Heel Pain: Prevention and Interventions
Presented by Todd E. Davenport
Heel pain is a common, costly, and disabling problem. It can be challenging to stay updated and effectively integrate the latest findings into your practice, given the continually expanding body of research on this topic. This second part of a two-part course focuses on intervention recommendations based on the 2023 clinical practice guidelines update from the Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy. It will cover specific manual therapy techniques, exercise dosage strategies, adjunctive interventions, and case scenarios designed to help you seamlessly apply new knowledge and skills to your clinical practice, in order to improve both your confidence and your patients’ outcomes.
Learning Objectives
- Integrate the best available scientific evidence into a therapeutic exercise program for a person living with heel pain
- Organize an evidence-based treatment plan involving manual therapy for a person living with heel pain
- Arrange adjunctive interventions into a comprehensive evidence-based intervention plan for a person living with heel pain
- Apply evidence-based recommendations to create a comprehensive rehabilitation program for a person living with heel pain
Meet your instructor
Todd E. Davenport
Todd serves as professor and vice-chair of the Department of Physical Therapy in the School of Health Sciences at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where he teaches in the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program. Todd is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s DPT and Orthopedic Physical…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Therapeutic Exercise
Exercise is a primary intervention for many musculoskeletal health conditions, including heel pain. This chapter will explore therapeutic exercise techniques for people living with heel pain. You will be able to use the information from this chapter to help you design, advance, and modify a therapeutic exercise program for the best possible outcomes.
2. Manual Therapy
Hands-on treatments may be effectively applied to people living with heel pain to alleviate symptoms, enhance range of motion, and increase overall function. This chapter will discuss the research evidence and guideline-based applications of specific manual physical therapy interventions for people living with heel pain.
3. Other Interventions
There are a variety of evidence-based strategies that may be used in patient-focused ways to help reduce heel pain. This chapter goes over recommendations for commonly encountered interventions. Join in to see whether your practice aligns with the latest guidelines.
4. Real-World Clinical Applications
Put the pieces from this course together in this final chapter, which is a case discussion describing a comprehensive rehabilitation approach for people living with heel pain.
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