Therapeutic Evaluation and Management of Toe Walking

This course covers therapeutic evaluation & treatment of pediatric equi-nus gait ("toe walking”). It is common for the practitioner to feel lost when a child presents with a toe walking gait pattern. Both evaluation and treatment of these children are often frustrating for all involved and fre-quently results in inaccurate evaluation with ineffective intervention and poor achievement of results. Long term results are rarely achieved with either resultant surgical intervention and/or a reoccurrence of the prob-lem. However, establishing a specific approach to treating this type of
patient can be made less frustrating and more rewarding by asking the right questions and forming a deliberate approach. This course is excel-lent for alleviating a chaotic approach to the treatment of pediatric toe walking. Through an organized evaluation procedure, specific data will be used to direct the clinician to potential etiologies. Causes and appro-priate intervention strategies are identified in order to utilize a systematic approach to developing an effective treatment plan.