Continuing Education
We are focused on communication, emotion, and education as the three primary tools used to build empowerment while teaching and working with our patients.
Interested in virtual or in person courses led by Joe?
Here’s what we have up right now:
WEBINARS AND COURSES
Webinar
November 1st | 11am - 5pm EST
Interacting with Pain
Digital Seminar
Top Down, Bottom Up: A Whole Body Approach to Lower Extremity Pain and Dysfunction
Top Down, Bottom Up is a 2 Day Online Webinar co-taught by Joe LaVacca and Courtney Conley of GaitHappens! Learn how to move beyond common pitfalls in managing lower extremity dysfunction by avoiding diagnosis driven treatment by shifting to a whole-person approach. You will quickly discover how the lower extremities function as part of the kinetic chain in which a global assessment approach is essential to identify the origin of dysfunction.
Evolution and Anatomy of the Foot/Ankle and Lower Extremity
Acute vs Chronic Lower Extremity Conditions including Achilles Tendinitis, Plantar Fasciitis and Ankle Sprain
Gait Analysis
Specific Case Studies to Guide Everything from Assessment to Treatment
Corrective Exercise Strategies and Choosing the Right Footwear
Digital Seminar
Re-Defining Chronic Pain Management: Evidence-based Treatments to Achieve Better Patient Outcomes
Re-Defining Chronic Pain Management is an in-depth exploration into best practices and communication tactics. You will quickly develop buy-in from your patients that will enhance the therapeutic alliance while gaining skills and techniques you can implement immediately to truly bridge the gap between mind and body rehabilitation.
Challenging the Defintion of “Pain”
Placebo vs Nocebo and its Impact on Physiology and Mindset
Viewing Pain as an Emotion
Enhancing Therapeutic Alliance
Using Valence to Guide Exercise Prescription
Digital Seminar
The PESI Pain Symposium: An Evidence Based Toolkit to Re-train the Brain
The PESI Pain Symposium is an opportunity to learn from some of the most respected names in the business including Lorimer Moseley, Adriaan Louw, Eric Cobb and more, to break your clinical pattern and acquire new skills that empower patients to take back their lives! This pain symposium has gathered a multi-disciplinary panel of world-renowned pain experts to share their powerful framework for immediate implementation in your clinic.
Key Strategies to Explain Pain to Patients
How to Re-Introduce Movement (Even when it is Painful)
Psychological Stragies to Calm Down the Central Nervous System
Non-Pharma Approaches for Pain
Digital Seminar
Cannabinoid Science: Research and Therapeutic Applications for Pain, Sleep, and Mental Health
Cannabinoid Science helps make sense of the growing world of CBD. With legalization and increased use of CBD for pain management, sleep and anxiety — we all have questions. Better understand the ins and outs of cannabinoid medicine so you can educate yourself and your patients.
Plant Based Science
Research and Applications for Pain, Stress and Sleep
Safety and Regulation
Understanding Metabolism and The Endocannabinoid System’s Role in our Bodies
Webinar
How to Effectively Communicate About Pain
Join us for a 50-minute FREE webinar where we dive into understanding pain better and learn why it’s crucial to explain important ideas clearly to our clients.
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