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District Leadership & News Items

 

Grand Strand District

Counties: Horry and Georgetown

District Chair(s): vacant

            Currently no new or meeting postings to display for this district

Low Country District

Counties: Berkley, Charleston, and Dorchester

District Chair(s): Kim Durst, PT & Michelle Hard, PT

Contact Kim at: kim.durst@csmr.org 

Contact Michelle at: michelle.hard@ropersaintfrancis.org 

Currently no new or meeting postings to display for this district

 

Lower Coastal District

Counties: Allendale, Hampton, Jasper, Colleton and Beaufort

District Chair(s): Cindy Buchanan, PhD, PT and Diane Haigler, PT, MHS

Contact Cindy at: cbuchanan@tcl.edu

Contact Diane at: dhaigler@bmhsc.org

            Join us for a Lower Coastal District Meeting and Clinical Education TIPS Forum on Saturday, March 24, 2012 and earn 0.3 CEUs.  Click here to review the flyer and download the registration form.  Registration is free for all participants, but RSVP is required.


Midlands District

Counties: Edgefield, Saluda, Newberry, Fairfield, Richland, Lexington, Aiken, Barnwell, Bamberg, Orangeburg and Calhoun

District Chair(s): Bob Carpenter, PT, ATC-L, CSCS and Cathy Arnot, DPT

Contact Bob at: bob@healthquestpt.org

Contact Cathy at: arnot@mailbox.sc.edu

"Shoulder Manual Therapy Interventions"

We will be discussing, demonstration and performing Dora Partridge mobilization concepts, mobilization with movement, manipulation, and Graston treatment techniques utilized for the Shoulder complex. We will finish with postural taping for those that are interested. Please bring lab clothes. Locker rooms are available. Cathy Arnot, DPT & Bob Carpenter PT,ATC-L, CSCS will be leading the program. All participants need to bring lab clothes appropriate for shoulder lab work. Due to the nature of this course in which mobilizations/manipulation techniques will be taught we are limiting the course to PTs only.

Date: Monday, June 4, 2012 
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Place: Arnold Public Health Research Center, 921 Assembly Street, Room 309
Parking options: Free parking in the gravel lot behind the building
CEUs: 1.5 APTA CEUs will be given if you stay for the full program.
RSVP: email Bob to register bob@healthquestpt.org. Due to the lab portion of this topic we feel we need to limit space to 18 spots. So register early and please give advance notice if you have registered but will be unable to attend.

Thanks,

Cathy Arnot, DPT, MTC & Bob Carpenter PT, ATC-L, CSCS SCAPTA Midlands District Co-chairs

Pee Dee District

Counties: Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter, Claredon, Williamsburg, Florence, Marion, Dillion, Marllboro and Darlington

District Chair(s): vacant

            Currently no new or meeting postings to display for this district

Upstate District

Counties: Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Cherokee, Anderson, Abbeyville, Laurens, McCormick, Greenwood

District Chair(s): Holly Mader, PT; and Trudy Messer, PT, OCS

Contact Holly at: holly@ssi-physicaltherapy.com

Contact Trudy at: trudy_messer@bshsi.org

Please plan to join us for our next Upstate SCAPTA District Meeting!
Upstate District's next meeting is: Tuesday, February 21st.  Dinner will be served at 6:45pm with the meeting starting at 7:00.  RSVP to Holly @ holly@ssi-physicaltherapy.com or Trudy @  trudy_messer@bshsi.orgSpeakers will be Dawn Waugh, PT, DPT, OCS, Brian Burnikel, MD and Brandon Broom, MD and the topic will be "Update on Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasties and Total Joint Health Program'".  The location is ProAxis Therapy, 200 Patewood Drive, Suite 250 C, Greenville, SC.