At CSM, Kyle Stapleton, APTA's Student Assembly Director of Communications interviewed PhysioU's founders Michael Wong and Marshall LeMoine. Mike and Marshall are truly dedicated in creating amazing clinicians and are so thankful for sharing a little bit of their journey with you all. Thank you Kyle for choosing us and taking time out for this interview. Mike and Marshall were once Physical Therapy students and are now teachers who have a passion to bring quality information for everyone to use and thrive. We hope that their PhysioU journey will inspire you to pass knowledge in order to make someone else’s life a bit brighter than before.
APTA CSM 2018 Insider's Chat & Thank You!
We hope you all had a successful Sprint Forward and wanted to open this week with a special thank you to all of you that came by to connect with us at CSM NOLA. Can you believe that by next week, CSM would've been a month ago?! Talk about conference withdrawal symptoms.
In any case, two of our founders Drs. Michael Wong & Marshall LeMoine put together this thank you video along with a little insider's chat about what's next!
Also, thank you for your positive feedback and kind words! We look forward to seeing you all next year at Washington, DC!
APTA CSM 2018: Motor Control Training for the Upper Quarter Athlete
Stephania Bell, PT, CSCS, OCS
Marshall LeMoine, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Drew Morcos, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, ATC, CSCS, FAAOMPT
Michael Wong, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Shoulder muscle dysfunction is often reported in the literature related to common upper quarter pathologies. It is well established that “Motor changes in the presence of pain and /or injury present across a spectrum from subtle changes in sharing of load between synergist muscles to a complete avoidance of movement.”
During motor coordination retraining, consider the following paradigm as a way to organize and progress your movement retraining.
1. Activation or facilitation of established muscle impairments
2. Exercises that increase middle and lower trapezius activity: Add external rotation component to exercise
3. To improve Serratus anterior activation with less pectoralis minor activation
4. For functional serratus anterior activation
5. To decrease upper trapezius activity while increasing MT/LT activity
6. Decrease pectoralis minor activity- Avoid closed chain or use open chain elevation with external rotation resistance
7. Optimal exercise for restoring intramuscular trapezius muscle balance: UT/LT
8. Optimal exercise for restoring intramuscular trapezius muscle balance: UT/MT
9. Decrease levator scapulae activity
Shoulder Motor Control | Phase I
1. Scapula control
2. Humeral horizontal abduction with scapular control
3. Increasing elevation with scapular control
4. Return to function
The PhysioU team is coming to CSM 2018!!
CSM is only a week away! The PhysioU team will be speaking in multiple sessions at CSM in New Orleans. Here's the when, where, and what:
Session #1: Thursday, February 22, 2018 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Sports Medicine Secrets: Motor Control Impairments in the Overhead Athlete
- Location: Hilton Riverside Room: Grand Salon A
Speakers: Stephania Bell, PT, CSCS, OCS, Marshall LeMoine, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Drew Morcos, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, ATC, CSCS, FAAOMPT, Michael Wong, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Session #2: Thursday, February 22, 2018 11:00 AM - 1:00 P
Advanced Cervicothoracic and Shoulder Interventions for Upper Limb Symptoms
- Location: Hilton Riverside Room: Grand Salon D
- Speakers: Stephania Bell, PT, CSCS, OCS, Jeremiah Samson, PT, MS , Michael Wong, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Emmanuel Yung, PT, DPT, MA, OCS, FAAOMPT
Session #3: Saturday, February 24, 2018 3:00 PM - 5:00 P
Creating and Sustaining Behavior Change Through App-Based Technology
- Location: Hilton Riverside Room: St. James Ballroom
- Speakers: Christopher Patterson, PT, DPT, OCS, Deydre Teyhen, PT, PhD, OCS, Michael Wong, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
We're looking forward to seeing you at CSM. Please come by our booth to meet the team, learn more about PhysioU and MOST IMPORTANTLY we will be revealing two new apps -PhysioU: Assistive Devices, Transfers, Gait Training & PhysioU Complete Rehab Guide during this event! Be the first to try them out!
See you all at BOOTH #1708!
APTA: Apps to Help You Survive School
American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has recently surveyed the current PT and PTA students about which mobile apps have helped them through school and clinics.
Many thanks to the APTA community for sharing so many kind words about Physio U!
Much appreciation and our deepest thanks to the PhysioU community members!