The Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute
Advanced Rehabilitation Techniques for Limb Lengthening & Deformity Course
901 45th Street, Kimmel Building, West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Course Dates: March 2-6, 2024
Course Objectives:
- Participants will have an understanding of a variety of deformities appropriate for deformity correction and limb lengthening.
- Participants will have a understanding of treatment options for pediatric and adult orthopedic deformities.
- Participants will be able to identify precautions to observe when treating a patient undergoing limb lengthening.
- Participants will familiar with basic treatment protocols for the following:
- Patient undergoing femoral lengthening (internal vs external fixation).
- Patient undergoing tibial lengthening (internal vs external fixation).
- Patient undergoing humeral lengthening (internal vs external fixation).
- Participants will have a understanding of the Pitfalls of Limb Lengthening and prevention and treatment strategies
Preceptorship: March 4-6, 2024
Preceptorship Objectives:
- Participants will have the opportunity to observe live, and in-person, Physical and Occupational Therapy sessions geared toward their target patient population.
- Participants will have the opportunity to participate in problem solving sessions to discuss cases observed, or cases that they present, with the experienced Paley Rehabilitation Therapists.
- Participants will have the opportunity to participate is Labs targeted to their needs (Stretch Lab for Lengthening, Splinting Lab, ASTYM demonstration).
- Participants will have the opportunity to attend an Ad Hoc meeting on developing a Limb Lengthening Deformity Correction Rehabilitation Program at their facility.