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Managing Complex Tone: Spasticity and Casting Provisional program

International presenter, physiotherapist and researcher, Teresa Clark, is coming to Australia in 2027

This two day course offers a theoretical and practical introduction to casting complex neurological patients. The course generally focuses on:

- Rehabilitation and management of patients with complex physical disability as a consequence of severe brain injury, with a focus on spasticity and contracture treatment options. There is a particular focus on the role of soft and scotch splinting/serial casting for contracture prevention/management/reversal for people most at risk of progressive impairments and disability (i.e., severe physical disability, disorders of consciousness, complex neuro-disability).

- Integration and application of the evidence base relevant to treatment of spasticity, muscle/joint contracture, and sustained stretch treatments (i.e., splinting and serial casting) within multi-disciplinary rehabilitation and the long term management of chronic neurological conditions.

- Practical and evidence based risk management within serial casting practice.

- An interdisciplinary view on the role of scotch and soft casting in the management of complex disability which encourages joint Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy reasoning and practical working

- A strong practical component with the opportunity to fabricate upper and lower limb splints with all materials provided to enable learning to be directly applied to practice.

Presenters

Teresa Clark


Teresa qualified as a Physiotherapist in 2002 and specialises in the rehabilitation of complex neurological disability (including disorders of consciousness). As Consultant Physiotherapist, Teresa leads the RHN spasticity clinic, practicing as a non-medical prescriber, injector of botulinum toxin and guiding therapeutic management after botulinum toxin treatment. Teresa's role at the RHN includes significant teaching and clinical development responsibilities, aiming to further improve the practice of neuro-rehabilitation after brain injury. Teresa has completed a Masters in Clinical Research at St Georges University in London. Her thesis explored the barriers perceived by physiotherapists in using serial casting as a treatment for people with severe neurological disability (including those in a disorder of consciousness). Teresa is currently undertaking PhD at the University of Nottingham. She is using qualitative methods to unpick how clinicians and family members make healthcare decisions on behalf of those in a disorder of consciousness (DOC). Her thesis explores how the specific beliefs and biases we have about the DOC influence decision-making, and how we could better balance these complex, competing factors to ensure the decisions we make are congruent with what the person in a DOC would want.Teresa's areas of research and clinical interest include; prolonged disorders of consciousness, contracture management, spasticity, optimising life-long care after brain injury and the development of research methodologies which support those with severe brain injury to participate in research which improves their own care. Her publication history includes book sections, UK national guidelines, and journal articles. Topics include various aspects of complex neurodisability treatment, from chronic neurological condition guidelines, contracture management, physical disability management in DOC, and pharmacological treatment of sialorrhea.

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Fri 28 - Sat 29
May
09:00AM - 05:00PM AEST
Building 6, Unit C , 2728 Logan Road
Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113 View map
Price:
Early Bird - Non Member: $1,530.00
Early Bird - APA Member: $1,020.00
Early Bird - Distance Discount: $960.00
Early Bird - Disability group: $960.00
Early Bird - Neurology group: $960.00
Registration closing date:
17 May 2027
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Open
CPD hours:
16.00
* Early bird prices close 8 weeks prior to the course start date
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Price:
1,530.00: $Early Bird - Non Member
1,020.00: $Early Bird - APA Member
960.00: $Early Bird - Distance Discount
960.00: $Early Bird - Disability group
960.00: $Early Bird - Neurology group
Registration closing date:
17 May 2027
Event status:
Open
CPD hours:
16.00
* Early bird prices close 8 weeks prior to the course start date
Your registration status:
Presenters

Teresa Clark


Teresa qualified as a Physiotherapist in 2002 and specialises in the rehabilitation of complex neurological disability (including disorders of consciousness). As Consultant Physiotherapist, Teresa leads the RHN spasticity clinic, practicing as a non-medical prescriber, injector of botulinum toxin and guiding therapeutic management after botulinum toxin treatment. Teresa's role at the RHN includes significant teaching and clinical development responsibilities, aiming to further improve the practice of neuro-rehabilitation after brain injury. Teresa has completed a Masters in Clinical Research at St Georges University in London. Her thesis explored the barriers perceived by physiotherapists in using serial casting as a treatment for people with severe neurological disability (including those in a disorder of consciousness). Teresa is currently undertaking PhD at the University of Nottingham. She is using qualitative methods to unpick how clinicians and family members make healthcare decisions on behalf of those in a disorder of consciousness (DOC). Her thesis explores how the specific beliefs and biases we have about the DOC influence decision-making, and how we could better balance these complex, competing factors to ensure the decisions we make are congruent with what the person in a DOC would want.Teresa's areas of research and clinical interest include; prolonged disorders of consciousness, contracture management, spasticity, optimising life-long care after brain injury and the development of research methodologies which support those with severe brain injury to participate in research which improves their own care. Her publication history includes book sections, UK national guidelines, and journal articles. Topics include various aspects of complex neurodisability treatment, from chronic neurological condition guidelines, contracture management, physical disability management in DOC, and pharmacological treatment of sialorrhea.


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