Schedule at a Glance

Wednesday, October 18
8:00 am — 5:30 pm	Registration
8:30 am — 5:30 pm	Pre-Conference Sessions Extremity and Spinal Manipulation for the Upper and Lower Quarter: Elevate your OMT Practice Presenter(s): Alec Kay, Brian Power Movement Analysis of the Extremities: Exploring Directional Preference Presenter(s): Ronald Schenk, Cora Aytona, Chris Chase Differential diagnosis and treatment of sports-related concussion: Where orthopaedic and neurological therapy collide Presenter(s): Jennifer Reneker, Megan Donaldson
Thursday, October 19
8:00 am — 7:00 pm	Registration
8:30 am — 5:30 pm	Pre-Conference Sessions Manipulating the Brain or Spine? Applying Modern Pain Neuroscience to Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy Practice *SOLD OUT* Presenter(s): Jo Nijs On the Cutting Edge: Defining the Role of Physical Therapy for Osteoarthritis of the Knee Presenter(s): Chris Allen, Gail Deyle, Elizabeth Painter Beyond the Slump Test: Lower Quarter Evaluation and Treatment of Peripheral Nerve Sensitization (The Angry Mother-in law) in Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Patients. *SOLD OUT* Presenter(s): Jack Stagge
5:30 pm — 6:30 pm	Welcome Address Welcome Jim Rivard Advocacy History of AAOMPT Elaine Lonnemann Stanley Paris Ken Olson
6:30 pm — 7:30 pm	Fellow Recognition Ceremony
7:30 pm — 8:30 pm	Welcome Reception - "Drinks and Dialogue"
Friday, October 20
7:00 am — 7:45 am	Coffee & Conversations - Breakfast with Exhibitors & Speakers
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 Presenter(s): Jim Rivard
8:15 am — 9:45 am	Keynote Address Moving Upstream Towards Injury Prevention Presenter(s): Carolyn Emery
9:45 am — 9:55 am	Coffee Break/Poster Walk in Exhibit Hall
10:00 am — 10:25 am	5x5 Research Presentations
10:30 am — 12:00 pm	Keynote Address Balancing Hands-On and Hands-Off Interventions in the Treatment of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Presenter(s): Jo Nijs
12:00 pm — 2:00 pm	Awards Luncheon
2:05 pm — 3:05 pm	Distinguished Lecturer Presentation Presenter(s): Joe Donnelly
3:05 pm — 3:45 pm	Coffee Break/Poster Walk in Exhibit Halll
3:45 pm — 5:15 pm	Keynote Address The Manual Therapy World Is No Longer Flat Presenter(s): Paul Mintken
5:20 pm — 5:45 pm	5x5 Clinical Pearl Presentations
5:50 pm — 6:30 pm	Keynote Panel Discussion - "Friday Fun" Panelists: Jo Nijs, Carolyn Emery, Paul Mintken Moderator: Alexis Wright
6:30 pm — 7:30 pm	ACF SIG Meeting
6:30 pm — 7:30 pm	Sports SIG Meeting
6:30 pm — 7:30 pm	Practice Affairs Open Forum
6:30 pm — 7:45 pm	Poster Presentations Reception
6:30 pm — 8:00 pm	sSIG Meeting - Manual Therapy Hands On
8:30 pm	Salt Lake City Pub Crawl - Offsite
Saturday, October 21
7:00 am — 5:00 pm	Registration
7:00 am — 7:50 am	Breakfast with Exhibitors
7:00 am — 7:50 am	Committee Meeting Breakfast (invitation only)
7:00 am — 8:00 am	sSIG Meeting - Loan Education Session
8:00 am — 8:50 am	General Session — Physical Therapy Innovations (PTI) Talks Presenter(s): Jason Rodeghero, Carolyn Emery
8:50 am — 9:15 am	5x5 Research Presentations
9:20 am — 10:00 am	General Session — PTI Talks Presenter(s): Paul Mintken, Jo Nijs
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: Clinical Thrust joint manipulation of the transitional areas of the spine Presenter(s): William O'Grady, Louie Puentedura Track: Clinical An Australian Osteopathic approach to mobilization and manipulation of the Lower Extremity Presenter(s): Matthew Wood Track: Clinical Upper Ribs: Uncommon link to shoulder/Thoracic and Cervical regions Presenter(s): Catherine Patla, Libby Bergman, Amanda Grant Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) Specificity Matters in Treating Peripheral Nerve Sensitivity (The Angry Mother in Law) Patient specific treatment is guided by their sensory profiles and provocation patterns. Presenter(s): Jack Stagge Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) If Goldilocks was a PT...The Principles of Tissue Loading: Getting it "Just Right" Presenter(s): Dana Tew, Brian Duncan Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: Clinical Decision Making in the Assessment and Treatment of the Lumbopelvic- hip region Presenter(s): Michael O'Donnell, Andrew Hawkins Track: Educator Elevating Our Profession Through Mentoring: From Master Clinicians to Millennials Presenter(s): Lauren Clark Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) Dynamic Spinal Control – Blending Of Dominant Paradigms Presenter(s): Rusty Smith, Gary Austin
12:00 pm — 1:30 pm	Lunch in Exhibit Hall
1:35 pm — 2:35 pm	Breakout Session 2 Track: Clinical Evaluation and Treatment of Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome Using Manual Therapy and Specific Adverse Neural Tissue Tension Testing Presenter(s): Mark Gutierrez, Matthew Walker Track: Clinical Upper Cervical Anatomy/Biomechanics: Applying Anomalies and Imaging to Management of Headaches & Neck Pain Presenter(s): Rusty Smith, Jason Grandeo, Kevin Helgeson Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) Manual Physical Therapy for Upper Extremity Neuropathy – a clinically reasoned approach Presenter(s): Rachel Condon, Chris Allen, Elizabeth Painter Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) Evaluation, Treatment and Differential Diagnosis of Plantar Heel Pain Presenter(s): Pieter Kroon, Katherine Gwyn Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) Constructing a Differential Diagnosis: Methods to consider for physical therapists as first contact healthcare providers. Presenter(s): Carleen Jogodka Track: Educator From Learner to Leader: Lessons learned along the mentorship continuum. Presenter(s): Dana Tew, Jennifer Frerich, James Heafner Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) Neuromechanics and the Recent Advances in Understanding the Role of Connective Tissue in Movement Disorders Presenter(s): Lawrence Steinbeck, Brent Harper, Carl Heldman
2:40 pm — 3:40 pm	Breakout Session 3 Track: Clinical Upper Ribs: Uncommon link to shoulder/Thoracic and Cervical regions Presenter(s): Catherine Patla, Libby Bergman, Amanda Grant Track: Clinical Management of patients with chronic pain: does manual therapy harm or help? Presenter(s): Jason Sharpe, Elizabeth Lane Track: Clinical Symmetry is Overrated: Advancing the Thrower from Rehab to High Performance Presenter(s): Toko Nguyen, Ben Renfrow, Adeeb Khalfe Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) Elevate Your Manual Therapy Practice by Incorporating State-of-the-Art External Focus Exercise and Training Presenter(s): Jan Dommerholt, Marc Sickel Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) Hey Students, Get With The Flow! (Lumbar Intervertebral Fluid Flow and Impacts of Spinal Loading) Presenter(s): Mary Beth Geiser, Ulrike Mitchell Track: Scholarship Burden of Proof - Part 1: Circumstantial Evidence and Paradigm Shifts in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Presenter(s): Roy Film Track:Educator Implementation Science for the orthopedic and manual physical therapist: Part 1 Presenter(s): Jake Magel, Julie Fritz, Anne Thackeray, Kim Cohee, Whitney Meier, Pam Hansen Track:Clinical Decision Making (CDM) Opportunities in Clinical Reasoning - Considering the Whole Person: A Blueprint for an Integrated Biomedical and Biopsychosocial Clinical Reasoning Model for the Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapist Presenter(s): Michael Leal, Bryan Dennison, Janice Lwin
3:45 pm — 4:45 pm	Breakout Session 4 Track: Clinical Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction: An Area of Untapped Potential for Physical Therapists Presenter(s): Paul Tadak, Jeffrey Chelette Track: Clinical Impairment-Based Approaches – Wrong End of the Stick? Presenter(s): Rusty Smith, Kevin Helgeson Track: Clinical Evaluation and Treatment of Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome Using Manual Therapy and Specific Adverse Neural Tissue Tension Testing Presenter(s): Mark Gutierrez, Matthew Walker Track: Clinical ALL IS NOT LOST: The Emerging Role of Manual Physical Therapists for Anterolateral Ligament Injuries and Rotatory Instabilities of the Knee Presenter(s): Matthew Daugherty, Amanda Grant, David Kempfert Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) Differential Diagnosis of the Lumbar Spine and Lower Extremity Nerve Entrapment Presenter(s): Cody Mansfield Track: Scholarship Burden of Proof - Part 2: Navigating Sea Changes as an Evidence-Informed Practitioner Presenter(s): Roy Film Track: Educator Implementation Science for the orthopedic and manual physical therapist: Part 2 Presenter(s): Jake Magel, Julie Fritz, Anne Thackeray, Kim Cohee, Whitney Meier, Pam Hansen Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) Subgroup Classification and Directional Preference: are they only useful in the spine? Presenter(s): Joshua Kidd
4:50 pm — 5:00 pm	Special Announcement from AAOMPT Board
5:00 pm — 5:45 pm	General Session Panel - "Saturday Couch Chat" Panelists: Ken Olson, Elaine Lonnemann, Joe Donnelly, Paul Mintken Moderator: Megan Donaldson
6:00 pm — 7:45 pm	AAOMPT Business Meeting
8:00 pm — 12:00 am	Networking Reception — "Salt Lake City Brings Back the Olympics" Together, as members, let's join to elevate OMPT practice and celebrate with food and music. Since we are in an Olympic City, we want to showcase the six colors of the rings to represent the decade you completed your entry-level PT program. *Please Join us and wear your color!* White - 2010-Present Red - 2000-2010 Green - 1990's Black - 1980's Yellow -1970's Blue - 1960's or earlier
Sunday, October 22
7:30 am — 12:15 pm	Registration
8:00 am — 9:00 am	Breakout Session 5 Track: Clinical Novel taping techniques for the foot and ankle in high level ballet dancers: Techniques across the rehabilitation continuum from acute injury through return to performance Presenter(s): Emma Faulkner, Margaret Gebhardt Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) Differential Diagnosis of the Lumbar Spine and Lower Extremity Nerve Entrapment Presenter(s): Cody Mansfield Track: Scholarship Poster, Presentation, Paranoia! How to start and, finish, and present research. A Primer. Presenter(s): Karen Dubrow, Steve Karas, Jodi Young Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) A movement impairment based approach to evaluation and treatment of common UE overuse injuries: Part 1 Presenter(s): Pieter Kroon and Brenda Boucher
9:05 am — 10:05 am	Breakout Session 6 Track: Clinical Thoracic Outlet Syndrome- An Evidence Based Investigation: It's more common than we originally thought. Presenter(s): Ulysses Juntilla Track: Clinical The Triaxial function of the Radio-Ulnar joints and its relationship to Osteoarthritis of the first CMC Presenter(s): Gail Molloy, Renee Johnson Track: Clinical The role of coccyx dysfunction in lumbopelvic pain, an integrated approach to evaluation and treatment Presenter(s): Michelle Nesin, Janine Nesin Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) A movement impairment based approach to evaluation and treatment of common UE overuse injuries: Part 2 Presenter(s): Pieter Kroon, Brenda Boucher
10:10 am — 11:10 am	Breakout Session 7 Track: Clinical Thrust joint manipulation of the transitional areas of the spine Presenter(s): William O'Grady, Louie Puentedura Track: Educator Elevate Your Profession: Engagement Approaches to Facilitate Critical Thinking in Teaching Orthopaedics and Manual Therapy. Presenter(s): John Heick, Michael Lebec Track: Clinical Extremity and Spinal Manipulation for the Upper Quarter: Elevate your OMT Practice Presenter(s): Alec Kay, Brian Power
11:15 am — 12:15 pm	Breakout Session 8 Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) Hey Students, Get With The Flow! (Lumbar Intervertebral Fluid Flow and Impacts of Spinal Loading) Presenter(s): Mary Beth Geiser, Ulrike Mitchell Track: Clinical Decision Making (CDM) Specificty Matters in Treating Peripheral Nerve Sensitivity (The Angry Mother in Law) Patient specific treatment is guided by their sensory profiles and provocation patterns. Presenter(s): Jack Stagge Track: Educator Elevating Our Profession Through Mentoring: From Master Clinicians to Millennials Presenter(s): Lauren Clark Track: Clinical Extremity and Spinal Manipulation for the Lower Quarter: Elevate your OMT Practice Presenter(s): Alec Kay and Brian Power
12:15 pm	Conference Adjourns

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

Schedule at a Glance

Schedule at a Glance

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