Intermediate /
Pre-Symposium 2-Hour Pool Workshop
(Classroom: 5:40-6:40 pm / Pool:
7:00-8:00 pm)
Faculty: Sue Falsone, PT, MS, ATC/L, CSCS
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Gait analysis for return to walking is a common practice by
clinicians as people rehabilitate back from an injury. How do we progress
beyond walking and prepare people to return to running and other high-level
activities? This course will review the mechanics of acceleration and absolute
speed that are necessary to return our patients to running. We will review
posture, leg action, arm action and ankle position for acceleration and
absolute speed, comparing and contrasting the two. Solutions to progress our
clients through this stage of rehab will be discussed. Water-based exercise,
with land progressions will be demonstrated and related to running mechanics.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1) Describe the posture, arm action, leg action, and ankle position for acceleration.
2) Describe
the posture, arm action, leg action, and ankle position for absolute speed.
3) Demonstrate
water-based exercise to return people to acceleration and absolute speed.
4) Explore
how these exercises can transfer to land and bridge the gap from water-based
therapy to performance.
FACULTY: Susan Falsone PT, MS, ATC/L, CSCS, is Director of Performance Physical Therapy with Athletes’
Performance, a training facility in Tempe, AZ for the elite and professional
athlete. She received her Physical Therapy degree from Daeman College and
earned a master's degree in human movement science with the concentration in
sports medicine from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. While at
Chapel Hill, she worked in an injury preventative and rehabilitation
environment for UNC football, women's basketball and women's rowing.
Sue is a certified Athletic Trainer and certified by the
NSCA. She is certified in NeuroCoreKinetics Fundementals and Augmented Soft
Tissue Mobilization. She is also a Board Certified Clinical Specialist in
Sports Physical Therapy.
Sue
has lectured on topics such as anatomy, biomechanics, performance therapy for
elite athletes and has presented at the National Physical Therapy Conference in
areas focusing on functional performance testing for the upper extremity. Her
research regarding functional performance testing has been published in the
Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy.