Schedule is subject to change

Saturday

Time

 

6:00am

Exhibitor Set up

7:00am

Coffee / Check In / Exhibits
Yoga with Emily: 
Forest Room

 

Track 1:
Elevation
 

Track 2:
Forest

Track 3:
Aspen

Track 4:
Tarn

8:00am

Navigating the Political Landscape: Colorado APTA Chapter Legislative Victories, Setbacks, and the Road Ahead 

Tami Struessel and Rebekah Griffith

Beyond Over Burnout: Breaking Free from the All-or-Nothing Mindset in Physical Therapy and in Life

Hannah Brandt PT, DPT, CPT, IFNCP and Casey Matthews PT, DPT, NCS, CPT

No Pain, More Gain: Prevention and Management of Anterior Knee Pain in the Non-Operative and Post-Operative Active Population 

Macy Winkelman PT, DPT, SCS and Marissa Gradoz PT, DPT, SCS

Upper Airway Differential Diagnoses: Considerations for Physical Therapists 

Aspen Christen MS, CCC-SLP and Amy O’Connell MS, CCC-SLP

9:30am

Break with Exhibitors

10:00am

3 hour session

Business Mindset- Where Business, Leadership and Advocacy Overlap

Jessica Cozine-Lehman PT, DPT and Chris White PT, DPT, MBA, MSPT, OCS, EMT

Addressing the 80%: Preparing Physical Therapists to Identify and Respond to Social Determinants of Health 

Jenny Logan PT, DPT, NCS and Lilly Webster PT, DPT, MPH

 Dual Task Re-training: how to elevate clinical practice and neuroplasticity by improving specificity and salience 

Jessica Ford PT, DPT, NCS

Feeling the Heat (and air pollution); promoting safe exercise in a changing climate. 

Leslie Schein PT, DPT, OCS and Karene Boos PT, DPT, JD

11:30am

Platform and Poster Presentations: 11:30 – 12:30pm   Elevation Ballroom
Posters in Exhibit area / Forest

12:30pm 

Lunch and Chapter Meeting: 12:30 – 1:45pm
Elevation Ballroom

 

Track 1
Elevation

Track 2:
Forest

Track 3: 
Aspen

Track 4:
Tarn

2:00pm

(continued)

Business Mindset- Where Business, Leadership and Advocacy Overlap

The Resilient Therapist: Simple Daily Practices for a Lifetime in PT 

Christine Robenalt PT, MPT 

Return to Sport after Ankle Injury: A data driven approach 

Kathryn Milliet PT, DPT and Mark Dudek PT, DPT

Chart Less. Treat More. The AI Revolution in Rehab

Ben Wicki, DPT, MBA, OCS, CHFP

3:30pm

Break and Poster Presentations

4:00pm 

Small discussion groups / Clinical Speciality Groups / Clinical Pearls

Topics include (more to come):

Low Back Pain
Applications for Infant Mental Health Endorsement Reflective Supervision
GLP1 and PT Management
Beyond Rehabilitation: The Role of PT in Musician Health and Wellness
Psychosocial Issues in Physical Therapy

Elevation Ballroom

5:30 – 7:00pm

Networking Reception
Maggies

Sunday

Time

 

6:00am

Exhibitor Set up

7:00am

Breakfast / Check In  / Exhibitors
Zumba with Christine: Forest

8:00am

Chapter Awards
includes PT/PTA of the Year
Elevation Ballroom

 

 

Track 1 
Elevation

Track 2:
Forest

Track 3:
Aspen

Track 4: 
Tarn

9:00am

Shared Clinical Instruction: Evidence, Strategies, and Panel Discussion

Kathleen Yahya PT, DPT, GCS, Maegan Olivos PT, DPT, MPH, GCS and Rachael Maguire PT, DPT & Ian Talbot PT, DPT, OCS

Sleep Matters: A Pediatric PT’s Role in Assessment and Interventions for Sleep Challenges 

Christine Robenalt PT, MPT

Stepping Into the AI Era: Opportunity, Caution, and the PT’s Role in Getting It Right 

Jennifer Masamitsu PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT and Mark Andersen-Nissen PT, DPT

From Early Care to Complex Recovery: An Evidence Based, Profile Driven Interdisciplinary PT and OT Approach to Concussion Rehab 

Belinda Richardson PT, DPT, NCS and Lisa Pirraglia OTR/L

10:30am

Break with Exhibitors

11:00am

Meeting the Brain Where It Is: Integrating INCOG 2.0 and Rancho Levels to Drive Acute Care TBI Rehabilitation and Discharge Decision-Making

Melissa Delvecchio, PT, DPT, NCS

Recognizing and Treating BPPV in Children and Adolescents 

Inger Brueckner, PT

 From Triage to Transition: Development and Implementation of a Collaborative Geriatric Falls Pathway in the Emergency Department 

Kaci DeWitt-Rickards PT, DPT, GCS, Zachary Kuhns PT, DPT, Kara La Grande MS, OTR/L, Heidi Kunugi DOT, OTR/L, Amie Phinney RN, BSN

Leading When It’s Not Clean: Small-Unit Leadership for Physical Therapy Practice

Eric Wilson PT, DPT, DSc, OCS, SCS, CSCS, FAAOMPT

12:30pm

Lunch / Exhibitors

1:30pm

3 hour session

Primary Care PT in the Real World: What You Must Be Able to Evaluate and Treat – Stop Referring Everything & Start Building Competence in Primary Care Physical Therapy 

Eric Wilson PT, DSc, DPT, OCS, SCS, CSCS, FAAOMPT, Jennifer Downey Wilson PT, DPT, PCS, Jenn Davia, PT, DPT, DHSc; Shelene Thomas, DPT, EDD, GCS, FNAP; Jessica Bombino Elliott, DPT, PhD(c), NCS

The Sound of Movement: Enhancing Pediatric Motor Skills With Music

Christine Robenalt PT, MPT

3 hour session

Annual Mobility Assessment – Community Screening and Expanding Business Model into Prevention

Amy Hammerich PT, DPT, PhD, OCS, GCS, FAAOMPT, Autumne Hollingsworth PT, DPT, NCS, Cassidy Herringer, PT, DPT, OCS

Oncology and Lymphedema in the Orthopedic Setting

Nicole Sayler PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, CLT

3:00pm

Break 

3:15pm

(continued)

Primary Care PT in the Real World: What You Must Be Able to Evaluate and Treat – Stop Referring Everything & Start Building Competence in Primary Care Physical Therapy 

My Patient May Have Upper Cervical Instability… Now what? Clinical Decision Making and Diagnostic Imaging for the Bobble-Head Headache and Headache Triangle

Caroline Creager PT, DPT

(continued)

Annual Mobility Assessment – Community Screening and Expanding Business Model into Prevention

 

4:45pm

End