McLeod Sports Medicine to host symposium
McLeod Sports Medicine will host a symposium at The SiMT building on the campus of Florence Darlington Technical College on June 24, 2017. The symposium, entitled “The Art of Manipulating Pain in Your Athlete: Holistic and Manual Techniques”, will address clinician approaches to pain following an athletic injury.
Topics Include: The Science of Pain and Symptom Transmission: Reducing Pain Symptoms in Peripheral Joint Injuries, The Psychology of Pain: Assessment and Management in Multidisciplinary Care, Multimodal Pain Management and the Surgical Patient, Pain Crisis in Athletics: Pharmacology and Appropriate use for Athletes, Hip and Pelvic Assessment and Treatment Using Muscle Energy Techniques, Dry Needling (MyoPain, Kinetacore, and Integrative Dry Needling), Manual Therapy Techniques, Effective Solutions for Long Term Symptoms from Single or Repeated Traumatic Brain Injuries, and Splinting and Casting with Fiberglass.
The symposium is offering continuing education credits through Pee Dee AHEC and is targeted to Certified Athletic Trainers, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, and Occupational Therapist Assistants. The cost of the symposium is $100 ($25 for students) and includes lunch and refreshments. Registration can be completed online at www.peedeeahec.net. To view more details about the symposium, visit www.McLeodSportsMedicine.org.
About McLeod Sports Medicine
McLeod Sports Medicine is a team of Physicians, Physical Therapists, Certified Athletic Trainers, and other medical professionals dedicated to helping athletes prevent injury, improve performance and achieve personal goals. McLeod Sports Medicine currently provides Athletic Trainers to 23 facilities in Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Horry, Marion, and Marlboro Counties. Certified Athletic Trainers are Board Certified, highly trained health professionals who work with sports teams and athletes to ensure they are healthy before competition, keep them healthy when they play, treat them when they are injured and work on getting them back to healthy competition.