Mary Massery Breathing Course: LINKED: Breathing and Postural Control  Part 2
A Pediatric and Adult Course (formerly known as: IF YOU CAN’T BREATHE, YOU CAN’T FUNCTION)
Date: Saturday and Sunday, June 25-26, 2022
First day lecture is being offered as a webinar on March 11-12  for total of 8 CEUs.  Please register separately for this course. 

Prerequisite: Part- 1

Attendance of any of the following courses in-person or at a live webinar (in past 24 months) qualifies as a pre-requisite for the Part 2 course
  • “Day-1 of MM’s 3-Day Breathing Course”
  • “Linked: Breathing and Postural Control”
  • “Breathing, Talking and Postural Control … school-based therapy”
2 day hands-on lab course: 
Check in time both days: 7:30-8:00 am 
Course time: Day 1: 8:00-5:30 pm  & Day 2: 8:00-1:15 pm (time change on second day)
Audience: PT, PTA, OT, COTA, SLP
Course Level: Intermediate
St. Catherine DPT and PTA therapy programs is host site for this course. 
Location: St. Catherine University, Mendel Hall
2004 Randolph Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105
Lab Rooms: 211 & 213
Contact Hours: 13.0
Course Fee: $355

Course intended to be completed in full.  If you need to arrive late or leave early the CE department must be notified before course takes place for contact hours to be adjusted.

PT/PTA partial credit:  Hours for partial credit attended will be adjusted on your course certificate and MN board of Approval number removed.  You may still be able to submit the hours attended towards your professional license, but course will be approved as attending in full. 

OT/OTA: You will receive a certificate of course completion with total CE contact hours. M HEALTH Fairview is no longer an approved provider through AOTA and has never been for distance learning.

You may still submit the hours towards your licensure and receive a certificate of completion with all information provided to submit. 

M HEALTH Fairview is no longer an approved provider through AOTA. For additional information about CE requirements for license, please see MN Statute 148.6443: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/148.6443

MN statutes 143.6443, subdivision SUBD.2 “Standards for determining the qualified education activities” will continue to be utilized in determining appropriate OT related CE courses.

(Submitting credits through the organizations does not guarantee approved credits or the full credits. All participants will receive a certificate of completion which you may be able to use towards your professional license).

Cancellation Policy:  Cancellation Fee will apply

Group Discounts:

If two people from the same organization register for a course, each person will receive a 10% discount. three or more registered will receive a 15% discount. Please email or call ahead of time with the names of the people who will be registering as a group, [email protected] or 612-672-5607.

For Group discounts:  USE CODE rehab10 for 10% discount and rehab15 for 15% discount for group. 

Speaker Biography
Nechama Karman, PT, MS, PCS
Certified Faculty of Mary Massery

Nechama Karman received her MSPT from Columbia University in 1994, her Advanced MS in orthopedic PT from Touro College in 1998 and has completed her Health Sciences PhD coursework at Seton Hall University.  Nechama is an APTA board-certified pediatric clinical specialist and the chief clinical educator at Mobility Research for LiteGait nationally and internationally. In addition, Nechama owns a private practice in NYC focusing on complex neurological conditions and complex pelvic conditions.

Nechama has completed two invited Massery faculty apprenticeships.  In 2016, she became Mary’s first certified faculty member for the “Breathing” course.  And in 2019, she was the first certified faculty for Mary’s “I Survived” musculoskeletal course.  Two huge accomplishments!

One of Nechama's proudest “Mary Massery” moments occurred when she treated a man suffering from prostatectomy-related incontinence using Mary’s approach.  She taught him to transfer without incontinence for the first time in 9 months - all in under 15 minutes!  She is passionate about helping other therapists learn these important concepts.
Financial Disclosure:  Nechama receives an honorarium for teaching and speaking on this topic.  She has no non-financial relationships to disclose. 

 

Course Summary:

“LINKED Part-2” builds upon the foundational information presented in “LINKED Part-1”.  This course, developed by Mary Massery, proposes a new definition of “core stability;”  redefining it as the dynamic control of trunk pressures to optimize postural stability (balance).  Dr. Massery’s novel “soda pop can model” links breathing mechanics to postural control using multi-system interactions.  In Part-2, the focus shifts to assessing “normal” breathing patterns, and learning neuromotor breathing retraining techniques and manual assistive cough techniques during hands-on labs.  Multiple clinical cases will be used to cement the concepts, as will a live patient demonstration (if available).  The course is applicable for any pediatric or adult patient (or therapist) who breathes!

Objectives:

At the conclusion of Part-2, participants should be able to:

  1. Present a multi-system (physical and physiologic) evaluation of motor impairments.
  2. Identify the variations of “normal” breathing patterns and discuss the efficiencies/inefficiencies for individual patient conditions.
  3. Evaluate need for, and demonstrate, appropriate neuromotor retraining techniques for patients with ineffective breathing/postural control strategies (health or participation deficits).
  4. Participate in a live patient demonstration (if a patient is available) and suggest possible evaluation and treatment ideas based on the course material.
  5. Design a targeted airway clearance program using the principles of mobilization, expectoration, and oral management.
  6. Demonstrate airway clearance techniques, with an emphasis on manual assistive cough techniques, and apply an airway clearance algorithm to specific patient conditions.
  7. Identify thoracic cage/spine restrictions as they pertain to breathing mechanics and postural control (a very brief introduction musculoskeletal issues). 
  8. Evaluate need for, and demonstrate, neuromotor retraining techniques to improve breath support for voicing and postural control (eccentrics). 
  9. Suggest means for incorporating the course material into therapy activities in your clinical setting immediately.
Agenda: ( Times and Agenda subject to change)
Day 1   (8.0 contact hours)
7:30-8:00 AM          Registration
8:00-8:30 AM          Review, synthesis and Q & A                                 
8:30-9:45 AM          Chest assessment: Focus on musculoskeletal alignment and breathing patterns
9:45-10:00 AM        BREAK
10:00-11:30 AM      Assessing breathing patterns and postural implications
11:30-12:30 PM       LUNCH (on your own)
12:30-1:15 PM         Airway clearance: From Sherlock to solution
1:15-2:15 PM          Facilitating efficient breathing patterns and endurance training: Neuromotor techniques
                                for diaphragm, chest and other breathing patterns
2:15-2:30 PM          BREAK
2:30-5:30 PM          Facilitating breathing patterns
                                Patient demonstration if possible
Day 2  (5.0 contact hours)
7:30-8:00 AM         Registration 
8:00-8:30 AM         Review, synthesis and Q & A
8:30-10:00 AM       Differential diagnosis (patient demo): "Find the Problem"
10:00-10:15AM      BREAK
10:15-11:30 AM      Airway clearance lab: Focus on manual assistive cough techniques
11:30-12:15 PM      LUNCH (on your own)                               
12:15-1:15 PM       Eccentric trunk control: using voice for postural control & vice versa
 

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