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Information
- Faculty:
- Courtney Conley
- Duration:
- 2 Hours
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Dec 11, 2020
Description
Why are we telling our patients with foot pain to brace the foot with an orthotic for years at a time? We would never tell our patients with low back pain to wear a back brace for years at a time... Bracing the foot is not always the best option. This recording will present corrective exercise strategies to address both mobility AND stability so that you can customize your treatment plan for the patient in front of you.
Learn from a leader in the field! Dr. Courtney Conley, founder of Gait Happens, an online education platform specializing in foot and gait mechanics with over 87,000 followers on Instagram will examine:
- How to improve foot function without using an orthotic or brace
- Simple and effective taping strategies for the 4 most common diagnoses
- How to eliminate foot pain and unnecessary procedures!
She’ll arm you with treatment strategies for the diagnoses you treat all the time: heel pain, ankle pain, bunions, neuromas, pain with walking. You’ll walk away with strategies to help your patients move better and function more efficiently.
Outline
- The importance of foot function in rehabilitation protocols
- Why bracing the foot Is not always the best option
- Treatment considerations
- Kinesiology taping for each of the 4 diagnoses
- Corrective exercise strategies
- Sensory awareness and foot positioning
- Toe yoga
- Foot tripod/quadripod
- Mobility
- Improving ranges of motion
- Stability
- Isolated exercises
- Integrated exercises
- Choosing the appropriate footwear
- What is natural footwear
- Characteristics of proper footwear
Faculty
Dr. Courtney Conley is a chiropractic physician specializing in foot and gait mechanics. She holds a B.A. in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland and is the owner and operator of Total Health Solutions in Golden, Colorado. She also is the founder of Gait Happens, an online education platform specializing in foot and gait mechanics. Her personal journey of becoming a foot and gait expert began years ago when she attended chiropractic school in Chicago, Illinois. She was privileged to be mentored under some of the top experts in her field.
Now with the desire to share her knowledge with her patients, Dr. Conley dove deeply into educating herself on barefoot function and learning from experts such as Steven Sashen, the CEO of XERO shoes, and Sebastian Bar, the owner of Joe Nimble; the creators of 2 functional footwear companies. She studied more on the mechanics of the foot and its relationship to the entire kinetic chain.
Today, Dr. Conley is on the forefront of educating the public on the benefits of foot health. It is her passion and desire to see people eliminate foot pain and begin moving better, eliminating unnecessary procedures and chronic pain. She is enjoying consulting with clients all over the world as well as teaching her lower extremity course, TOP DOWN, BOTTOM UP, with her best friend and partner, Dr. Joseph LaVacca.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Courtney Conley is owner and operator of Total Health Solutions. She is the founder of Gait Happens. Dr. Conley receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Courtney Conley has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
