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Spring Conference 2018: ISPI Therapeutic Neuroscience Education: Pain Science Approach to Treating Whiplash and Peri-operative Neuroscience Education"

  • 21-Apr-2018
  • 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Great Falls, Montana

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Spring Conference - Pain Science Approach to Treating Whiplash AND Peri-operative Neuroscience Education 

Therapeutic Neuroscience Education from ISPI: 

Pain Science Approach to Treating Whiplash 

AND

Peri-operative Neuroscience Education

7.5 Contact Hours, MT category A 

Full Course information can be found by scrolling down below. 

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Provisions: 

Provisions include a light continental breakfast including coffee, lunch at the business meeting. 

Accommodations:

Best Western Heritage Inn Great Falls. Please request MAPTA room block by calling 406-761-1900

Board Meeting

April 20, 2018, 6pm. Great Falls


Business Meeting

Business meeting and elections will be held at noon on Saturday, April 21, 2017 at the CE site. Lunch is included for those registered for the course. Please RSVP if you are not registered (you may register online). Please send agenda items to the office or President Jay Shaver by March 31, 2018. Final agenda will be posted by April 11, 2018.

Cancellation Policy

MAPTA reserves the right to refuse/cancel an event registration. If MAPTA refuses a registration, registrants will be offered a full refund.

Registration Cancellation by Participant:

  • Cancellations will be accepted in writing via fax, email, or mail.
  • A $25.00 administration fee will be withheld when cancellation occurs up to ten days prior to the start of the event; 50% refund if cancelled 2-10 days prior; 25% refund if cancelled 0-1 day prior.

Group Discounts:

10% Discount for 3 or more APTA Member PTs/PTAs from one clinic. Fees for all persons must be made with one payment. No exceptions. Credit will not be provided at a later date. Combining discounts (ie Lifetime AND Group) is not applicable. If you need to take advantage of this, call us for a group code to pay online, or mail in your check with participant names.

Student Discounts: 

Students may take any classroom course for only $99. Courses in which we need to limit numbers or labs do not apply.  If you need to take advantage of this, call us for a group code to pay online, or mail in your check with participant names.

Lifetime Member:

Lifetime members may take any non-limited seating, MAPTA sponsored CE at 50% discount. Combining discounts (ie Lifetime AND Group) is not applicable. If you need to take advantage of this, call us for a group code to pay online, or mail in your check with participant names.


Agenda


7:15-8:00 Professional Issues Forum - MAPTA
8:00-10:00 Course
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-12:00 Course
12:00-2:00 MAPTA Membership Business Meeting & Lunch,
2:00-end Course with break (see course agenda for actual end time)
5:30 - end Join us at the Sip-n-Dip for a fun filled evening!


About the course:

Morning TOPIC: Therapeutic Neuroscience Education: Pain Science Approach to Treating Whiplash

Afternoon Topic: Peri-operative Neuroscience Education

Course Description: 

Perioperative Pain Neuroscience Education
The perioperative period is filled with stress, anxiety and fear. All of these psychosocial factors have beenassociated with poor outcomes. From a neuroscience perspective, the perioperative period is associatedwith a hypervigilant nervous system. This heightened state of the nervous system and various psychosocialissues have been the target of various perioperative interventions for more than a quarter of a century,including preoperative education, pre-emptive analgesia, etc. The culmination of this work is the routinepreoperative education classes given to patients prior to surgery. From an orthopedic perspective,preoperative education is most prevalent in total knee and total hip arthroplasties. To date, however, threesystematic reviews have shown no postoperative benefit to these programs in regards to postoperativepain, range of motion, length of hospital stay and function. Emerging pain neuroscience research hasshown that these educational models fail partly due to a heavy focus on procedural and anatomicaleducation, with little to no attention being given to pain-specific education. A newly designed preoperativepain neuroscience education program has shown that teaching patients more about pain prior to surgeryleads various positive outcomes including significant decrease is healthcare utilization after surgery, patientsatisfaction and more. This class aims to introduce attendees to the development of the preoperativeneuroscience education session, the content, delivery methods and clinical application of such a programfor lumbar surgery and total knee arthroplasty.

A Pain Science Approach to Whiplash
Whiplash associated disorders (WAD) are clinically challenging and epidemiological studies currently show thatapproximately 30-40% of patients involved in motor vehicle collisions move into chronicity. Several authors haveimplicated various factors associated with the high prevalence of chronicity, including biomechanical reasons, copingbehaviors, bio-psycho-social yellow flags, environment and poor management in the acute phase. Modern painscience, however, has shown a significant hypervigilance of the nervous system within 7-10 days post motor vehiclecollision, which has been correlated to persistent pain. This 1-day, 8-hour lab class will delve into the latest painscience view of WAD including central sensitization, peripheral sensitization, and receptor field changes, functionaland structural changes in the brain – all which are associated with persistent pain. WAD is more than “just” tissueinjury and assessment and treatment of the hypervigilant nervous system is needed in the search for recovery inWAD. This class will include the latest clinical screening and tests including sensory discrimination, laterality, two-point discrimination, localization, pressure pain thresholds and more. Treatments will include pain neuroscienceeducation, graded motor imagery, sensory discrimination, neurodynamics, manual therapy, motor control,sensorimotor retraining and more. 

Whiplash Course Objectives:


Course Objectives:

Per-Operative Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this educational session the participants will be able to:

1. Understand why a new bio-psycho-social approach was needed to address pain in orthopedicsurgery

2. Understand the development and validation process of the preoperative neuroscience educationprogram for orthopedic surgery

3. Be able to understand the content and delivery methods for the preoperative neuroscienceeducational program

4. Recognize why the preoperative neuroscience educational program produced superior results tothe traditional biomedical model being utilized 

5. Apply the information from the educational session into clinical practice


Whiplash Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this educational session the participants will be able to:

1. Develop a pain science understanding of how WAD’s are “more than just” tissue injuries

2. Recognize the various neurobiological, physiological and immune mediated processes associated with ahypervigilant nervous system in patients with a WAD

3. Develop a clinical understanding of the common signs and symptoms of a sensitized nervous system in apatient with a WAD

4. Recognize how a more comprehensive neuroscience treatment may be warranted in patients with a WAD

5. Safely and effectively use the tests and treatments used in the class6. Implement test and treatment principles from the lecture into clinical practice


About the Speaker

Brett Neilson, PT, DPT, OCS, TPS, FAAOMPT

Brett earned his Doctorate of Physical Therapy at the University of Puget Sound, in Tacoma, Washington.  He is Board Certified in orthopedic physical therapy and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy. He completed an Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency and Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship with Evidence in Motion Institute of Health Professions and his Therapeutic Pain Specialist certification with the International Spine and Pain Institute. Brett currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Physical Therapy Association of Washington and as a Nominating Committee member for the Pain Management SIG of the APTA. Brett has served in many roles such as clinic director in private practice, as a contractor for the US Air Force and as Trial Coordinator, coordinating the day-to-day activity on two large multi-center randomized controlled trials in knee osteoarthritis and low back strengthening for Army combat medics. Currently he practices in Kent, WA with Outpatient Physical Therapy, a private practice group, where he mentors EIM residents and treats patients with chronic pain and movement dysfunctions. He is also on staff with EIM and serves as their Admissions Director and adjunct faculty. Brett also serves as Adjunct Faculty for South College Doctorate of Physical Therapy program in Knoxville, TN and ISPI. 



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