Musculoskeletal Management of Patients with Chronic Lung Disease across the Lifespan

Speakers / Instructors

• Jane Ashbrook – Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Practitioner, Manchester Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
• Julia Taylor – Advanced Practitioner MSK Physiotherapist, Manchester Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
• Angela Serong – Grade 4 Physiotherapist, Team Leader, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
• Lisa Wilson – Grade 3 Physiotherapist, Departments of Physiotherapy & Respiratory Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
• Brenda Button – Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Grade 4, Respiratory Stream Leader, Departments of Physiotherapy & Respiratory Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne

Topics

• Musculoskeletal theories & concepts in respiratory disease
• Pain theory including physiological & psychosocial aspects
• Clinical Reasoning in musculoskeletal medicine
• Musculoskeletal screening, assessment & screening for red flags
• Designing a patient specific treatment program
• Musculoskeletal considerations in paediatrics
• Assessment tool with practical session
• Case study discussions (shoulder impingement and scapular control; discogenic back pain, sciatica and SUI; headache including differential diagnosis and red flags; chest pain including rib fractures and soft tissue pain; common causes of knee pain and ideas for treatment)

Cost

$250.00 (inc GST) includes course manual, lunch and refreshments.

Registration

Registration closes 21 July 2017

Course organisers

• Fiona Moran 
• Brenda Button