Lower Extremity Orthopedic and Sports Injuries in the Young Athlete - Las Vegas

Lower Extremity Orthopedic and Sports Injuries in the Young Athlete is organized by healthclick and will be held from Dec 01 - 02, 2018 at Summerlin Hospital Medical Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 15.5 hours/15.5 CCU’s/1.55 CEU's.

Course Description:
This hands-on, two-day advanced course will provide an in-depth analysis of lower extremity traumatic and overuse injuries affecting the youth athlete. This course will identify the latest evidence on tools to prevent, diagnose, and treat injuries unique to the youth athlete. Special emphasis will be spent on understanding the effects of maturational status on motor planning and injury risk. Each course attendee will leave with both didactic and hands-on assessment tools to make informed, evidence-based rehabilitation and return-to-activity decisions.

Case studies will be utilized throughout the course to illustrate key concepts. This interactive course will allow course participants to enhance their diagnostic, examination and treatment skills of injured youth athletes. The overall course objective is to provide attendees with a thorough framework to make informed decisions that will enable the course attendee to become an asset in your community to youth athletes, parents, physicians, and coaches. A comprehensive course packet will include pictures, references and clinical pearls for quick reference in the clinic.

Course Objectives:
• Identify the risks and potential benefits of early sports specialization in the youth athlete.
• Perform a thorough assessment utilizing evidence-based screening tools to identify at-risk populations for running, cutting, and pivoting sports involving youth athletes.
• Describe the musculoskeletal implications of ACL, MPFL and PAO reconstructive.
• Perform a comprehensive, hypothesis-driven lower extremity evaluation unique to youth athletes.
• Develop and design comprehensive treatment programs tailored to the specific needs of the youth lower extremity athlete.
• Implement an evidence-based, criterion-driven return to sports program for youth athletes returning to sports involving running, cutting, pivoting, and jumping.
• Develop a program that utilizes evidence-based manual therapy and taping techniques as adjunctive techniques to help facilitate pain and functional improvements in youth athletes.