Treatment Possibilities for Children with cDRA
Treatment Possibilities for Children with cDRA
1 hour 30 minutes
The instructors
Overview
This webinar will provide updated information and literature that were published since the first Congenital Diastasis of Rectus Abdominis (cDRA) webinar in November 2021. You can find the recording of this first webinar here. We strongly recommend that you watch the first webinar ahead of this upcoming webinar.
In this webinar, we will:
- Review the signs and symptoms of cDRA (orange and red flags)
- Discuss the suggested classification and measurements for children
- Introduce the posture break test specific for patients' problems
- Introduce the novel dynamic neuromuscular stabilization test
- Teach reasoning treatment. This includes:
- Anatomy and function of the muscles and the trunk
- The need to close the gap as much as possible
- Treatment sequence for normal development
- Awareness of the pressure systems (M. Massery)
- Various disorders and symptoms
- Use tape to assess and inform the brain
Treatment goals and suggestions will be presented, including various case examples.
Learning Objectives
In this webinar, you will learn to:
- Describe the signs and symptoms of diastasis
- Understand the important roles of the linea alba and rectus abdominis muscle in force transmission
- Describe the new classification and assessments used in children
- Understand how to use the posture break test
- Understand how to use tape as an assessment (and treatment) tool
- Be able to apply concepts of exercise sequencing to the variety of patients presenting with cDRA
- Apply knowledge of the physiological movement direction of skin and have an understanding of the effects of skin stretch when using tape
Prerequisites
While there are no prerequisites to join this webinar, it is strongly recommended that you take the course Congenital Diastasis Rectus Abdominis ahead of time. We're providing an incentive to take it ahead of time! Until the date of this webinar (June 7th) the recommended course is 20% off! Click here to register for the course.
Registration Information and Pricing
The following are the pricing tiers available for this webinar. All prices are in CAD.
- Regular registration: $40
- Early bird registration: $30 (ends May 23rd)
- CPA member registration: $34 (after early bird pricing ends)
- Embodia Member registration: $34 (after early bird pricing ends)
- Student/new grad registration: $20 (graduation date after Nov 1, 2021)
If you are a student or new grad, please upload proof of your graduation year by following the instructions outlined in this guide.
This webinar will be recorded and made available for free to all webinar registrants. The certificate of completion will be included in the course.
The instructors
PT, OMT, PPT
Esther de Ru is a physiotherapist from the Netherlands whose passion and energy for all things related to pediatrics is stunning. Maybe best known for her work in elastic therapeutic taping, she is keenly interested in skin, our outer brain, using skin stretch and massage to enhance movement and address dysfunction. Her other passion is scoliosis management.
As past chair of the Committee Practice of the IOPTP (International Organisation of Physical Therapists in Paediatrics) and international instructor and author, Esther emphasizes the need to work very hands-on in our profession.
Semi-retired, Esther travelled the world teaching and sharing her knowledge as a true clinician who values not only the evidence base, but the patient's experience and the intuitive wisdom that comes with real work in the real world.