Schedule at a Glance

Schedule at a Glance

Wednesday, October 26

8:00 am — 5:00 pm Registration
8:30 am — 4:30 pm Pre-Conference SessionsAll Courses Below Have Limited Seating

Evidence Based Therapeutic Exercise for Cervical Spine Disorders (Part 1)) — FULL
Presenter: Deborah Falla

Current Concept for the use of Manual Therapy in Managing Shoulder Disorders
Presenter: Dan Rhon

The Kinesiopathologic Model — A Theoretical Construct of the Movement Systems
Presenter: Shirley Sahrmann

Thursday, October 27

8:00 am — 7:00 pm Registration
8:30 am — 4:30 pm Pre-Conference Sessions

LIMITED SEATING: Evidence Based Therapeutic Exercise for Cervical Spine Disorders (Part 2) — FULL
Presenter: Deborah Falla

LIMITED SEATING: Spinal Manipulation Refinement: Future Practice based on Evidence and Clinical Decision Making for Safety and Patient Comfort (Open to Students)
Presenter: Alec Kay and Brian Power

LIMITED SEATING: Communication and Leadership Strategies to Lead Us Through the Next 25 Years
Presenter: Colette Seymannn

LIMITED SEATING: Advancing the Physical Therapist as a Provider in Hospital Emergency Care
Presenter: Carleen Jogodka
5:30 pm — 6:00 pm Welcome Address
6:15 pm — 7:30 pm Fellow Recognition Ceremony
7:30 pm — 8:30 pm Welcome Reception and Poster Preview
7:30 pm — 8:30 pm ACF SIG Business Meeting

Friday, October 28

7:00 am — 7:50 am Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
Sponsored by AAMT
7:00 am — 7:45 am First Timers Breakfast (invite only)
7:00 am — 5:00 pm Registration
8:00 am — 8:15 am Opening Remarks
Jim Rivard
8:15 am — 9:45 am Motor Adjustments in People with Spinal Pain
Presenter: Deborah Falla
9:45 am — 10:00 am Coffee Break/Poster Walk in Exhibit Hall
10:00 am — 10:25 am 5x5 Research Presentations
10:30 am — 12:00 pm Physical Therapists Own the Most Powerful Treatment – Mechanotherapy. Are we promoting it enough?
Presenter: Karim Khan
12:00 pm — 2:00 pm Awards Luncheon
2:05 pm — 3:05 pm Distinguished Lecturer Presentation
Presenter: Tim Flynn
3:05 pm — 3:15 pm Coffee Break/Poster Walk in Exhibit Halll
3:15 pm — 4:45 pm Using recent research findings to improve clinical care of people with low back pain
Presenter: Mark Hancock
4:45 pm — 5:45 pm Keynote Panel Discussion
5:50 pm — 6:15 pm 5x5 Clinical Pearl Presentations
6:15 pm — 7:15 pm Practice Affairs Open Forum
6:25 pm — 7:45 pm Poster Presentations Reception
7:15 pm — 8:15 pm sSIG Session: Hands On Deck
8:15 pm — 9:00 pm sSIG Meeting — Pizza will be Served!
8:00 pm — 11:00 pm St. Louis Beer Crawl

Saturday, October 29

7:00 am — 5:00 pm Registration
7:00 am — 7:50 am Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
7:00 am — 8:00 am Committee Meeting Breakfast (invitation only)
8:00 am — 8:50 am General Session — Physical Therapy Innovations (PTI) Talks
8:50 am — 9:15 am 5x5 Research Presentations
9:20 am — 10:00 am General Session — PTI Talks
10:00 am — 10:10 am Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
10:15 am — 10:55 am Research Presentations — Breakout Sessions
11:00 am — 12:00 pm Breakout Session 1

Track: Practice Management (PM)
The History of the AAOMPT: Lessons learned on advocacy and advancement of OMPT
Presenters: Kenneth Olson, Elaine Lonnemann and Stanley Paris

Track: Practice Management (PM)
Practical Application and Opportunities for Advanced Practice Physical Therapy
Presenters: Brent Perdrizet. Richard Zaruba and Evan Kelley

Track: Practice Management (PM)
Lumbar Spine Surgical Decision Making for Three Patients: Case Based Reflections on the Interprofessional Collaboration between the Patients, Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapist and Neurosurgeon
Presenters: Bryan Dennison, Michael Leal and Michael Song

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
A Paradigm Shift in Patient Education: Are We Making Cueing Too Complicated?
Presenters: Christina Gomez, Ciara Burgi and Adeeb Khalfe

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Screening for OMPT Patients' Psycho-Social Needs in NMS Primary Care Physical Therapy Environment
Presenters: Bob DuVall

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Manipulation in Weight Bearing: optimizing seated techniques with HVLAT after screening
Presenters: Alec Kay and Brian Power

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Expanding the scope and application of manual therapy as a neurophysiological input to influence cortical changes
Presenters: Francois Prizinski and Mark Powers
12:00 pm — 1:00 pm Lunch in Exhibit Hall
1:05 pm — 2:05 pm Breakout Session 2

Track: Practice Management (PM)
Vertically integrated OMPT: The role of the Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapist in a Health System, A Panel Discussion
Presenters: Eric Robertson, Cindy Hon, Ivan Matsui, Anya Blakenship, and Matt Willey

Track: Practice Management (PM)
The Future of Musculoskeletal Interprofessional Practice & Education — What You Should Know - CANCELLED
Presenters: Laura Smith, James Creps and Elijah Freeman

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
The Link Between Concussion and Whiplash Associated Disorder. The Manual Therapist as a Primary Player
Presenter: Richard Kring

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Comprehensive Knee Rehabilitation for the Manual Physical Therapist: Targeting Muscular Inhibition
Presenters: Bryan Pickens and Chris Allen

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Acute dizziness after sports-related concussion: Can physical therapists offer better treatment than just physical and cognitive rest?
Presenters: Jennifer Reneker and Megan Donaldsonr

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Regional interdependence of shoulder girdle pathology and spine dysfunction: implications for manual therapy examination and intervention
Presenters: Arie van Duijn and Eric Shamus

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy Management of Shoulder Pain: Clinical Reasoning Integrating Pain Science and Strength and Conditioning Principles
Presenters: Bryan Dennison, Michael Leal and Janice Lwin
2:10 pm — 3:10 pm Breakout Session 3

Track: Practice Management (PM)
Medical Screening for Tomorrows Manual Physical Therapist
Presenters: Derek Clewley, Elizabeth Lane and Christina Myers

Track: Communicator (CM)
Non-Specific Effects in Manual Therapy: Contextual Factors Can Help or Harm Clinical Outcomes
Presenters: Mark Shepard, Tim Flynn and Mark Kargela

Track: Communicator (CM)
Making the leap from student to clinician: Clinical reasoning tips for novice physical therapist
Presenters: Amanda Grant, Margaret Wicinski and Catherine Patla

Track: Practice Management (PM)
Understanding the foundations of manual therapy across professions to enlighten the future of OMPT
Presenter: Cameron MacDonald

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Movement and Manual Therapy: The sum is greater than the parts
Presenters: Robert LeBeau and April Oury

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Strategies for Teaching Manual Therapy to Out-Sized Students and Entry-Level Clinicians
Presenters: Matthew Lee and Charles Hazle

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Red Flags and Red Herrings: Clinical Decision Making in the Assessment and Treatment of Headaches
Presenters: Michael O'Donnell and Lyssa Cleary
3:10 pm — 3:20 pm Coffee Break
3:25 pm — 4:25 pm Breakout Session 4

Track: Communicator (CM)
Non-Specific Effects in Manual Therapy: Contextual Factors Can Help or Harm Clinical Outcomes
Presenters: Mark Shepherd, Tim Flynn and Mark Kargela

Track: Practice Management (PM)
The Language of Pain: Define It, Speak It, Integrate It
Presenters: Dana Tew, Jennifer Frerich and Sarah Lohmann

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Subacute Effects of Cervicothoracic Spinal Manipulation in Addition to Shoulder Manual Therapy Plus Exercise Intervention in Individuals with Subacromial Impingement Syndrome
Presenters: Alexis Wright and Alicia Emerson-Kavchak

Track: Practice Management (PM)
Lumbar Spine Surgical Decision Making for Three Patients: Case Based Reflections on the Interprofessional Collaboration between the Patients, Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapist and Neurosurgeon
Presenters: Bryan Dennison, Michael Leal and Michael Song

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Integration of home exercise with manual therapy strategies: Does it work and is it worthwhile?
Presenters: Gail Deyle and Chris Allen

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Upper Cervical Screening in OMT: Updating Practice through Clinical Reasoning
Presenter: Bradley Myers

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Treating the Lower Kinetic Chain in the Throwing Athlete
Presenters: Toko Nguyen and Benjamin Renfrow
4:35 pm — 5:35 pm Presidential and Founders Debate
5:45 pm — 7:45 pm AAOMPT Business Meeting
8:15 pm — 12:00 am Networking Reception — Party Like It's 1991 — Celebrating 25 Years!
Be sure to pack your favorite 90s wear or your "Silver Ensemble" to celebrate 25 years of AAOMPT!

Sunday, October 30

7:30 am — 12:15 pm Registration
8:00 am — 9:00 am Breakout Session 5

Track: Practice Management (PM)
Understanding the foundations of manual therapy across professions to enlighten the future of OMPT
Presenter: Cameron MacDonald

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Current Concepts in Headache Management and Implications for the Manual Therapist
Presenters: Jonathan Borger and Sean Griech

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Spinal Manipulation: Future Practice based on Evidence and Clinical Decision Making for Safety and Patient Comfort (Part 1)
Presenters: Alec Kay and Brian Power
9:05 am — 10:05 am Breakout Session 6

Track: Communicator (CM)
The Physical Therapists' role as motivator for change — do you have the right tools?
Presenter: Amy Garrigues

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Conservative management of neurovascular entrapments of the upper extremity: A clinical reasoning challenge for orthopaedic manual physical therapists
Presenter: Laura Kenny

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Spinal Manipulation: Future Practice based on Evidence and Clinical Decision Making for Safety and Patient Comfort (Part 2)
Presenters: Alec Kay and Brian Power
10:10 am — 11:10 am Breakout Session 7

Track: Communicator (CM)
'Three-Dimensional' Development of Clinical Reasoning with Participation in Post-Professional Programs; a proposed model
Presenters: Beth Collier and Maggie Gebhardt

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Red Flags and Red Herrings: Clinical Decision Making in the Assessment and Treatment of Headaches
Presenters: Michael O'Donnell and Lyssa Cleary

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Strategies for Teaching Manual Therapy to Out-Sized Students and Entry-Level Clinicians
Presenters: Matthew Lee and Charles Hazle
11:15 am — 12:15 pm Breakout Session 7

Track: Practice Management (PM)
Medical Screening for Tomorrow's Manual Physical Therapist
Presenters: Derek Clewley, Elizabeth Lane and Christina Myers

Track: Practice Management (PM)
Practical Application and Opportunities for Advanced Practice Physical Therapy
Presenters: Brent Perdrizet, Richard Zaruba and Evan Kelley

Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM)
Decreasing barriers to performing manual therapy: Altering textbook techniques for individuals without the textbook manual therapist body
Presenters: Mitchell Selhorst and Mindy Galleher
12:15 pm Conference Adjourns

*Schedule is tentative. Times and sessions are subject to change.