4- Hour Pre-Conference Institutes (ticketed event)

Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Level: Ticketed Event

  • Casting Motion to Mobilize Stiffness (CMMS): Changing the Way We Treat the Stiff Hand

    Description

    Have you tried everything you can think of to mobilize your patient's stiff hand and it is just not working? Then Casting Motion to Mobilize Stiffness (CMMS) is your answer. In this session, you will learn how CMMS addresses all the factors that contribute to hand stiffness and how this one technique can be your new successful solution to treating the stiff hand.

    Objectives

    1. Identify abnormal motor patterns in the stiff wrist and hand

    2. Identify patients who would benefit from the CMMS treatment technique

    3. Analyze maladaptive motor patterns in the stiff hand and differentiate between the intrinsic plus and intrinsic minus patterns of movement

    4. Determine the best CMMS cast position to treat maladaptive movement patterns of the stiff hand

    5. Integrate cortical remapping concepts using active redirection in treatment of the stiff hand

    6. Practice the steps of CMMS cast application, cast removal and how to bi-valve a cast using Plaster of Paris casting material and casting tools

    7. Identify contraindications for using the CMMS treatment technique

    8. Understand the weaning process used in the CMMS treatment technique

    Speakers
    Johanna Jacobson-Petrov, MHS, BSc.OT, CHT
    Karol Spraggs-Young, OTD, OTR/L, CHT
    Kantessa Stewart, OTR/L, CHT

  • Treating the Tricky Elbow: Fractures, Tendonitis, and Pain

    Description

    Treating the elbow is notoriously difficult and expectations are low in outcomes. By focusing on anatomy and superficial layers like skin and fascia, we can easily restore full range of motion and eliminate pain in even the hardest diagnoses. This workshop will demonstrate how to treat by each physiological layer from skin to joint. Participants will leave with new assessment and treatment tools as well as exercises and tricks to eliminate pain. Start the conference off with fun and learn new ideas to change the expectations on elbows!

    Objectives

    1. Understand how to assess elbow alignment but using tripod pinch, arm length, valgus angle and skin on fascia directions technique

    2. Demonstrate how to tape the medial elbow for alignment and skin on fascia taking technique

    3. Describe four primary exercises for the lateral elbow and medial elbow according to skin on fascia assessment

    Speakers
    Alison Taylor, OTR/L, CHT,CKTI