Workshop:
Kinesio Taping for the Upper Extremity
FAIRFIELD CONNECTICUT DATE INCLUDES OPTIONAL FRIDAY PM
ANATOMY/DIAGNOSIS REFRESHER COURSE WITH CADAVER LABFROM 6:30-9:00 - CALL FOR DETAILS!!
Instructor: Ruth
Coopee MOT,
OTR/L, CHT, MLD/CDT, CKTI
Course Description
The focus of this course will be to learn and work with Kinesio
Tape to complement traditional therapeutic approaches. A dynamic
format utilizing lecture, demonstration and hands-on lab activities
will address basic and advanced Kinesio Taping techniques. This
interactive course is intended for the practicing PT, PTA, OT,
COTA with beginner to advanced skills. Participants may attend
one or both days. Please note: to attend only day 2 (Advanced,
KT3) registrants must have completed at least one KT2 (basic) level
class prior as there will be no review of basic concepts on day
2.
Course Schedule
| Saturday: Basic Skills (KT2) |
| 7:30 - 8:00 |
Registration |
| 8:00 – 12:00 |
Lecture: Introduction to Concepts |
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Lab: Taping for Hand |
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- Trigger Finger
- PIP Joint Instability
- Post Traumatic/Surgical Hand Edema
- Flexor/Extensor Tendon Repair
- Scar Modification
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Lab: Taping for Forearm and Wrist |
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- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- DeQuervain’s Tenosynovitis
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| 12:00 – 1:00 |
Lunch (on own) |
| 1:00 – 4:00 |
Lab: Taping for Elbow |
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- Lateral Epicondylitis (tennis elbow)
- Medial Epicondylitis (golfer’s elbow)
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Lab: Taping for Shoulder/Scapula |
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- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Forward Shoulder/Impingement
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| Sunday: Advanced Skills (KT3) |
| 7:30 – 8:00 |
Registration |
| 8:00 – 12:00 |
Lecture: Introduction to Advanced Concepts (cutting techniques/application, neurophysiology) |
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Lab: Taping for Shoulder/Scapula |
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- Postural Re-education
- Advanced Protracted Shoulder
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Lab: Taping for Elbow |
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- Ulnar Nerve Entrapment
- Elbow Instability
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| 12:00 – 1:00 |
Lunch (on own) |
| 1:00 – 4:00 |
Lab: Taping for Forearm and Wrist |
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- Distal Radioulnar Joint Instability
- Advanced DeQuervain’s Tenosynovitis
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Lab: Taping for Hand |
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- Radial, Ulnar & Median Nerve Palsies
- Boutonniere & Swan Neck Deformities
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Thumb Osteoarthritis (Type IV)
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