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Target audience

The webinar will be suitable for physiotherapists, podiatrists and other healthcare professionals who see patients with plantar heel pain or who have a special interest in this area. This webinar will be in English.

Purpose of the webinar

Plantar heel pain is a highly prevalent condition in both non-athletic and athletic populations. Despite its prevalence, little is known about the pathology, risk factors, prognosis, and the best possible treatment. The purpose of the webinar is to give a state of the art update within plantar heel pain management and to give participants even more tools to aid them treating patients in the clinic.

Topics covered

• Introduction
• Diagnosing
• Risk factors
• Prognosis
• Tailoring treatment:
  • Orthoses
  • Load management
  • Stretching
  • Heavy-slow resistance training
  • Corticosteroid injection
  • Shockwave
  • Percutaneous needle electrolysis
  • Surgery
• Q&A

Time

The webinar starts at 19.30 and ends around 21.30u.
Two days before the start of the webinar, you will recieve the link to login to the webinar. Be sure to check your spam. If you didn't receive the link in time, contact us at info@nt-e.nl.

Teacher

Henrik Riel is a physiotherapist, PhD student at the Center for General Practice at Aalborg University, Denmark, and lecturer at the Physiotherapy Department at UCN, Aalborg, Denmark. He has conducted several clinical trials on the management of plantar heel pain and has a special interest in tendinopathies, resistance training and exercise compliance.