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The Hip & Pelvis: A Global Systems Approach (Recorded Webinar)

Presented by Steven Dischiavi

The Hip & Pelvis: A Global Systems Approach (Recorded Webinar)

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This course will be retired and no longer available as of December 31, 2024. Please complete the course by December 31, 2024, to receive credit. This course is a recording of a previously hosted live webinar event. Polling and question submission features are not available for this recording. Format and structure may differ from standard MedBridge courses. Outpatient sports physical therapists have seen a steady increase in the number of patients with a hip related pathology over the last 5-10 years. One of the primary reasons for this dramatic increase is the direct result of the increased number of hip surgeons being trained specifically in the delivery of arthroscopic hip surgery. The skill-sets of clinicians are now being tested to deliver effective rehabilitation strategies and provide satisfactory outcomes to these patients. The evidence is clearly illuminating the dissatisfaction of these patients, and often times, the inability for these patients to return to prior levels of function. The goal of this webinar is to provide insight to the most current strategies that are available to rehabilitate these patients with hip related pathology. Current evidence for methods related to a global systems approach for assessment of the hip will be reviewed. These cutting-edge assessment strategies will excite clinicians and provide a platform for a unique discussion as to how these methods may inform new ways of prescribing therapeutic exercises for the hip and pelvis. The webinar will clearly demonstrate these assessment techniques and exercises, allowing the clinician to leave this webinar with practical applications that will immediately impact their clinical “toolbox."

Meet your instructor

Steven Dischiavi

Dr. Steven Dischiavi is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at High Point University (HPU), as well as the Director of Rehabilitation for the Department of Athletics at HPU. Dr. Dischiavi brings over 20 years of experience in sports medicine to MedBridge, including 10 years with a professional sports…

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Chapters & learning objectives

Introduction to Complex Systems

1. Introduction to Complex Systems

Human movement is an extremely intricate sequence of events that are all coordinated amongst many different body systems. A complex systems-based approach to the global perception of human movement may help clinicians appreciate the interactions between systems. The concepts of reductionism and holism will also be presented and how they are applied to current evidence surrounding the hip and pelvis.

Current State of the Evidence

2. Current State of the Evidence

The terms “proximal control” or “proximal strengthening” are being utilized across various lines of research to describe the concept of how the hip is the integral component of lower extremity strength and motor control. The discrepancies found in the literature with regard to how the hip is the “proximal” influence for the lower extremity will be discussed.

Biotensegrity and Myofascial Chains

3. Biotensegrity and Myofascial Chains

The musculoskeletal architecture of the human body is a tension dependent system existing within a biotensegrity design. The concept of biotensegrity will explored, and the overall importance will be related to the global systems approach. Myofascial chains have been described, using various descriptors, for decades within the physical therapy profession. The evidence regarding these interconnected muscular chains will be reviewed, as well as a discussion as to how these chains might inform rehabilitative strategies for the hip and pelvis.

Integrating a Global Systems Approach

4. Integrating a Global Systems Approach

Current evidence-based concepts utilizing the global systems approach to evaluate range of motion specifically related to the hip and pelvis will be presented. New and innovative ways to assess human movement utilizing the global systems approach will also be demonstrated. The assessment methods discussed in this chapter will directly relate to exercise prescription presented in the next chapter.

Complexity and Therapeutic Exercise

5. Complexity and Therapeutic Exercise

Physical therapists are constantly challenged by the compliance issues that are associated with dispensing a home exercise program to patients. The idea of utilizing a complex systems approach, where multiple joint movements occur across multiple planes of motion, will be presented. The clinician will be challenged by having to decide if choosing a more inclusive complexity design would be preferred over a reductionist linear model offering exercises that progressively get more complicated.

Question and Answer Session

6. Question and Answer Session

This chapter is a viewer-submitted question and answer session, facilitated by Steve Dischiavi.