Advanced Gait Training for Lower Extremity Amputees

200 Belle Terre Road,Port Jefferson NY 11777

20 May, 2023

Description

Professionals in the field of rehabilitative therapy and sports will be introduced to exercise programs enabling them to progress amputees into more advanced techniques such as stair climbing, conditioning exercises, and running. By providing such training, the therapist can introduce these principles to the amputee patient early in the rehabilitative process and thus orient him/her and their family toward an active productive lifestyle. For more information, please contact Todd Schaffhauser at [email protected] Presenters: TODD SCHAFFHAUSER Todd became an above-the-knee amputee at the age of 15 as a result of cancer. Determined to regain an active lifestyle, he pursued competitive athletics for the first time in his life. In 1988, Todd qualified for the Paralympics Track and Field Team and won a gold medal by completing the 100 meter event in a time of 15.77 seconds. In the 1995 World Games in Germany, he broke his own world record by running the 100 meter in 14.55 seconds. Todd competed and medaled at three Paralympic Games.Along with his athletic endeavors, Todd has worked in the prosthetic community for more than twenty years. He co-created the Amputee Walking School that has changed the lives of thousands of amputees, their families and rehabilitation professionals worldwide. Todd participated in the research, development and marketing of numerous prosthetic products. In 2002, he was named an honorary member of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists. DENNIS OEHLER Dennis became a below-the-knee amputee at the age of 24 as a result of an automobile accident. Dennis was determined to resume his athletic endeavors and qualified for the 1988 Paralympics Track and Field Team. In Seoul, Korea, he set the world record for the 100 meter event in 11.73 seconds and won gold medals in the 200 and 400 meter events. Four years later in Barcelona, he set another world record in the long jump and took silver in the 100 meter.In 1989, Dennis co-created the Amputee Walking School designed to take amputees beyond traditional rehabilitation. This life changing program has reached more than 30,000 amputees and 75,000 therapists worldwide.Dennis has served on the board of directors for the American Board for Certification for Orthotics and Prosthetics. In 2002, he was named an honorary member of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists. O&P Marketing Solutions is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Physical Therapy as an Approved Provider of Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistant Continuing Education. 4 CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistants: New York: St. Charles Hospital is a Continuing Education Sponsor for OT and/or COTA by THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT University of the State of New York Office of the Professions State Board for Occupational Therapy. This course is offered for 4 contact hours.