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When
10/23/2024 - 10/27/2024
Where
Rosen Shingle Creek 9939 Universal Blvd Orlando, FL 32819 UNITED STATES
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Program

00) Xperience Program

Description
FOR FIRST TIME ATTENDEES ONLY: First Time AAOMPT Conference Attendees are invited to join the Xperience Program! The program is designed to foster inclusion, increase networking and build new and lasting connections with newer members. *The Xperience Program is limited to 50 participants, so don't miss out on this great opportunity to MAXIMIZE your xperience at the 2024 AAOMPT Conference.*
Category
00) Xperience Program
When
10/23/2024 - 10/27/2024
10/23/2024

01) Preconference Session - Wednesday 8:30AM to 4:30PM

Description
Speaker(s): John Seivert - This session will be lecture / lab format to educate the participants about the use of motivational interviewing (MI) within the physical therapy scope of practice. During the lecture, there will be several videos demonstrating MI in practice. There will also be examples of poor interviewing techniques with strategies to improve the interview to achieve superior behavior changes from a physical therapy session. Participants will have the opportunity to practice MI skills in the breakout session to help solidify the newly learned techniques. Participants will have a full bibliography and reading list to support their learning of MI.
Category
01) Preconference Session - Wednesday 8:30AM to 4:30PM
Time
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
10/23/2024 8:30 AM
Speaker(s): Abe Shamma, Marwan Kublawi, Ashley Taylor, Ed Schiavone - The class will introduce the concepts of minimal leverage positioning and momentum induced thrust for TJM techniques for the spine. Both of these models move away from the model of end range spinal locking for technique application.  Patient and therapist comfort are prioritized. The class will also introduce the concept of integrating TJM techniques as a continuum of manual therapy within the treatment, such that there is no distinction on the part of the patient between examination, mobilization, and TJM.    By utilizing these concepts, the therapist is relieved of the burden to “make something happen” and the TJM ceases to be a separate event during the treatment session. Due to the inherent comfort of this approach the therapist is free to apply the chosen technique, or in the event of a poorly applied thrust (a “misfire”), there is an opportunity to reapply the technique.     The class will cover spinal TJM techniques and strategies to integrate them into general manual therapy and multimodal treatment. Lab sessions will focus on technique instruction, the concepts of gentle handling and positioning of the patient for comfort, and how to avoid end range locking techniques.
Category
01) Preconference Session - Wednesday 8:30AM to 4:30PM
Time
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
10/23/2024 8:30 AM
Speaker(s): Bill O'Grady, Louie Puentedura, Stacy Soappman, Valerie Coolman - The biggest challenge in thrust manual therapy lies in patient handling and effectively matching patient size to the appropriate technique. Among the most significant hurdles in manual therapy are the skills required for patient handling, including adept palpation, leveraging, and the clinician's ability to select the most suitable technique based on the patient's size.n our extensive experience, a prevalent issue among clinicians is the difficulty in applying the correct force, a deficit in placatory skills, and challenges in utilizing proper leverage, particularly when dealing with patients who vary greatly in size. Our approach aims to empower clinicians with problem-solving strategies by offering alternative methods for applying techniques that ensure optimal outcomes regardless of the patient's size.Drs. O'Grady and Puentedura draw upon multiple lever techniques pioneered by the esteemed UK osteopath Dr. Laurie Hartman. Meanwhile, Drs. Soappman and Coolman have innovated their thrust techniques, tailoring them to assist smaller female therapists in effectively applying techniques to larger patients, respectively. Through our combined expertise and specialized methodologies, we endeavor to enhance the effectiveness and precision of thrust manual therapy across diverse patient populations.
Category
01) Preconference Session - Wednesday 8:30AM to 4:30PM
Time
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
10/23/2024 8:30 AM

02) Preconference Session - Thursday 8:00AM - 2:30PM

Description
Speaker(s): Alec Kay, Jim Rivard - The session will be clinical in focus, using current evidence, diagnostic differential decision making with at least 70% of the session with hands on testing and treating. HVLAT techniques will be utilized in multiple regions of spine and extremities, along with soft tissue and some exercise concepts.
Category
02) Preconference Session - Thursday 8:00AM - 2:30PM
Time
8:00 AM - 2:30 PM
10/24/2024 8:00 AM
Speaker(s): Jeremy Lewis
Category
02) Preconference Session - Thursday 8:00AM - 2:30PM
Time
8:00 AM - 2:30 PM
10/24/2024 8:00 AM
Speaker(s): Terrence McGee, William Seymour, Gerard Smith - This preconference course caters to OMPT professionals actively involved in one-on-one mentorship of clinicians enrolled in residency and/or fellowship education programs. Participants will explore the concept of nurturing Master Adaptive Physical Therapist Learners, focusing on the mastery of OMPT knowledge and skills. Key topics include understanding the essential characteristics that mentees seek in a mentor and how to ensure mentorship programs effectively support the development of master adaptive learners. Moreover, participants will delve into the necessary knowledge and skills required to engage their mentees in experiential learning that promotes adaptive expertise, including self-reflection, meta-reasoning, critical thinking, and problem space reconstruction. The program will feature case-based education, integrating a compassionate approach to mentorship to foster openness, trust, and support for professionals who may be encountering professional challenges. This situational learning approach will draw from cases to equip mentors with the skills to navigate crucial conversations, such as addressing resistance to feedback, identifying signs of burnout, or assisting mentees lacking strong coping mechanisms.
Category
02) Preconference Session - Thursday 8:00AM - 2:30PM
Time
8:00 AM - 2:30 PM
10/24/2024 8:00 AM

03) Breakout Session 1 & 2

Description
Category
03) Breakout Session 1 & 2
Track
Master Clinician Session
Time
10:15 AM - 12:30 PM
10/26/2024 10:15 AM
This session will focus on the advanced utilization of graded oscillatory movements for assessment and treatment. Clinical reasoning approaches will be used to encourage specificity of what is felt by both the clinician and patient. We will zoom in and out of components of pain neurophysiology, ranging from pain mechanism categories to neurotransmitter responses to nociception and manual therapy interventions. Attendees will be presented with strategies to utilize data from basic science and mechanistic research which they can apply seamlessly on the Monday following the conference. We will use case-based learning throughout, including examples from each pain mechanism category. Heavy emphasis will be placed on developing advanced handling skills during the lab portions.
Category
03) Breakout Session 1 & 2
Track
Advanced Clinical Skills and Trends
Time
10:15 AM - 12:30 PM
10/26/2024 10:15 AM
Functional weightbearing requires an interdependent relationship of motion amongst all segments of the foot/ankle. Clinicians should be cognizant of how all segments rely on the unique function of the extrinsic musculature to control the combined motion of the foot/ankle. The purpose of this masterclass is to present the kinetics of the transverse tarsal, tarsometatarsal, metatarsophalangeal, and medial/lateral segments of the foot while emphasizing the dynamic function of the contractile elements. Lab presentations and practice will offer the participant hands on experience to facilitate learning to clinical practice. The use of case presentations shall facilitate discussions and application to clinical use. Participants will be involved in hands-on guided practice to facilitate self-appraisal of their performance to identify areas of both bias and self-improvement.
Category
03) Breakout Session 1 & 2
Track
Advanced Clinical Skills and Trends
Time
10:15 AM - 12:30 PM
10/26/2024 10:15 AM

04) Breakout Session 1

Description
You are a master clinician transitioning to an academician creating your first course.  As an OMPT educator, you are responsible for teaching manual therapy-specific concepts and skills, yet where does one start? Creating a course is a daunting task and you are looking for resources to jump-start the process. Welcome to Backward Design! After a successful implementation of our ACF-SIG Edutopia event, we have repurposed our content to bring this to a larger audience. The purpose of this session is to provide participants with an introduction to a backward design model that will facilitate the process of creating meaningful objectives as well as formative and summative assessments specific to OMPT content. Join the ACF SIG leadership for a course in backward design (Part 1) and leave with resources that you can take with you and implement directly into the classroom (Part 2).
Category
04) Breakout Session 1
Track
Teaching
Mentoring
Education Trends
Time
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
10/26/2024 10:15 AM
Patient expectations are defined as an individual’s belief in the potential for success in a specific treatment or intervention approach.  Research suggests that patient expectations have the potential to impact patient outcomes, including disability, function and pain. Further, recent research describes the interplay between evidence-based interventions, clinician messaging and patient expectations. Patient expectations can be positively modulated by exploring their beliefs, using an empathetic interaction style, and verbally suggesting that treatment is beneficial based on current best evidence.  Therefore, by fostering a deeper understanding of patient expectations and their effects within the context of orthopaedic manual physical therapy, this session aims to empower attendees with practical strategies for optimizing the patient-provider interaction by amplifying treatment expectations, to enhance the delivery and effectiveness of orthopaedic manual physical therapy interventions. This session will describe how to leverage patient expectations to maximize treatment outcomes.
Category
04) Breakout Session 1
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
10/26/2024 10:15 AM
Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (OMPTs) utilize a variety of frameworks and classifications for clinical decision-making involving treatment strategies of pain types and mechanisms. The emerging classification of pain phenotyping is novel and ever changing to improve clinical utility and accuracy. In this session, OMPTs will be provided with a clinical perspective for differentiating pain types and intervention classifications to inform clinical decision-making for treatment selection based on pain mechanisms to improve patient outcomes.
Category
04) Breakout Session 1
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
10/26/2024 10:15 AM
We all know that red flag screening is important for people presenting with shoulder pain.  There are a lot of sinister conditions that can present as shoulder pain. This session covers the current best evidence and an updated framework for medical screening people with shoulder pain.  Course material provides participants with the current body of literature surrounding the most effective strategies for structuring specific questions during the patient interview and tests to help determine levels of concern for specific sinister pathologies that can present as shoulder pain such as cardiopulmonary conditions, referral from the GI system, and cancer. A special emphasis will be placed on specific action items the learner can use the next day within clinic to confidently provide screening strategies in people with shoulder pain.
Category
04) Breakout Session 1
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
10/26/2024 10:15 AM
Category
04) Breakout Session 1
Track
Research Breakout
Time
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
10/26/2024 10:15 AM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: This session will be presented in three parts. We will first describe CBE, outline the benefits of competency-based education, and propose benefits for advanced manual therapy fellowship training. Second, we will present other post-graduate training models that have adopted these educational models and discuss how these models align with recent literature on updated training paradigms in Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy. Third, we will provide a sample case to illustrate the successful integration of CBE and discuss practical insights.
Category
04) Breakout Session 1
Track
Teaching
Mentoring
Education Trends
Time
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
10/26/2024 10:15 AM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) is an umbrella term for several conditions leading to lateral hip pain. Research shows a wide spectrum of treatment approaches for these conditions, which is further complicated by potential symptom referral from the spine. This session will emphasize the evidence-based differential diagnosis and management of patients with this presentation, highlighting the role of physical therapists as autonomous practitioners. The speakers will educate participants on essential examination items and treatment considerations associated with the treatment of this population and seek to inform advanced decision-making strategies. The audience will participate in several on-site polling opportunities to enhance clinical reasoning and help select optimal interventions for each case study presented.
Category
04) Breakout Session 1
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
10/26/2024 10:15 AM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: There has truly been a pain revolution, which is spilling over to the orthopedic realm. The famous social media quote (I showed up at a manual therapy conference only to have a pain conference break out), holds true and a sign of the times: blending pain science and manual therapy. Nowhere is this more needed than complex cases. Approximately one in five patients attending outpatient therapy present with nociplastic pain, which is clinically challenging. Additionally, high-impact chronic pain is now emerging in clinical practice. Clinically, more complicated cases are often seen by clinicians with advanced training, including manual therapists and fellows, which warrants them being updated on advanced pain science skills to examine and treat these patients. This session will highlight recent advances in pain science, specifically related to commonly seen orthopedic cases such as chronic low back pain, chronic neck pain and whiplash, radiculopathy, frozen shoulders, etc., and how to use pain science skills to assess and treat these complex cases. Tests and treatments include laterality, two-point discrimination, mirror therapy, localization, sensory discrimination, pain neuroscience education and more. This session is a must for all manual therapists and fellows encountering more complex patient cases, often resistant to “just” orthopedic treatments.
Category
04) Breakout Session 1
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
10/26/2024 10:15 AM

05) Breakout Session 2

Description
Evidence-based strategies to improve learning suggest that learning requires hard work and assessments should be given frequently and used as a tool for learning. Learners believe that massed practice, highlighting, rereading content over and over, and cramming is ideal for learning yet evidence suggests this is not effective. In part 2, the ACF-SIG will provide educators with strategies that incorporate backwards design principles from part I in designing curricula and reenforce learning.
Category
05) Breakout Session 2
Track
Teaching
Mentoring
Education Trends
Time
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
10/26/2024 11:30 AM
In this dynamic learning session, we will unravel the intricacies of information dissemination through social media, exploring its benefits and challenges. Our journey begins with insights drawn from a narrative review, shedding light on the quality of content circulating on social media platforms within the context of physical therapy practice. This session will contain three parts: Quality Assessment of Social Media Content, Navigating Credibility and fact-checking, and Real-time Participation and Discussion on Social Media platforms. Quality Assessment of Social Media Content: Delve into findings from a comprehensive narrative review evaluating the quality of content disseminated on various social media platforms pertinent to physical therapy. Gain a nuanced understanding of the diverse information landscape. Navigating Credibility: Engage in discussions on distinguishing credible information from the plethora of content available on social media. Explore potential methods and strategies for healthcare professionals, clinicians, and educators to identify trustworthy sources. Equip yourself with practical techniques for fact-checking information encountered on social media platforms. Real-time Participation and Discussion: Immerse yourself in engaging sessions featuring real-time discussions. Share insights, experiences, and strategies for navigating the complexities of information dissemination on social media within OMPT.
Category
05) Breakout Session 2
Track
Professional and Advocacy Issues
Time
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
10/26/2024 11:30 AM
There has truly been a pain revolution, which is spilling over to the orthopedic realm. The famous social media quote (I showed up at a manual therapy conference only to have a pain conference break out), holds true and a sign of the times: blending pain science and manual therapy. Nowhere is this more needed than complex cases. Approximately one in five patients attending outpatient therapy present with nociplastic pain, which is clinically challenging. Additionally, high-impact chronic pain is now emerging in clinical practice. Clinically, more complicated cases are often seen by clinicians with advanced training, including manual therapists and fellows, which warrants them being updated on advanced pain science skills to examine and treat these patients. This session will highlight recent advances in pain science, specifically related to commonly seen orthopedic cases such as chronic low back pain, chronic neck pain and whiplash, radiculopathy, frozen shoulders, etc., and how to use pain science skills to assess and treat these complex cases. Tests and treatments include laterality, two-point discrimination, mirror therapy, localization, sensory discrimination, pain neuroscience education and more. This session is a must for all manual therapists and fellows encountering more complex patient cases, often resistant to “just” orthopedic treatments.
Category
05) Breakout Session 2
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
10/26/2024 11:30 AM
Imagine a movie scene that begins in an empty examination room of a medical clinic. Now imagine that the expert walks in the room. What did that expert look like? White coat? Person with alphabet soup behind their name? Or…did you happen to picture…the patient? We as healthcare providers commonly fall back into the paternalistic mindset that we are the only expert present in the examination room. But while we may be the expert on healthcare, the patient is the expert on their experience and values. If we ignore the other expert in the room, our clinical effectiveness is known to suffer. In this session, we will thoroughly explore the often neglected third leg of the EBP triad – patient values, or as we argue, “patient expertise”. We will discuss how to break free from the traditional ineffective, monotonous provider-focused examination and demonstrate how the advanced-practicing OMPT clinician prioritizes and capitalizes on their patient’s expertise within all aspects of the encounter – from the patient interview to examination to assessment to intervention. This session will benefit the OMPT clinician looking to achieve better outcomes and establish more rewarding, meaningful collaboration with each patient.
Category
05) Breakout Session 2
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
10/26/2024 11:30 AM
Category
05) Breakout Session 2
Track
Research Breakout
Time
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
10/26/2024 11:30 AM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: In this session we will explore rationale for adaptations of dry needling strategies for each of three major mechanism-based classifications of pain: nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic. With attention to pain mechanism the clinician can provide an individualized intervention for optimal outcomes.
Category
05) Breakout Session 2
Track
Teaching
Mentoring
Education Trends
Time
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
10/26/2024 11:30 AM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: It is reported that 50% of patients following a motor vehicle collision move into the chronic pain phase, resulting in significant challenge for clinicians. Factors such as high levels of acute pain, high levels of disability and cold hyperalgesia has been tied to persistent pain. Psychosocially, emerging research is pointing to PTSD, depression and pain catastrophizing as major contributors to persistent pain and WAD and must become part of the examination and treatment battery in this patient population. Studies have shown that patients with WAD prefer psychologically informed care delivered by physical therapists over mental health providers and clinical results back psychologically informed care for WAD. This session will provide attendees with an overview of the persistent WAD pain landscape, emerging research into PTSD, depression, and pain catastrophizing in WAD, as well as examination and treatment strategies to treat this challenging patient population.
Category
05) Breakout Session 2
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
10/26/2024 11:30 AM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: Artificial Intelligence is seemingly everywhere. Even things that used to be just computerized now are “powered by AI.” So, just what does AI mean? How can it impact healthcare and the physical therapy profession and patients? A framework of health justice, in which inclusive, and equitable care delivery and patient rights take the forefront can provide a lens upon which to learn about and analyze AI. This session will define AI, review how AI is impacting our profession, the OMPT field, and patients, and review potential risks that come with the explosive growth of AI in our society. Attendees will see real time examples of AI at work, and leave the session prepared to be leaders in advocacy issues related to AI.
Category
05) Breakout Session 2
Track
Professional and Advocacy Issues
Time
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
10/26/2024 11:30 AM

06) Breakout Session 3 & 4

Description
Orthopaedic manual therapists are highly skilled at assessing a patient's function as it relates to anatomy and biomechanics, but often avoid conversations about sexual function. Sexual function is considered an activity of daily living, but unlike transfers and gait, is often avoided as “taboo”. In this session, OMPTs will learn about the overlaps between lumbopelvic pain neurophysiology and the neurophysiology of sexual function and how the two may become interrelated within their patients. Participants will learn about strategies to screen for sexual dysfunction as a secondary impairment and understand how to incorporate OMPT into the patient's plan of care. Participants will also practice manual therapy interventions that can be commonly used to address lumbopelvic pain that will also impact sexual function. Finally, participants will learn how to identify when a patient requires a referral to another provider to address sexual dysfunction. This session is designed for the OMPT with no pelvic health experience or prior training.
Category
06) Breakout Session 3 & 4
Track
Advanced Clinical Skills & Trends
Time
2:00 PM - 4:15 PM
10/26/2024 2:00 PM
In this lecture and hands on session force curves will be discussed. Sensor technology will be used to demonstrate how manual therapy techniques forces and time curves apply. When teaching a thrust technique or graded occilations learner feedback can be challenging. The use of force sensors can provide instant feedback on force and time while the techniques are being performed. This hands on lab will allow participants to practice different manual therapy techniques with instant sensor feedback.
Category
06) Breakout Session 3 & 4
Track
Advanced Clinical Skills & Trends
Time
2:00 PM - 4:15 PM
10/26/2024 2:00 PM
A review of the literature with discussion of tissue healing considerations post-concussion will be emphasized to establish the basis for formulating guidelines on appropriate and safe timing of OMPT implementation (eg. Soft tissue, joint mobilizations, joint manipulations). This will include discussing red flags for performing OMPT techniques in post-concussive patients. Changes of suboccipital muscle morphology and function after concussion including the chronic sequelae will be reviewed. The influence of OMPT of regional joints on the cervical spine function (eg. EMG activity) will be explored.
Category
06) Breakout Session 3 & 4
Track
Advanced Clinical Skills & Trends
Time
2:00 PM - 4:15 PM
10/26/2024 2:00 PM

07) Breakout Session 3

Description
Manual examination and diagnostic imaging can each contribute to your clinical decision-making, but when should you value one more than the other? Or when do your hands suggest to you imaging should be completed?  How do you integrate your exam findings and imaging to make optimal patient care decisions?  How do you reconcile potential differences in their results?  Referral for imaging and responding to that imaging result are increasingly becoming components of physical therapist practice nationally.  This session is directed at improving our understanding the correlation of manual examination procedures and diagnostic imaging of the spine.  Common examination procedures and clinical presentations are presented for their relationship to the need for diagnostic imaging and for imaging results.  Substantial evidence exists of this relationship with many patient care circumstances but requires further consideration for full integration into daily decision-making practices for both medical screening for serious disorders and for routine patient management.  Attendees of this session will gain a better understanding the relationship of clinical examination of patients presenting with spinal disorders and diagnostic imaging.  This includes imaging and examination correlates for instabilities, possible fractures, mobility deficits, radiating pain syndromes and myelopathies, along with serious life/health-threatening disorders.
Category
07) Breakout Session 3
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
10/26/2024 2:00 PM
PTs routinely see patients who have diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, or significant risk factors for diabetes. It is critical that the OMPT understand the systemic effects of diabetes, including the musculoskeletal system. An overview of Type 2 diabetes, as well as the clinical implications of GLP-1 agonist medication use will be presented. The pathophysiological effects of diabetes on muscle tissue will be highlighted, including the evidence regarding the risk for sarcopenia in this population. The presentation will provide ways to assess for sarcopenia in the clinic. Evidence-based guidelines for resistance training in Type 2 diabetes (as well as in the  prediabetic or obese state) will be presented to help our patients preserve muscle mass, improve glycemic markers and improve their quality of life, with particular attention to the subset of patients that may be experiencing rapid weight loss due to this new class of medication (GLP-1 agonists).
Category
07) Breakout Session 3
Track
Professional and Advocacy Issues
Time
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
10/26/2024 2:00 PM
The purpose of this session is to shed light on the pivotal role of nutrition in the management of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and emphasize its relevance to physical therapists. By exploring the intersection of nutrition and CMP, the session aims to equip physical therapists with the knowledge and tools necessary to integrate nutrition education into their practice. Through this interactive session participants will gain insights into the impact of diet on inflammation, tissue healing, and overall musculoskeletal health. This session will serve as a platform for fostering a deeper understanding of the teaching role of nutrition, empowering physical therapists to optimize patient outcomes, review behavior change techniques to integrate into the clinical practice to promote positive health outcomes, and contribute to a holistic approach in managing chronic pain conditions.
Category
07) Breakout Session 3
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
10/26/2024 2:00 PM
This session will be presented in three parts. We will first describe CBE, outline the benefits of competency-based education, and propose benefits for advanced manual therapy fellowship training. Second, we will present other post-graduate training models that have adopted these educational models and discuss how these models align with recent literature on updated training paradigms in Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy. Third, we will provide a sample case to illustrate the successful integration of CBE and discuss practical insights.
Category
07) Breakout Session 3
Track
Teaching
Mentoring
Education Trends
Time
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
10/26/2024 2:00 PM
Category
07) Breakout Session 3
Track
Research Breakout
Time
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
10/26/2024 2:00 PM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: You are a master clinician transitioning to an academician creating your first course.  As an OMPT educator, you are responsible for teaching manual therapy-specific concepts and skills, yet where does one start? Creating a course is a daunting task and you are looking for resources to jump-start the process. Welcome to Backward Design! After a successful implementation of our ACF-SIG Edutopia event, we have repurposed our content to bring this to a larger audience. The purpose of this session is to provide participants with an introduction to a backward design model that will facilitate the process of creating meaningful objectives as well as formative and summative assessments specific to OMPT content. Join the ACF SIG leadership for a course in backward design (Part 1) and leave with resources that you can take with you and implement directly into the classroom (Part 2).
Category
07) Breakout Session 3
Track
Teaching
Mentoring
Education Trends
Time
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
10/26/2024 2:00 PM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: Controversies exist surrounding manual therapy (MT), particularly regarding its effectiveness and the reasons behind its efficacy. This session will cover the current clinical evidence involving MT, mechanisms associated with MT, and the present obstacles that impede our progress in advancing the science of MT. This session aims to enhance attendees' analytical skills and ability to create balanced arguments, as well as to provide context for future MT research, encouraging curiosity and intention behind the MT skillset, valuable for patient care. The presenters will provide background and context of the current melodrama associated with MT. The myths and controversies will be addressed from an evidence-informed perspective to provide a baseline for the audience. Next, we transition to the second topic, the analytical evaluation of the current state of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness research for MT.  The final topic in the session will highlight and dedicate time to identify and discuss the scientific mechanisms associated with MT interventions. Mechanisms are responsible for determining how treatments work; a critical question for both developing theory and enhancing treatment efficacy. Studies that evaluate “how” treatments work, not just “if” treatments work are of considerable importance and may inform patient care.
Category
07) Breakout Session 3
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
10/26/2024 2:00 PM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: This exciting and interactive session will describe a pragmatic approach to the medical screening process with an emphasis on 5 medical conditions that carry great significance in terms of incidence, morbidity, mortality, health care costs, and diagnostic challenges for clinicians. Some conditions, such as myocardial infarction, are among the most common disorders in the United States, and many patients, particularly women, don’t “fit” the classic angina presentation. Other conditions, such as cauda equina, are rare in the general population but potentially require urgent surgical referrals. Using pertinent patient case examples and current perspectives in clinical practice, an emphasis will be placed on describing pertinent patient history and physical examination findings that may prompt the physical therapist to hypothesize about the existence of these serious medical conditions. Timely and appropriate physician referrals will also be discussed since prompt medical evaluation and management is critical to the prognosis of these potentially serious conditions.
Category
07) Breakout Session 3
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
10/26/2024 2:00 PM

08) Breakout Session 4

Description
Artificial Intelligence is seemingly everywhere. Even things that used to be just computerized now are “powered by AI.” So, just what does AI mean? How can it impact healthcare and the physical therapy profession and patients? A framework of health justice, in which inclusive, and equitable care delivery and patient rights take the forefront can provide a lens upon which to learn about and analyze AI. This session will define AI, review how AI is impacting our profession, the OMPT field, and patients, and review potential risks that come with the explosive growth of AI in our society. Attendees will see real time examples of AI at work, and leave the session prepared to be leaders in advocacy issues related to AI.
Category
08) Breakout Session 4
Track
Professional and Advocacy Issues
Time
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
10/26/2024 3:15 PM
Ultrasound imaging offers a cutting-edge approach for visualization and feedback. Musculoskeletal ultrasound provides excellent diagnostic information to the clinician and can provide patients feedback on muscle activation. It also offers manual therapists a novel means to receive real-time feedback on their examination and treatment techniques, specifically joint mobilizations. Notably, multiple studies have demonstrated ultrasound is a reliable means to measure subtle accessory glenohumeral joint motion. Moreover, it can effectively illustrate the dynamics of joint movement in the hip, hands, and ankles during mobilization. Additionally, ultrasound imaging is particularly advantageous for a detailed understanding of the soft tissue components involved in manipulative techniques. The presenters will share their strategies for integrating ultrasound imaging into clinical practice and fellowship training.
Category
08) Breakout Session 4
Track
Teaching
Mentoring
Education Trends
Time
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
10/26/2024 3:15 PM
Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) is an umbrella term for several conditions leading to lateral hip pain. Research shows a wide spectrum of treatment approaches for these conditions, which is further complicated by potential symptom referral from the spine. This session will emphasize the evidence-based differential diagnosis and management of patients with this presentation, highlighting the role of physical therapists as autonomous practitioners. The speakers will educate participants on essential examination items and treatment considerations associated with the treatment of this population and seek to inform advanced decision-making strategies. The audience will participate in several on-site polling opportunities to enhance clinical reasoning and help select optimal interventions for each case study presented.
Category
08) Breakout Session 4
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
10/26/2024 3:15 PM
Lecture content will consist of defining what tactile cues are and debunking myths again which patients would benefit from them. Tactile cueing technique, type, and use will be discussed looking at the pros and cons of each. Case scenarios will be utilized to demonstrate how tactile cues can be utilized throughout the rehabilitative process in both treating both the post-operative and non operative  orthopaedic patient.
Category
08) Breakout Session 4
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
10/26/2024 3:15 PM
Category
08) Breakout Session 4
Track
Research Breakout
Time
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
10/26/2024 3:15 PM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: Evidence-based strategies to improve learning suggest that learning requires hard work and assessments should be given frequently and used as a tool for learning. Learners believe that massed practice, highlighting, rereading content over and over, and cramming is ideal for learning yet evidence suggests this is not effective. In part 2, the ACF-SIG will provide educators with strategies that incorporate backwards design principles from part I in designing curricula and reenforce learning.
Category
08) Breakout Session 4
Track
Teaching
Mentoring
Education Trends
Time
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
10/26/2024 3:15 PM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: The session will be taught by FAAOMPTs with extensive experience in treating pediatric athletes. It will include common pain generators and movement inhibitors seen among pediatric athletes from multiple sports. It will also include video instruction in how to evaluate and treat pediatric athletes using the principles of joint mobilization and manipulation. The PUMT decision tool will be used to help facilitate pediatric treatment planning.
Category
08) Breakout Session 4
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
10/26/2024 3:15 PM

09) Breakout Session 5 & 6

Description
Treating testicular and penile pain does not have to be confounding, in fact, it can be straightforward. It lies in understanding the etiology, inferring the appropriate subjective and objective data collection and then ultimately applying the appropriate treatment.  More than likely, the treatments you are providing for back and hip pain are also helping the patient to achieve goals related to bowel, bladder, and sexual health.   This session will equip PTs with the knowledge to apply regional orthopedic manual treatments for pelvic symptoms, highlighting that such techniques can also benefit bowel, bladder, and sexual health.
Category
09) Breakout Session 5 & 6
Track
Advanced Clinical Skills & Trends
Time
8:00 AM - 10:10 AM
10/27/2024 8:00 AM
Errors in joint mobility examination can adversely influence decision making strategies, thus negatively impacting patient outcomes. This presentation will highlight common errors in joint mobility assessment. Lab sessions will offer the participant hands-on experience through focusing on principles of joint mobility testing. The use of both spine and extremity joint case examples shall facilitate discussions and application to clinical use. Participants will be involved in hands-on guided practice to facilitate self-appraisal of their performance to identify areas of both bias and self-improvement.
Category
09) Breakout Session 5 & 6
Track
Advanced Clinical Skills & Trends
Time
8:00 AM - 10:10 AM
10/27/2024 8:00 AM
This presentation explores the process of clinical reasoning through the use of anatomy and biomechanics to assess and treat the midfoot. The clinical reasoning process will allow therapist to identify midfoot dysfunctions. The lab portion of the course will provide participants with multiple mobilizations and manipulations to address each of the joints in the midfoot.
Category
09) Breakout Session 5 & 6
Track
Advanced Clinical Skills & Trends
Time
8:00 AM - 10:10 AM
10/27/2024 8:00 AM

10) Breakout Session 5

Description
In this session we will explore rationale for adaptations of dry needling strategies for each of three major mechanism-based classifications of pain: nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic. With attention to pain mechanism the clinician can provide an individualized intervention for optimal outcomes.
Category
10) Breakout Session 5
Track
Teaching
Mentoring
Education Trends
Time
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
10/27/2024 8:00 AM
It is reported that 50% of patients following a motor vehicle collision move into the chronic pain phase, resulting in significant challenge for clinicians. Factors such as high levels of acute pain, high levels of disability and cold hyperalgesia has been tied to persistent pain. Psychosocially, emerging research is pointing to PTSD, depression and pain catastrophizing as major contributors to persistent pain and WAD and must become part of the examination and treatment battery in this patient population. Studies have shown that patients with WAD prefer psychologically informed care delivered by physical therapists over mental health providers and clinical results back psychologically informed care for WAD. This session will provide attendees with an overview of the persistent WAD pain landscape, emerging research into PTSD, depression, and pain catastrophizing in WAD, as well as examination and treatment strategies to treat this challenging patient population.
Category
10) Breakout Session 5
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
10/27/2024 8:00 AM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: Patient expectations are defined as an individual’s belief in the potential for success in a specific treatment or intervention approach.  Research suggests that patient expectations have the potential to impact patient outcomes, including disability, function and pain. Further, recent research describes the interplay between evidence-based interventions, clinician messaging and patient expectations. Patient expectations can be positively modulated by exploring their beliefs, using an empathetic interaction style, and verbally suggesting that treatment is beneficial based on current best evidence.  Therefore, by fostering a deeper understanding of patient expectations and their effects within the context of orthopaedic manual physical therapy, this session aims to empower attendees with practical strategies for optimizing the patient-provider interaction by amplifying treatment expectations, to enhance the delivery and effectiveness of orthopaedic manual physical therapy interventions. This session will describe how to leverage patient expectations to maximize treatment outcomes.
Category
10) Breakout Session 5
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
10/27/2024 8:00 AM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: Manual examination and diagnostic imaging can each contribute to your clinical decision-making, but when should you value one more than the other? Or when do your hands suggest to you imaging should be completed?  How do you integrate your exam findings and imaging to make optimal patient care decisions?  How do you reconcile potential differences in their results?  Referral for imaging and responding to that imaging result are increasingly becoming components of physical therapist practice nationally.  This session is directed at improving our understanding the correlation of manual examination procedures and diagnostic imaging of the spine.  Common examination procedures and clinical presentations are presented for their relationship to the need for diagnostic imaging and for imaging results.  Substantial evidence exists of this relationship with many patient care circumstances but requires further consideration for full integration into daily decision-making practices for both medical screening for serious disorders and for routine patient management.  Attendees of this session will gain a better understanding the relationship of clinical examination of patients presenting with spinal disorders and diagnostic imaging.  This includes imaging and examination correlates for instabilities, possible fractures, mobility deficits, radiating pain syndromes and myelopathies, along with serious life/health-threatening disorders.
Category
10) Breakout Session 5
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
10/27/2024 8:00 AM

11) Breakout Session 6

Description
Despite recent growth in post-professional mentorship programs, few resources exist to guide physical therapists who are new to mentoring. Although pragmatic mentoring resources in physical therapy are sparse, other professions are replete with literature and guidelines. Mentors from an AAOMPT manual therapy fellowship and an ABPTRFE accredited orthopedic residency program have synthesized the existing literature to create principles that guide mentor behavior in order to foster the most beneficial learning environment for fellows-in-training and residents in orthopedics. The creation of shared principles is a novel approach in the physical therapy setting, intended to help mentorship programs of all levels achieve consistent standards while still taking into account the individual differences of mentors and mentees. In this session, our 10 principles of effective mentoring in physical therapy along with sample strategies will be shared to assist mentors in their ability to develop trust and goals for the mentee; recognize and restructure habits; and successfully approach difficult conversations, whether in giving feedback or managing the interpersonal relationship between the mentor and mentee. The content of this session is based on the manuscript “10 Foundational Principles of Effective Physical Therapy Mentoring: Perspectives from Outpatient Orthopedic Residency Mentors”, which is under review for publication.
Category
11) Breakout Session 6
Track
Teaching
Mentoring
Education Trends
Time
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM
10/27/2024 9:10 AM
Panel presentation and discussion featuring five authors of the OMPT Definition Paper, focusing on the rationale for publishing an updated definition of OMPT, discussing the political and practice implications, and outlining the foundational components of the definition and supporting paper.
Category
11) Breakout Session 6
Track
Professional and Advocacy Issues
Time
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM
10/27/2024 9:10 AM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (OMPTs) utilize a variety of frameworks and classifications for clinical decision-making involving treatment strategies of pain types and mechanisms. The emerging classification of pain phenotyping is novel and ever changing to improve clinical utility and accuracy. In this session, OMPTs will be provided with a clinical perspective for differentiating pain types and intervention classifications to inform clinical decision-making for treatment selection based on pain mechanisms to improve patient outcomes.
Category
11) Breakout Session 6
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM
10/27/2024 9:10 AM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: The purpose of this session is to shed light on the pivotal role of nutrition in the management of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and emphasize its relevance to physical therapists. By exploring the intersection of nutrition and CMP, the session aims to equip physical therapists with the knowledge and tools necessary to integrate nutrition education into their practice. Through this interactive session participants will gain insights into the impact of diet on inflammation, tissue healing, and overall musculoskeletal health. This session will serve as a platform for fostering a deeper understanding of the teaching role of nutrition, empowering physical therapists to optimize patient outcomes, review behavior change techniques to integrate into the clinical practice to promote positive health outcomes, and contribute to a holistic approach in managing chronic pain conditions.
Category
11) Breakout Session 6
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM
10/27/2024 9:10 AM

12) Breakout Session 7 & 8

Description
Our session will include evidence update and practice implementing screening guidelines for appropriateness for physical therapy care and use of cervical manipulation. We will use case-based discussions for clinical reasoning in selecting candidates that will benefit from cervical manipulation. Finally, we will include hands-on practice of screening procedures (upper cervical instability tests) and cervical manipulations.
Category
12) Breakout Session 7 & 8
Track
Advanced Clinical Skills & Trends
Time
10:20 AM - 12:30 PM
10/27/2024 10:20 AM
This session will briefly discuss the importance of screening the cardiovascular and pulmonary system for non-musculoskeletal health conditions to identify if referral to a physician is required. Evidence will be discussed regarding the sensitivity and specificity of the cardiovascular and pulmonary exam elements that can be completed in any clinical setting. An inductive reasoning approach will be used in demonstrating the cardiovascular and pulmonary exam followed by a practice session. Example cases where the cardiovascular and pulmonary exam played a critical role in determining appropriate management will be used to engage learners in problem solving and reasoning exercises.
Category
12) Breakout Session 7 & 8
Track
Advanced Clinical Skills & Trends
Time
10:20 AM - 12:30 PM
10/27/2024 10:20 AM
Ambulation is an essential human function and requires collaboration and synergistic movements between multiple links in the lower extremity kinetic chain. Unfortunately, many practitioners focus on only one section of the chain, missing links necessary in addressing impaired gait. This lecture/lab series fosters a new mindset in applying quick techniques to enhance gait utilizing “top-down” and “bottom-up” approaches. “Top-down” approaches utilize hip and knee techniques to drive the foot to its desired destination.  “Bottom-up” strategies maximize foot performance to help control knee mechanics in space and time. Participants will assess gait videos across a variety of diagnoses and learn how to select OMPT techniques to solve gait-related problems. On-site tables will provide ample practice opportunities to hone a total of six new skills (Parts 1 and 2). The speakers will provide attendees with a detailed picture tutorial highlighting each technique and access to a private YouTube Channel for future reference. Come listen and learn how valuable OMPT is to connect different links in the lower extremity kinetic chain and enhance gait performance. This lecture/lab series has something for everyone: students, educators, clinicians, and curious minds.
Category
12) Breakout Session 7 & 8
Track
Advanced Clinical Skills & Trends
Time
10:20 AM - 12:30 PM
10/27/2024 10:20 AM

13) Breakout Session 7

Description
Controversies exist surrounding manual therapy (MT), particularly regarding its effectiveness and the reasons behind its efficacy. This session will cover the current clinical evidence involving MT, mechanisms associated with MT, and the present obstacles that impede our progress in advancing the science of MT. This session aims to enhance attendees' analytical skills and ability to create balanced arguments, as well as to provide context for future MT research, encouraging curiosity and intention behind the MT skillset, valuable for patient care. The presenters will provide background and context of the current melodrama associated with MT. The myths and controversies will be addressed from an evidence-informed perspective to provide a baseline for the audience. Next, we transition to the second topic, the analytical evaluation of the current state of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness research for MT.  The final topic in the session will highlight and dedicate time to identify and discuss the scientific mechanisms associated with MT interventions. Mechanisms are responsible for determining how treatments work; a critical question for both developing theory and enhancing treatment efficacy. Studies that evaluate “how” treatments work, not just “if” treatments work are of considerable importance and may inform patient care.
Category
13) Breakout Session 7
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
10:20 AM - 11:20 AM
10/27/2024 10:20 AM
There is a lack of research evaluating the role of dosage in manual therapy for the management of adhesive capsulitis, making it difficult to assess the pragmatic and clinical applicability of this intervention. As the theories behind the mechanisms of manual therapy continue to develop, a larger emphasis on dosage must be incorporated in the design of clinical trials in order to ascertain the true effect. This session will cover the effectiveness of manual therapy in the management of adhesive capsulitis as well as describe the available literature related to dosage parameters, including dosage of technique, single-session duration, frequency of intervention, total number of sessions, and duration of care.
Category
13) Breakout Session 7
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
10:20 AM - 11:20 AM
10/27/2024 10:20 AM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: We all know that red flag screening is important for people presenting with shoulder pain.  There are a lot of sinister conditions that can present as shoulder pain. This session covers the current best evidence and an updated framework for medical screening people with shoulder pain.  Course material provides participants with the current body of literature surrounding the most effective strategies for structuring specific questions during the patient interview and tests to help determine levels of concern for specific sinister pathologies that can present as shoulder pain such as cardiopulmonary conditions, referral from the GI system, and cancer. A special emphasis will be placed on specific action items the learner can use the next day within clinic to confidently provide screening strategies in people with shoulder pain.
Category
13) Breakout Session 7
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
10:20 AM - 11:20 AM
10/27/2024 10:20 AM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: Despite recent growth in post-professional mentorship programs, few resources exist to guide physical therapists who are new to mentoring. Although pragmatic mentoring resources in physical therapy are sparse, other professions are replete with literature and guidelines. Mentors from an AAOMPT manual therapy fellowship and an ABPTRFE accredited orthopedic residency program have synthesized the existing literature to create principles that guide mentor behavior in order to foster the most beneficial learning environment for fellows-in-training and residents in orthopedics. The creation of shared principles is a novel approach in the physical therapy setting, intended to help mentorship programs of all levels achieve consistent standards while still taking into account the individual differences of mentors and mentees. In this session, our 10 principles of effective mentoring in physical therapy along with sample strategies will be shared to assist mentors in their ability to develop trust and goals for the mentee; recognize and restructure habits; and successfully approach difficult conversations, whether in giving feedback or managing the interpersonal relationship between the mentor and mentee. The content of this session is based on the manuscript “10 Foundational Principles of Effective Physical Therapy Mentoring: Perspectives from Outpatient Orthopedic Residency Mentors”, which is under review for publication.
Category
13) Breakout Session 7
Track
Teaching
Mentoring
Education Trends
Time
10:20 AM - 11:20 AM
10/27/2024 10:20 AM

14) Breakout Session 8

Description
This exciting and interactive session will describe a pragmatic approach to the medical screening process with an emphasis on 5 medical conditions that carry great significance in terms of incidence, morbidity, mortality, health care costs, and diagnostic challenges for clinicians. Some conditions, such as myocardial infarction, are among the most common disorders in the United States, and many patients, particularly women, don’t “fit” the classic angina presentation. Other conditions, such as cauda equina, are rare in the general population but potentially require urgent surgical referrals. Using pertinent patient case examples and current perspectives in clinical practice, an emphasis will be placed on describing pertinent patient history and physical examination findings that may prompt the physical therapist to hypothesize about the existence of these serious medical conditions. Timely and appropriate physician referrals will also be discussed since prompt medical evaluation and management is critical to the prognosis of these potentially serious conditions.
Category
14) Breakout Session 8
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
10/27/2024 11:30 AM
The session will be taught by FAAOMPTs with extensive experience in treating pediatric athletes. It will include common pain generators and movement inhibitors seen among pediatric athletes from multiple sports. It will also include video instruction in how to evaluate and treat pediatric athletes using the principles of joint mobilization and manipulation. The PUMT decision tool will be used to help facilitate pediatric treatment planning.
Category
14) Breakout Session 8
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
10/27/2024 11:30 AM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: PTs routinely see patients who have diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, or significant risk factors for diabetes. It is critical that the OMPT understand the systemic effects of diabetes, including the musculoskeletal system. An overview of Type 2 diabetes, as well as the clinical implications of GLP-1 agonist medication use will be presented. The pathophysiological effects of diabetes on muscle tissue will be highlighted, including the evidence regarding the risk for sarcopenia in this population. The presentation will provide ways to assess for sarcopenia in the clinic. Evidence-based guidelines for resistance training in Type 2 diabetes (as well as in the  prediabetic or obese state) will be presented to help our patients preserve muscle mass, improve glycemic markers and improve their quality of life, with particular attention to the subset of patients that may be experiencing rapid weight loss due to this new class of medication (GLP-1 agonists).
Category
14) Breakout Session 8
Track
Professional and Advocacy Issues
Time
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
10/27/2024 11:30 AM
PRE-RECORDED VIRTUAL BREAKOUT: There is a lack of research evaluating the role of dosage in manual therapy for the management of adhesive capsulitis, making it difficult to assess the pragmatic and clinical applicability of this intervention. As the theories behind the mechanisms of manual therapy continue to develop, a larger emphasis on dosage must be incorporated in the design of clinical trials in order to ascertain the true effect. This session will cover the effectiveness of manual therapy in the management of adhesive capsulitis as well as describe the available literature related to dosage parameters, including dosage of technique, single-session duration, frequency of intervention, total number of sessions, and duration of care.
Category
14) Breakout Session 8
Track
Translational Knowledge Strategies
Time
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
10/27/2024 11:30 AM

Student SIG Session

Description
Mind Full or Mindful? Strategies for Clinicians and Patients with Dr. Paul Mintken - This presentation will provide attendees with knowledge of the benefits of mindfulness for both clinicians and patients. This talk provides an overview on the relation of mindfulness (the ability to attend in a nonjudgmental way to one’s own physical and mental processes during ordinary, everyday tasks) with various health outcomes for individuals. The presentation will include theory and research in the field of mindfulness and the emerging science that shows promising, beneficial effects for physical and mental health and well-being. Attendees will learn the principles of practice, develop their own mediation practice, and apply principles to daily life. The presentation will be delivered in a lecture format with attendees being taught various mindfulness practices including direct experience with mindfulness exercises.
Category
Student SIG Session
Track
sSIG Session
Time
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
10/25/2024 6:30 PM
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