Education @ The Rehab Podiatrist/Plantar Heel Pain - An up-to-date guide for allied health professionals

Online Course

Plantar Heel Pain

An up to date guide for Allied Health Professionals




Your patients getting stuck with heel pain?

Want to make sure you're applying the best treatment approach but unsure where to start?

You've been looking into research but are feeling lost and unclear how it will help your patient population?

Maybe you've tried following some guidelines but still not getting results.

Learn an up-to-date and practical approach to management

Covering everything from diagnosis to treatment, this course is designed to teach you how to craft the optimal treatment plan for every individual, not just a template.

We'll talk about:
  • What is the plantar fascia and the processes behind its injury
  • What people will say when they attend
  • A practical approach to clinical examination
  • Imaging
  • Common differential diagnosis
  • All the available treatments incl. foot orthoses, shockwave therapy, footwear, injection therapies, exercise rehabilitation and more!
  • How to best match treatments to your patient and their goals
  • What happens when people aren't getting better

  • $249 or 4 monthly payments of $62.25

Plantar Heel Pain

An up to date guide for Allied Health Professionals

Your Instructor

Instructor/Director, Podiatry Systems

Alex Murray, The Rehab Podiatrist

BHS, M.Pod.Prac, PGDipSEM(Otago) MFPM RCPS(Glasg)
ASCA Level 1 Strength and Conditioning Coach

Alex is a Sports Podiatrist/Rehabilitation Coach and owner of The Rehab Podiatrist, a clinic based in Canberra.

For the last 10 years he has been focused on treating and managing biomechanical and musculoskeletal conditions of the foot and lower limb.

Outside the clinic he's an educator and mentor for Podiatrists and Allied Health professionals. He is also a podcast host for show "Real Clinicians, Real Chats".

In addition to producing content for Podiatry Systems, he has presented his work at national and international conferences, and runs in-person workshops around Australia.

Access the free ebook?

Plantar Heel Pain: A Free Ebook for Allied Health Professionals

A free ebook outling some of the key things I think allied health professionals need to know and consider when managing plantar heel pain.

What people are saying

"Alex has done a fantastic job at putting across all the relevant (evidence based) information that a clinician needs when dealing with heel pain. 

None of us have all the answers all of the time, but I feel like I have a much better grasp of dealing with this sometimes challenging condition. 

I shall be making sure the rest of the team also purchases the course (which is amazing value!). Thanks for putting the it together."

Samantha Shelton

Podiatrist / Clinic Owner UK

"It was very informative, Alex is an excellent presenter. His language resonates with language used in clinic with patient. This approach allows you to resonate with the content. I was able to use the next day in the clinic.

This a one stop shop for everything Plantar Heel Pain. An up to date review that can be utilized in clinic the next day. Alex can help you fill gaps when you are faced with the challenges of this condition. The communication skills you gain can be used to help navigate the difficult patient. I highly recommend this course if you are needing an update on one of the most common pathology we see as Podiatrists."

Annonymous

Podiatrist

"Super informative with lots of useful content, presented in a detailed and practical manner, all very applicable to clinical practice. Looking forward to rewatching and checking out all the resources to unpack it all!"

Ashleigh

New Grad Podiatrist

  • $249 or 4 monthly payments of $62.25

Plantar Heel Pain

An up to date guide for Allied Health Professionals

Contents

Course Introduction

Welcome to the course.
Heel Pain Course Overview

Plantar Heel Pain: The Free Ebook

Plantar Heel Pain - A free ebook for allied health professionals

A brief anatomy review - what do we need to know?

Anatomy Review

What is the plantar fascia and why does it get injured?

Plantar Fascia and Pathology

Subjective Assessment - Questions to ask and what will people tell you?

The Subjective Assessment

Differential diagnosis - what do we need to consider?

Considering Other Differential Diagnoses
Plantar Heel Pain Differential Diagnosis Infographics.pdf

Clinical Examination - A practical approach

Clinical Exam - Non-Weightbearing
Clinical Exam - Gait Analysis
Clinical Exam - Weightbearing
Clinical Exam - Movement Testing

Imaging - selecting and interpreting imaging

Imaging Overview
Plantar Fascial Tears - Are they a 'normal' finding?
Imaging Case Examples

Determinants of Patient Satisfaction - what do patients from our appointments

Determinants of Patient Satisfaction - Communication, Care and Considerations for Treatment

An overview of available treatments and our approach to management

Heel Pain Treatment Overview

Prognosis - what we know and considerations for setting patient expectations

Providing a Prognosis

Exercise Therapies

An Overview of Exercise for Plantar Heel Pain
Who is exercise therapies for?
Exercise and Pain - Considerations when prescribing
Exercise Prescription for Plantar Heel Pain - From pain to performance
Exercise Prescription Case Examples

Taping

Low Dye Taping for Plantar Heel Pain

Foot Orthoses and Footwear

An overview of foot orthoses treatment for heel pain
Types, components and features of a foot orthoses
Footwear considerations
Custom foot orthoses vs prefabricated foot orthoses
Prescribing foot orthoses in clinical practice
Checking a patient's current foot orthoses and common issues with them

Shockwave Therapy

Shockwave Therapy

Adjunct Therapies

Adjunct Therapies

Putting it all Together

Treating heel pain - putting it all together
Case studies - an acute vs chronic presentation
Case Study - A patient with unclear symptom pattern
Case study - is it ever 'just orthotics'

Persistent Symptoms

Persistent Symptoms

Self Management Advice

Self Management Advice - Expanding our considerations, role and advice to our patients