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Orthotics Lab 
Live Lab: February 15th, 2025

 

Saturday

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Principles of Orthotic Fabrication

(completed online)

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8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Static Orthoses​

  • Wrist Clam Shell Orthosis

  • Dorsal Block Orthosis

  • Ulnar Gutter Orthosis

  • Radial-Based Muenster

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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

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1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Mobilizing Wrist and Digit Orthoses

  • Relative Motion Orthoses

  • Static Progressive Wrist Extension Orthosis

  • MP Dynamic Extension Orthosis

  • Static Progressive Elbow Extension

Live Lab Enrollment Fee: $400.00
Live Lab & Virtual Lab Bundle: $500.00
Virtual Lab only $250.00
 

LOCATION: CEDAR CREST COLLEGE

ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

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 Faculty

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Mirella Deisher, OTD, MS,  OTR/L, CHT
VHSF Founder & Faculty

Diagnosis-Based Lab

May 3rd & 4th 2025

Saturday

 

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Distal Radius Fracture

SL Ligament Tear

  • Evaluation

  • Wound & Scar Management 

  • Modalities

  • Manual Techniques

  • Taping Techniques

  • Orthotic Fabrication

  • Therapeutic Exercise

  • Ergonomics

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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Break

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1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Proximal Phalanx Fracture

Thumb UCL

  • Evaluation

  • Wound & Scar Management

  • Modalities

  • Manual Techniques

  • Taping Techniques

  • Orthotic Fabrication

  • Therapeutic Exercise

  • Ergonomics

Sunday

 

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Flexor Tendon Injury

Extensor Tendon Injury

  • Evaluation

  • Wound & Scar Management

  • Modalities

  • Manual Techniques

  • Taping Techniques

  • Orthotic Fabrication

  • Therapeutic Exercise

  • Ergonomics

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Enrollment Fee: $650.00
 

LOCATION: CEDAR CREST COLLEGE

ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

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Registration is open!

 Faculty

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Mirella Deisher, OTD, MS,  OTR/L, CHT
VHSF Founder & Faculty

Essential Skills Lab 
 

TBD

Saturday

 

Principles of Orthotic Fabrication

(completed asynchronously in advance)

 

8:00 AM - 8:10 PM

Introduction​

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8:10 AM - 12:00 PM

Orthotic Fabrication

  • Hand-Based Thumb Orthosis

  • Radial Gutter

  • Muenster (Radial or Ulnar)​​

 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Orthotic Fabrication

  • Static Progressive Wrist Extension 

  • MP Dynamic Extension Orthosis

  • Static Progressive Elbow Extension

Sunday

 

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Principles of Joint Mobilizations 

  • ​Hand to Shoulder

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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

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1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Differential Diagnosis

  • Hand to Cervical Spine

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LOCATION: CEDAR CREST COLLEGE

ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

Fee: $650.00
AOTA Approved 
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 Faculty

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Mirella Deisher, OTD, MS,  OTR/L, CHT
VHSF Founder & Faculty

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