will provide an overview of the evidence relating to TENS and chronic pain, including back pain, osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia syndrome. Cautions and contraindications will be considered, to ensure safe practice. The use of TENS by patients as part of their self-management will be the main focus of the…

Assessment and management of posterolateral corner injuries of the knee

Presenter: Richard Norris
Physiotherapy Knee Specialist
MCSP, Honorary Liverpool University Lecturer

Category: 2018, Club Recordings

The posterolateral corner (PLC) consists of 28 individual static and dynamic structures that provide stability to the lateral aspect of the knee. The lateral collateral ligament (LCL), popliteus tendon and popliteofibular ligament are considered the most important stabilisers, and injury to these structures can result in lateral and/or postero-lateral rotatory…

The role of the MDT in TMJ management

Presenter: Helen Cowgill BSC(HONS) MMACP MCSP SRP

Category: 2018, Club Recordings

The role of the Multidisciplinary team (MDT) in the management of temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD) will be explored in this webinar. TMD is a collective term that encompasses pain arising from the muscles of mastication along with disorders of the TMJ. The aetiology of TMD is not clearly understood, however it…

Anterior Thigh Injuries in Sport Diagnosis and Rehabilitation

Presenter: David Fevre MSc MCSP SRP

Category: 2018, Club Recordings

Injuries to the anterior aspect of the thigh have a major functional impact on any sportsperson, both directly and indirectly. The quadriceps muscle group plays a key role in both biomechanical and functional aspects of human movement and is a key link in the lower limb chain, particularly in terms…

Integrated Physical and Psychological Approaches to Treatment in Vestibular Rehabilitation

Presenter: David Herdman BSc(Hons) MCSP

Category: 2017, Club Recordings

Vertigo and dizziness are amongst the most common problems patient seek medical attention. A substantial percentage of persistent dizziness is not fully explainable in terms of an identifiable structural deficit but remains extremely disabling. Physiotherapists are more likely to encounter patients with persistent vestibular symptoms that fit criteria of a…

Profiling Athletes: An insight into good and bad practice in sports

Presenter: Ian Gatt MSc OMT MAACP MCSP

Category: 2017, Club Recordings

The use of profiling systems in sport to reduce injury trends remains a point of controversy. Screening of athletes, does everybody do it and if so what happens with the data? How do the tests that have been chosen provide a performance impact for professional clubs/national governing bodies? What does…

Medical and Physiotherapy Screening in the Transfer Medical

Presenter: David Fevre MSc MCSP SRP

Category: 2017, Club Recordings

Think a football medical is a foregone conclusion? Think again. As we see in the national media every close season, a move isn't done until a player has passed a club's rigorous check-up with flying colours. It is similar to when you go out and buy a second-hand car –…

Achilles Tendinopathy - What Should We Be Doing?

Presenter: Seth O’Neill PhD, MSc, BSc, MCSP, MMACP,
PGCE (higher education)

Category: 2017, Club Recordings

This webinar will highlight an evidenced based approach to Achilles tendinopathy management, as part of this it is important to discuss which risk factors are important in disease development and which ones are amenable to change. A greater understanding of risk factors can help us individualise our approach to each…

Outdoor rehabilitation of the Injured Athlete

Presenter: David Fevre MSc MCSP SRP

Category: 2017, Club Recordings

When an athlete ‘Returns to Work’ after injury it is essential that they experience the normal work based environment to complete the rehabilitation programme. Many variables exist away from the gymnasium and treatment room environment which they encounter in the early and middle stages of recovery. These final stage hurdles…

Physiotherapy and Sports Performance

Presenter: Zach Bristow (B Pthy; Hons, DpPT, DNI, DNA, RM Trained)
Director , Sports Physiotherapist, Rehabilitation Coordinator
Phyxit Injury Rehabilitation Services

Category: 2017, Club Recordings

Join Sports and Rehab Physiotherapist Zach Bristow as he discusses the new avenues in which Physiotherapy may become involved within the realms of sports and sports performance. Practical examples and a wealth of knowledge is covered to provide an optimal outlay for physiotherapists interested in this area.

Stroke Rehabilitation: What’s Now and What’s Next?

Presenter: Dr Nicola Hancock PhD, PG Cert (ClinEd),  BSc (Hons) MCSP
Fellow of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Neurology

Category: 2016, Club Recordings

This webinar will initially guide the audience through some of the neurophysiological changes that occur after stroke, and then discuss how knowledge of these processes informs our understanding of the principles underlying rehabilitation. From here, it will consider rehabilitation interventions that might help to provide the brain with what it…

Dynamic Assessment of the Athlete

Presenter: Zach Bristow (B Pthy; Hons, DpPT, DNI, DNA, RM Trained)
Director , Sports Physiotherapist
Rehabilitation Coordinator, Velocity Sports & Rehab

Category: 2016, Club Recordings

Dynamic Assessment of the Athlete sparks the thinking required to achieve outstanding results when working with sports-type pain and injury. Join Sports Injury and Rehabilitation expert Zach Bristow from Velocity Sports & Rehab AUS in discussing the ways in which Physiotherapists can excel in this type of assessment, with practical,…

Developing Clinical Expertise in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy

Presenter: Dr Nikki Petty DPT MSc GradDipPhys FMACP FHEA
Associate Professor
Course Leader MRes Clinical Research 

Category: 2016, Club Recordings

This webinar will explore how practitioners can enhance their clinical expertise. The session will be broadly divided into two sections: firstly we will explore what we mean by clinical expertise and then we will consider how we might develop expertise. The first section will explore the term expertise and what…

Rehabilitation for Knee Articular Cartilage Repair

Presenter: Karen Hambly PhD MCSP
Senior Lecturer, The University of Kent

Category: 2016, Club Recordings

Articular cartilage is avascular and aneural and as a consequence does not heal well. Repairing articular osteochrondral damage can improve function and relieve pain. There are a variety of surgical techniques to repair articular cartilage damage. Rehabilitation is generally accepted as an important component of cartilage repair surgery. Cartilage repair…

Assessment and Treatment of the Sporting Neck

Presenter: Ian Gatt MSc, OMT, MAACP, MCSP
Lead Physiotherapist for GB Boxing at the English Institute of Sport

Category: 2016, Club Recordings

Injuries to the cervical spine can occur in all sports and range from soft tissue injuries to quadriplegia. In a high number of sports, good knowledge of acute trauma management is required, especially if practitioners are regularly involved in covering training and competition scenarios. The mechanism of injury and presence…

Articular and Chondral lesions of the knee joint - A Physiotherapist's perspective

Presenter: Zach Bristow Sports Physiotherapist (B Pthy, Hons)
Strength & Conditioning Consultant (ASCA Level 2)
Spine and Sports Physiotherapy Clinic

Category: 2016, Club Recordings

Join Sports Physiotherapist Zach Bristow in a comprehensive analysis of the literature and clinical implications for Articular + Chondral Lesions of The Knee Joint, and gain an in-depth understanding of the assessment and management of these types of pathologies. Zach enters into the causative factors in and away from the…

Justifying your Pool Service

Presenter: Mike Maynard Grad Dip Phys MCSP MSOM HT
ATACP Accredited Tutor in Aquatic Physiotherapy

Category: 2015, Club Recordings

Pools are traditionally thought to be very expensive to run, and are often in the “front line” when it comes to hospital cuts. This Webinar hopes to dispel the myth about the expense of running a pool, and to show that not only are they less expensive to maintain than…

Remote Delivery of Physiotherapy for People with Long Term Conditions

Presenter: Dr Lorna Paul PhD, MPhil, BSc MCSP
Physiotherapist and Reader in Rehabilitation, University of Glasgow

Category: 2015, Club Recordings

The changing demographics of the population, rising costs, patient expectations and the almost ubiquitous nature of digital technology challenge the way current health care, including physiotherapy is delivered. Remote delivery of physiotherapy for people with long term conditions may be an adjunct to traditional face to face models of care…

Divarication of Recti Abdominis – Its Clinical Relevance and Treatment Options

Presenter: Samantha Gillard MSc MSCP FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Worcester
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in Women’s Health

Category: 2015, Club Recordings

In this presentation, Samantha Gillard explains exactly what a Divarication of Recti is and how it can occur. The aim is to motivate you to see the importance of assessing each patient for a divarication that is referred to you with back and pelvic pain. We identify the clinical relevance…

Pilates-Based Core Stability Training as Rehabilitation for People with MS

Presenter: Esther Fox BSc(Hons) PhD MCSP
Physiotherapist, Tavistock Physiotherapy Clinic

Category: 2015, Club Recordings

Pilates and core stability training are commonly used in clinical practice as physio-therapeutic interventions to improve balance and mobility for people with neurological conditions. In this webinar, we will look into the effect of Pilates-based training in people with MS based upon the available evidence. A recently conducted randomised controlled…

Proprioceptive Medicine - The Missing Link

Presenter: Hywel Griffiths MCSP HCPC Reg MSOM
Consultant Physiotherapist, Cardiff City Football Club

Category: 2015, Club Recordings

What is proprioception? Proprioception refers to the body's ability to sense movement within joints, muscles, soft tissue and throughout its kinetic chain. This ability enables us to know where our limbs are in space without having to look. It is important in all everyday movements but especially so in complicated…

The Importance of Pre- and Post-operative Rehabilitation after Sportsman's Hernia Repair

Presenter: David Fevre MSc MCSP
Head of Sports Medicine, Blackburn Rovers FC

Category: 2015, Club Recordings

The terms ‘Groin injury’, ‘Gilmore’s groin’ and ‘Sportsman’s hernia’ are often used to describe a multitude of pelvic and groin injuries and cover a wide variety of injury scenarios for both patient and medical personnel. To this end the diagnostic term of inguinal disruption is a more correct and all…

Current Concepts in the Assessment and Management of Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy

Presenter: Chris Littlewood BHSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, Dip. MDT, FHEA
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, University of Sheffield

Category: 2015, Club Recordings

Rotator cuff tendinopathy is a common and burdensome problem. Despite this, there is considerable uncertainty in relation to the source of pain in tendinopathy, how best to examine and how best to treat. Consequently, practice in the UK is varied. The aim of this webinar is to critically examine these…