Summit City Prosthetics & Orthotics is excited to launch their brand new Education Program providing free CEUs to Indiana Physical & Occupational Therapists! Our Education Team is exactly that – a team of local Prosthetists, Orthotists, Physical and Occupational Therapists who are devoted to spreading education through the community to help therapists, nurses and students feel more confident working with the limb loss and orthotic population.
To schedule an inservice at your facility, please contact Shawn Brown at 260.755.6587 or shawn@summitcitypo.com
- Each course is pre-approved for 1 Free CEU by both the Indiana Physical Therapy Association and the Indiana Occupational Therapy Association.
- Each course is 1 hour in length and can be scheduled at your facility at your convenience!
- Our courses are Out of the Box, Out of the Parallel Bars, and PowerPoint free! We strive for highly interactive and engaging presentations, covering a variety of real-life topics, custom tailored to your rehab setting.
- A free meal for your team is always included!
In this interactive course, PTs and OTs are guided through the daily routines of patients living with limb loss. Activities of Daily Living will be a prevalent theme throughout this course, as examples and scenarios of ADLs will be integrated into each prosthetic topic and how PTs and OTs can optimize their therapy sessions to provide an optimal outcome for their patients, potentially setting the patient up for a successful return to work or home. The basics of prosthetic care are explained through the eyes of both Prosthetists and Therapists as they identify the most common obstacles that amputee patients face each day from the time they wake up in the morning and begin to navigate through their day. This course will cover a wide variety of prosthetic related topics such as shrinkers, liners, suspension techniques and strategies for sock ply management as they relate to providing the patient with a comfortable fitting socket and the ability to accomplish all of their activities of daily living.
In this interactive course, PTs and OTs are guided through the nighttime routines of patients living with limb loss. Through the eyes of both Prosthetists and Therapists, the presenters will describe case scenarios including safety concerns while ascending and descending the stairs with a prosthesis, cleaning, drying and storing liners, best practices for showering, using the bathroom as an amputee, nutrition tips, and the use of shrinkers before bed. Activities of Daily Living will be a prevalent theme throughout this course with examples being integrated into each prosthetic topic and how Therapists can optimize their therapy sessions to provide an optimal outcome for their patients.
In this interactive course, PTs and OTs are introduced to a wide variety of lower extremity orthotic devices such as articulated and carbon fiber ankle foot orthotics (AFOs), knee ankle foot orthotics (KAFOs), knee braces, hip orthotics, fracture braces, supra malleolar orthotics (SMOs) and sport-specific orthotics. Activities of Daily Living will be a prevalent theme throughout this course with real-life scenarios will be integrated into each orthotic topic and how Therapists can optimize their therapy sessions to provide an optimal outcome for their patients, potentially setting the patient up for a successful return to work or home. The presenters will discuss how these braces are applied to a lower limb to improve function by providing support, controlling motion, reducing pain, correcting deformities, and preventing the progression of deformities. Indications, contraindications and therapy applications will be covered in detail for each device type, and attendees will have the opportunity to be hands-on with a variety of demos.