Date:  September 19-20, 2025

Time:  8:00am - 5:00pm

Friday, September 19, 2025 - Registration & Breakfast: 7:00am CST

Course Description: 

This Symposium is two-day didactic course focused on specific injuries/conditions affecting the lower extremity.  Topics will include dynamic evaluation techniques, cutting edge treatment advances, and anatomy dissection presentations with specific case studies.  Lectures and labs will develop skills in discharge testing for elite athletes and the injured worker/weekend warrior.  Attendees will have the opportunity to bring specific questions and cases as they participate in expert panel discussions each day.  Advancements and innovations will be presented based on current evidence throughout this 2-day course.

 Topics include:

• Anatomy of the Knee; The Knee Exam: History and Technique; ACL – Surgery; Current Concepts in ACL Rehabilitation; Patellofemoral Surgery; Physical Therapy and the Patellofemoral Joint; Meniscal Repair Versus Meniscectomy: When, Why How?; The Surgical Treatment of Multi-Ligament Knee Injury; Rehab of Meniscus/Multi-Ligament Injuries; Common Injuries of the Foot & Ankle  - Surgery; Rehabilitation of the Foot & Ankle; TKR Kinematics & Rehabilitation; The Focused Hip Examination in the Pre-arthritic, Athletic Patient; Rehabilitation of the Hip; Regenerative Medicine – Biologics; Facility Management & Engagement; Lower Quarter Assessment, Treatment and Integration into Performance Training; Return to Sports participation and Discharge Testing; Debunking the Squat and Deadlift Myths; Running Analysis: Sprint & Endurance 

Course Objectives:

1. Discuss the anatomy of injuries/conditions of the lower extremity. 
2. Recognize and refine best practice treatment plans for hip, ACL, patellofemoral, meniscus, and foot & ankle injuries. 
3. Explain and understand the procedures and process for use of regenerative medicine. 
4. Demonstrate knowledge of objective Selective Functional Movement Assessment, running analysis and functional/discharge testing.  

Participants have no equipment or materials required to take this education course.

Accreditation:

Physicians:  

Baptist Health Care is accredited by the Florida Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Baptist Health Care designates this live activity for a maximum of (xx) hour in AMA PRA Category I creditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses, Occupational Therapists, & Physical Therapists (Florida):

Baptist Hospital, CE Broker provider # 50-183 approves this program for (xx) hours credit for nurses and occupational therapists.  Pending for Physical Therapist in Florida and Louisiana.  Approved for continuing competence credit by the Mississippi State Board of Physical Therapy. 

Accreditation of this course does not necessarily imply the FPTA supports the views of the presenter or the sponsors.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ACCREDITATIONS, CALL Christine Flores AT 448.227.7211. ADDITIONAL ACCREDITATION PENDING APPROVAL.

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