#318 Pediatric Casting and Splinting: Upper and Lower Extremity Casting and Use of Dynamic Strapping to Optimize Motor Function in Children
 
Children with neuromuscular impairment often present with abnormal stiffness or tone, soft tissue hypo extensibility with decreased range of motion and muscle imbalances. This course will focus on therapeutic techniques used to facilitate improved alignment and muscle re-education for function for patients. Developmental biomechanics in relation to assessment and treatment will be reviewed.
The pediatric population with CNS dysfunction or peripheral nerve injuries often present clinically with spasticity and contractures, contributing to functional limitations. Casting, splinting, and/or orthotic follow up are often effective in reversing contracture and influencing abnormal tone and stiffness in these patients. New treatment techniques for the management of spasticity are now available, but maximizing their effectiveness requires a thorough understanding of how, when, and for whom to use these interventions. In this course, participants will have hands-on practice with cast fabrication using delta cast conformable and soft cast materials. Discussion of assessments before and after casting, timing and adjunctive interventions will be included.
This course will also introduce the concept and use of taping and wrapping as an adjunct to therapeutic interventions in the treatment of adults and children with neurologic and orthopedic impairments to facilitate improved alignment and muscle reeducation for function. Materials discussed include: elastic therapeutic tape, and neoprene wraps. The course is intended to familiarize participants in the use of these modalities as an adjunct to treatment and to guide interest for future coursework and learning opportunities. The use of compression orthotics, strapping and elastic taping to optimize motor function will be introduced-with demonstration and hand-on labs on use of two strapping and taping techniques.
 
Instructor: Patricia (Trish) Martin, PT, Certified Kinesio Taping Audrey Yasukawa, MOT, Certified Kinesio Taping ® Instructor
 
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