Introduction to Casting in Neurology

19 Sep 2016 9:00 am - 5:00 pm West Hill, Putney, London, SW15 3SW

This two day course, for physiotherapists and occupational therapists, offers a theoretical and practical introduction to casting complex neurological patients.

This course focuses on:

  • an interdisciplinary view on the role of Scotch and soft splinting in the management of complex disability
  • encouraging joint occupational therapy and physiotherapy reasoning and practical working
  • integration of splinting into interdisciplinary practice, including a review of the splinting guidelines and medical presentation on hypertonicity management
  • 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.

Date: Monday 19 – Tuesday 20 September 2016

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For more information, please call 020 8780 4500 ext 5140 or email institute@rhn.org.uk.