Biography:

Areej Al-Abdulrahman has an experience of 16 years in Pediatric Physical Therapy, specialized in Neonatal and Early Intervention program establishment. This program’s guidelines include screening method, physical therapy referring criteria and categorization list; all established relying on experience, literature review and reliable and valid assessment instruments. This one-year EI program benefits allowed us to include many patients who need PT services, to be able to minimize the risk and complication of disabilities; good findings and outcomes is another major benefit from this plan. The parent's satisfaction and participation were improved. The no-show-rate was less with high commitment by parents to the home program.

Abstract:

Statement of the Problem: The importance of early intervention programs' effectiveness is acknowledged worldwide. Based on its effectiveness Neonatal Early Intervention (EI) Physical Therapy (PT) Program was established one year ago, in King Abdullah Specialized Children's Hospital in Riyadh. The program starts by screening, evaluating and treating neonates during admission and continued after hospitalization discharge following in the Early Intervention Clinic in Outpatient Physical Therapy Department.

Purpose of the Study: The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness of implementing the EI Program starting from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) admission until 12-18 months, Post Conceptual age, on the Sensory-Motor performance after hospitalization discharge, until following the Early Intervention Clinic in Outpatient PT Department in one year duration.

Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: Retrospectively all Medical charts were reviewed for all patients and data were collected and statistically analyzed by SPSS, for all patients included in the EI - PT Program ranging from birth until 12-18 months of age. Therefore, patients not included in the EI - PT program since NICU admission will be excluded from the study.  Many factors, information and investigations were considered such as; diagnosis, respiratory support modalities, gestational age, post conceptual age, radiology outcomes, postural alignment, length of stay in hospital and the developmental milestone level. Objective measures used are; Osteopathic approach assessment and evaluation, General Movements (GM), Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS). The treatment approaches utilized are; NE-O Osteopathic approach, Bobath concept, and family education.

Findings: The results of Neonatal Early Intervention Physical Therapy Program outcomes will be finalized in 4 months' time.

Conclusion & Significance: Some considerations as the co-relations between all factors and the collected data besides, the efficacy of Physical Therapy at the early age of intervention.

Recommendations: Based on the findings when completed and finalized in 4 months' time.

Biography:

Divya Mohan has been associated with academics in Physiotherapy since May 2007 after completion of Master’s in Physiotherapy from Manipal University, India. She has been involved in intense clinical practice in areas of rehabilitation in Paediatrics with special emphasis on Early Intervention, Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Supportive Care. She draws on a mix of the ideas from sensory integration, biomechanical approaches, and play therapy to provide a customized intervention. Her desire to provide holistic realm of rehabilitation to children encouraged her to complete trainings and utilize techniques of fascia manipulation, craniosacral therapy and somatic experiencing and energy healing for rehabilitation and healing. This combination of therapies that cater mind, body and healing shall benefit both physiotherapist and their clients.

Abstract:

Typically, physiotherapist’s focus of practice remains pain management. Also, improvement of the movement control and skill is a common goal that the physiotherapist frequently aims to reach. These goals have traditionally been met based on the interventions derived from the understanding of the various structural pathologies or functional insufficiencies in the musculoskeletal system. This understanding can be expanded by understanding that the mind does influence the structural and functional aspects of the musculoskeletal system. Mind body approaches like biofeedback have in the past to some extent been used for the retraining of movement control by trying to retrain the mind. Also towards the management of chronic pain, this understanding has been found to be effective with approaches like relaxation strategies, meditation. But a more in-depth understanding of other mental and emotional process and their contributions to symptoms for which physiotherapy is frequently been sought, could give a physiotherapist a much larger scope in practice. There is research evidence recently that emotional regulation is also found to be useful for the pain management. Likewise, it has been proven that movement quality and performance is greatly influenced by the state of the mind. And retraining of movement skills and control for wide range of discipline like neurological, paediatric, cardiopulmonary and sports rehabilitation could use this premise. Generally, an agitated mind is associated with the poor performance and deterioration of subtle movement qualities like flow, timing, sequencing and thereby impacting its precision, and efficiency. Whereas a better regulated mind can produce smoother and well controlled movement. For example, tone a variable influencing movement also frequently shows variation to mental effort, level of challenge, stress, excessive emotionality, fear of failure, familiarity of task, enthusiasm, and motivation. Hence understanding of the mind-body relations and interactions could assist the physiotherapist to move a step further in management strategies. Hence the talk intends to explore and discuss the ideas around mind-body connection and its relevance to physiotherapists. 

Biography:

Vladimir Dodtiyevitch Bitsoyev (PhD Medicine) is an Academician of the Academy of Medical and Technical Sciences, Colonel of Medical Service in retirement, Doctor of the highest category. He graduated from the Military Medical Faculty at the Gorky State Medical Institute with specialty "Medical Treatment" in 1971. From 1971 to 1995, he served in the Armed Forces of the USSR, then in the Russian Federation, as a Neurologist, Head of the Neurological Department in military hospitals, and a Chief Physiotherapist of Moscow Military District. He has 75 scientific publications in national and foreign journals, 1 monograph on "Restorative Medicine", methodological recommendations for physicians in restorative medicine, 4 patents (3 Russian patents and 1 German patent). He has proved the "World Novelty" of water and blood plasma activating under the influence of underwater light therapy through the fiber optic cable. He revealed first previously unknown new mechanisms of the effect of weak electromagnetic waves on the holistic organism as a "tunnel effect", as well as ways of their registration at the atomic and molecular levels.

Abstract:

The actual task of modern medicine is the early diagnosis of diseases, as well as monitoring the state of the exposed disease and the efficiency of drugs taken with a therapeutic purpose at the supra molecular level. The man is a complex nonlinear system consisting of a large number of different functional structures. Blood system, nervous, endocrine and pulse systems support the information balance in the body, modeling and compensating signaling effects on each other. The blood is an organ that instantly perceives and deposits information of all the processes of the holistic organism in the past, present and future at the supra molecular level simultaneously, that is a main unit of "blood system" which is available in the study and correction from birth to the last minutes of life.

It has been established that cardiovascular, nervous and lymphatic systems, as well as formed blood elements are LEDs around which the evanescent (damped) waves are formed that are perpendicular to the external surface of the vessels, capillaries, nerve roots when being exposed by electromagnetic waves on any zone of skin surface, i.e., the holistic organism starts operating the mode of the “scanning tunnel microscope”. Therefore, the infrared spectroscopy of the total disturbed internal reflection when touching the infrared fiber of the skin surface is unique, not traumatic, requiring no special skin preparation is a "blood spectro biopsis" from the diagnostic zones and the zones of Ged-Zakharin on the skin surface of a living organism in a normal state, can diagnose the pathology of organs and systems at the atomic level with high accuracy, as well as identify early disease stages, intermediate states of developing pathology and their reduction. This is a new progressive trend in medicine. 

Recent Publications

1.      Aldersons A A Mekhanizm elekreodermalnykh reaktsii [Mechanism of electrodermal reactions]. Riga, 1985.

2.      Andryushin E.A. Sila nanotekhnologii: nauka i biznes [Nanotechnological power: science and business]. Andryushin E.A. - B.M.: Uspekhi fiziki, 2007. –159 p.: illustrated - Bibliogr.: 155-157.– ISBN 978-5-85099-176-0.

3.      Jean-Marie Lehn. Supramolecular Chemistry. Novosibirsk, Nfuka Publ., 1998.

4.      Lisa Rendall. Knocking on Heaven’s Door: A scientific look at the arrangement of the Universe. Translation from English - Ðœ.: Alpina non-fiction, 2014. – 518 p.

5.      Yas Kuno. Human Perspiration. – Moscow. Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1961. (in Russian)

Biography:

Konstantinos Fousekis is an Associate Professor in Sports Physiotherapy at the Department of Physical Therapy, Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece. He is a Physiotherapist specializing in soft tissue mobilization techniques (IASTM). He has years of experience in treating musculoskeletal and sports injuries and is a Professional Physical Therapist for several professional soccer teams. His research interests deals with the assessment and rehabilitation of sports and musculoskeletal injuries using IASTM techniques. In cooperation with Konstantinos Mylonas, he created the ERGON® IASTM Technique as a basic treatment of painful and non-musculoskeletal disorders.

Abstract:

Purpose: The purpose of this workshop is to introduce specific ERGON® Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) techniques to health scientists/physiotherapists and to train them in the basic application of ERGON® Technique for the low-back pain treatment.

Description:  ERGON® IASTM Technique is an evidence based innovative therapeutic approach combining static and dynamic manipulations of the body’s soft tissue with special clinical equipment for the treatment of neuro-musculoskeletal pathologies. ERGON® technique is an innovative development of older approaches (IASTM Technique, Graston Technique, Smart tools technique, Tools assisted massage technique, etc.). In the framework of the ERGON® IASTM workshop, trainees will be taught basic techniques of ERGON instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization, and there will afterwards be an extensive practical lesson on their specialized use in a) fascial meridians and areas of the body in general presenting findings indicating myofascial afflictions, and b) in the treatment of the low-back pain syndromes.

Intended Audience: Health scientists/physiotherapists dealing with musculoskeletal and sports pathologies/injuries are the audience for this workshop. 

Materials Provided: Each participant will receive both a paper and electronic copy of (1) detailed handouts to be used during the lecture portions of the workshop, (2) descriptions of the teaching techniques that will be presented written as we will teach participants to write up new techniques, (3) scenarios and questions used during the small group critique portions of the session.  

Space and Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment must be limited to 20 participants and the room should have at least 5 treatment tables.

Recent Publications

1. Fousekis K, Kounavi E, Doriadis S, Mylonas K, Kallistratos E (2016) The Effectiveness of Instrument-assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization Technique (Ergon® Technique), cupping and ischaemic pressure techniques in the treatment of amateur athletes΄ myofascial trigger points. J Nov Physiother S. Vol. 3.

2. Fousekis K, Mylonas K, Charalampopoulou V (2014) Aggressive massage techniques can accelerate safe return after hamstrings strain: a case study of a professional soccer player. J. Sports Med. Doping. Stud. 4(3).

3.  Billis E, Koutsojannis C, Matzaroglou C, Gliatis J, Fousekis K, Gioftsos G, Tsepis E (2016) Association of low back pain on physical, sociodemographic and lifestyle factors across a general population sample within Greece. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation. (Preprint), 1-12, 1-5.

Biography:

Konstantinos Mylonas Associate Professor in Sports Physiotherapy at the Department of Physical Therapy, Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece. He is a Physiotherapist specializing in soft tissue mobilization techniques (IASTM). He has years of experience in treating musculoskeletal and sports injuries and is a Professional Physical Therapist for several professional soccer teams.

Abstract:

Purpose: The purpose of this workshop is to introduce specific ERGON® Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) techniques to health scientists/physiotherapists and to train them in the basic application of ERGON® Technique for the low-back pain treatment.

Description:  ERGON® IASTM Technique is an evidence based innovative therapeutic approach combining static and dynamic manipulations of the body’s soft tissue with special clinical equipment for the treatment of neuro-musculoskeletal pathologies. ERGON® technique is an innovative development of older approaches (IASTM Technique, Graston Technique, Smart tools technique, Tools assisted massage technique, etc.). In the framework of the ERGON® IASTM workshop, trainees will be taught basic techniques of ERGON instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization, and there will afterwards be an extensive practical lesson on their specialized use in a) fascial meridians and areas of the body in general presenting findings indicating myofascial afflictions, and b) in the treatment of the low-back pain syndromes.

Intended Audience: Health scientists/physiotherapists dealing with musculoskeletal and sports pathologies/injuries are the audience for this workshop. 

Materials Provided: Each participant will receive both a paper and electronic copy of (1) detailed handouts to be used during the lecture portions of the workshop, (2) descriptions of the teaching techniques that will be presented written as we will teach participants to write up new techniques, (3) scenarios and questions used during the small group critique portions of the session.  

Space and Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment must be limited to 20 participants and the room should have at least 5 treatment tables.

Recent Publications

1.  Fousekis K, Kounavi E, Doriadis S, Mylonas K, Kallistratos E (2016) The Effectiveness of Instrument-assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization Technique (Ergon® Technique), cupping and ischaemic pressure techniques in the treatment of amateur athletes΄ myofascial trigger points. J Nov Physiother S. Vol. 3.

2.  Fousekis K, Mylonas K, Charalampopoulou V (2014) Aggressive massage techniques can accelerate safe return after hamstrings strain: a case study of a professional soccer player. J. Sports Med. Doping. Stud. 4(3).

3.  Billis E, Koutsojannis C, Matzaroglou C, Gliatis J, Fousekis K, Gioftsos G, Tsepis E (2016) Association of low back pain on physical, sociodemographic and lifestyle factors across a general population sample within Greece. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation. (Preprint), 1-12, 1-5.