Athletic and Therapeutic Lower Quarter Taping (Sep 27, 2020)

Athletic and Therapeutic Lower Quarter Taping is organized by Great Lakes Seminars (GLS) and will be held on Sep 27, 2020 at Life Fitness Physical Therapy, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. 

Accreditation:
This course has been submitted for 16 continuing education hours. Approval amounts may vary per state. Certificates of attendance with the number of course hours will be given to each participant at the completion of the course.

Course Description:
This seminar will help all clinicians to learn new and diverse ways to apply different types of therapeutic tape to the low back, knee, ankle and foot.You will learn how to use these taping techniques to increase ROM, decrease pain, and improve function. Myofascial and neuromuscular reasoning for the benefits of taping will be discussed throughout.

The registrant will learn how to correctly and confidently apply pre-stretched tape, cover-roll, leukotape, athletic tape, and wet-pruf tape. 

Course Objectives:
At the completion of this seminar, the participant will be able to:
• Correctly describe three different types of tape that can be applied to physical therapy patients and the specific benefits of each type
• Correctly identify 8 structures in the body that the use of tape can assist to improve range of motion, decrease pain, or increase function
• Correctly describe the neurophysiological mechanism behind the benefit of taping
• Correctly and confidently demonstrate how to apply pre-stretched tape to a lower quarter structure to improve range of motion, decrease pain, or increase function
• Correctly and confidently demonstrate how to apply athletic tape to a lower quarter structure to improve range of motion, decrease pain, or increase function
• Correctly and confidently demonstrate how to apply wet-pruf tape to a lower quarter structure to improve range of motion, decrease pain, or increase function
• Correctly and confidently demonstrate how to apply cover-roll and Leukotape tapes to a body structure to improve range of motion, decrease pain, or increase function

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.