2019 Archive
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…
View WebinarCauda Equina Conundrum
Presenter: Chris Mercer Consultant Physiotherapist at Western Sussex Hospitals NHS foundation Trust
Grad Dip Phys, MSc, PgCert (Clin Ed), FCSP, FMACP,
Category: 2019, Club Recordings
This webinar will explore current issues around Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES). It will look at definitions and some of the challenges relating to these. It will also explore recommendations on assessment, both from the subjective taking and the physical examination required. It will discuss some of the medico-legal challenges facing…
View WebinarReasoning 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…
View WebinarAchilles ruptures
Presenter: Dr Seth O’Neill (PhD)
Associate Professor (Physiotherapy)
Category: 2019, Club Recordings
The webinar highlights that most ruptures occur in people who have underlying pathological changes which inherently weaken the structure and therefore material and mechanical properties of the tendon leading to rupture. The main mechanism for rupture appears to be eccentric loading of the plantarflexors during knee extension and associated dorsiflexion.…
View WebinarAn 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…
View WebinarThe 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…
View WebinarKnee articular cartilage rehabilitation - where are we now
Presenter: Dr Karen Hambly
Senior Lecturer , University of Kent
Category: 2019, Club Recordings
View WebinarPerturbation 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…
View WebinarAssessment and management of lateral hip pain (greater trochanteric pain syndrome/gluteal tendinopathy)
Presenter: Richard Norris
Cofounder & Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Specialist
Category: 2019, Club Recordings
View WebinarObjective 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…
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