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Continuing education - projects :
1989 : Brussels Free University (B) : licentiaat Motorische Revalidatie en Kinesitherapie 1989 : specific Cyriax training for one month ; Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle (GB) October 1989 - today : private physiotherapy practice, De Haan (B). With focus on diagnosis, treatment and prevention of soft tissue lesions of the locomotor system. 1989 - 1992 : attended seven times the complete course on "Orthopaedic Medicine Cyriax", ETGOM in Belgium ; one course in London (GB) December 1992 : 3 day course "Reflex massage of the sole of the foot", Paris (F) 1992-1993 : training for assistant teacher in orthopaedic medicine Cyriax, ETGOM 29-31 january 1993 : course "The maitland Concept", Antwerp (B) 27-30 october 1995 : course "McKenzie : the lumbar spine", Antwerp (B) 6-8 october 1995 : course "McKenzie : the cervical spine", Antwerp (B) 11-13 october 1998 : "McKenzie course, problem solving part C", Antwerp (B)
June 1993 - october 1994 : member of the board of "Unie van Kringen voor ZelfstandigeKinesitherapeuten" (association of self employed PT's) 1993 - 1994 : I acted as a thesis-promotor for a graduate physiotherapy student, H.T.I., Bruges (B) 1998-1999 : idem, H.T.I., Bruges (B) 2002-2003 : idem, K.H.B.O., Bruges (B) 15 june 1999 : co founder and president of the "Global Cyriax Institute" ; author of the quality and contents standards concerning continuing education in orthopaedic medicine Cyriax. Development of the first "Cyriax Assessment Forms". 2003 : creation of the OMConsult back prevention project. Specific lectures for companies on prevention of back problems ; more info on wwww.rugpreventie.be
Lecturer on national and international courses
Since 1993 I taught courses in orthopaedic medicine in about 27 countries for a number of different organization partners :
Brussels, Hasselt, De Haan, Brugge (Belgium), ETGOM Hamburg (Germany), Fortbildung in Hamburg Trier (Germany), Zentral Verband für Krankengymnasten Berlin (Germany), Zentral Verband für Krankengymnasten Bochum (Germany), Universitätsklinik Bergmannsheil Weiskirchen (Germany), Academie Weiskirchen, CTG Trier Ulm (Germany) , UlmKolleg Utrecht (the Netherlands), ETGOM Dallas, Texas (USA), Colombia Medical Center of Las Colinas Vancouver (Canada) ; Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia Houston (USA ); Texas Physical Therapy Association Campinas (Brasil) ; Nucleo de estudos em fisioterapia Moscow, (Russia) Russian University of People's Friendship Youngstown (USA) ; Youngstown State University, Ohio Columbus, Ohio (USA) ; Ohio Physical Therapy Association Bologna (Italy) ; Associazione Italiana Terapisti della Riabilitazione Barcelona (Spain) ; Isfyes Hong Kong (China) ; Hong Kong Physical Therapy Association Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) ; Saudi German Hospital Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) ; Saudi German Hospital Krakow (Poland) ; Reha+ Seoul (South Korea) , Musculoskeletal Medicine Institute Milano (Italy) ; Riabilitazione Oggi Philadelphia (USA), Thomas Jefferson University Vilnius (Lithuania) Warren, Ohio (USA), Hillside rehab. Lovran (Croatia), Croation Association of Physiotherapists Trebnje (Slovenia), ETGOM Luxembourg (Association Luxembourgeoise des Kinésithérapeutes) Buenos Aires, Escobar (Argentina), FLENI Dhaka (Bangladesh), Eastern Hospital and Medical Resaerch Centre) Manama (Bahrain), Bahrain Physical Therapy Association Cairo (Egypt), Primephysio - Cairo University Bacau (Romenia), Bacau university Alexandria (Egypt), Primephysio Dubai (UAE), Edutrack events Beirut (Lebanon), Primephysio Bydgoszcz (Polen), Actio Corfu (Greece), local PT group Belgrade (Serbia), Serbian PT association (nov 2010)
Since 1992 I also gave several lectures and introduction courses for different local physiotherapy associations in Belgium :
Nationale Federatie van Doctors en Licentiaten in de Kinesitherapie Unie van Kringen voor Zelfstandige Kinesitherapeuten Vrije Universiteit Brussel Kine Kring St. Truiden Aarschotse Kine Kring Kine Kring Klein Brabant-Vaartland ZKV Lier Kinesistenkring Zuiderkempen Kine Kring Izegem Waregemse Kinesitherapeuten Vereniging KZK Wetteren-Laarne-Wichelen Tiense Kinesitherpeuten Kring Kine Kring Brugge Oostkust Tongerse Kine Kring Instituut Recyclage en specialisatie Kursussen Gilde van Kinesitherapeuten Arondissement Ieper Kinesitherapeuten Kring Noorderkempen Kine Kring Ronse
Lecturer on international conferences
25 may 1996 : key note speaker on the convention of the "Associazione Italiana Terapisti della Reabilitazione", Bologna (I) 30 march - 1 april 1998 : speaker on the "Ohio Physical Therapy Association, Annual Conference"(USA) 27-29 august 1999 : McKenzie International Conference, poster presentation "Using the assessment form in a differential diagnosis purpose", Maastricht (NL) 23 november 2002 : speaker on the "Convegno : Approccio, Valutazione e trattamento del paziente con algia vertebrale lombare : metodi a confronto" ; Milano, Italy 8 november 2003 : speaker on the "First Congress of Phsyiotherapy" in Lovran, Croatia 5 may 2005 : speaker on the "Physiokongress" in Aachen, Germany 15-17 june 2006 : speaker on the "Physiokongress" in Aachen, Germany 17-18 april 2009, key note speaker on the World Conference on Manual Therapy, Dhaka, Bangladesh 25 june 2010 : speaker on the annual conference of the International Society of Medical Shock Wave Treatment, Chicago, USA
Publications
April 1994 - september 1994 : Kineflash : "Een wandeling door het bijscholingsbos, deel I, II, III" (a series on the organisation of continuing education, Belgian PT Association newsletter) June 1995 : author "Handboek Orthopedische Geneeskunde Cyriax", Etgom (course hand out ETGOM course) September 1995 : producer video Orthopaedic Medicine Cyriax, Part I : "A practical overview of 106 deep transverse massage techniques and manipulations", ETGOM production, 80' ; English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish and Portuguese language version 1997 : producer video Orthopaedic Medicine Cyriax, Part II : "Functional examination of the spine and the extremities", ETGOM production, 38' ; English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish and Portuguese language version 1999 : author 2 books : "Orthopedische Geneeskunde Cyriax in Theorie en Praktijk", Publisher SATAS, Brussels Volume I : "Onderzoek en diagnose", 225p Volume II : "Behandeling d.m.v. diepe dwarse frictie, manipulatie en tractie", 103p 2000 : co-author book : "Orthopedische Geneeskunde Cyriax in Theorie en Praktijk", Publisher SATAS, Brussels Volume III : "Behandeling d.m.v. infiltratie en injectie", 158p 2000 : various articles in German and Belgian PT magazines Krankengymnastik, Zeitschrift für Physiotherapeuten, 08/2000 : "Klinische Untersuchung der Schulter : sprechen Therapeuten die gleiche Sprache ?", p1358-1364 Krankengymnastik, Zeitschrift für Physiotherapeuten, 09/2000 : co-author "Der freie Gelenkkörper im arthrotischen Gelenk", p1474-1482 2000: author of the updated Cyriax Assessment Forms (extremities and spine) 2003 : producer of the new DVD's and VHS's : "Orthopaedic Medicine Part I and II" Part I : "Basic and accessory functional examination procedures of the extremities and the spine", ETGOM production, 30' Part II : "A practical illustration of all deep transverse massage, mobilization and manipulation techniques (extremities and spine) and spinal traction procedures", ETGOM production, 81' 2003 : author of 2 books : "Orthopaedic Medicine Cyriax, updated value in daily practice". Part I : "Clinical examination and diagnosis", publisher OPTP, USA, 283p Part II : "Treatment by deep transverse massage, mobilization, manipulation and traction", publisher OPTP, USA, 77p 2005 : author of the book : "Cyriax Compact : updated untersuchen und behandeln", Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, 339p 2005 : author of the book : "Clinical Reasoning in Orthopaedic Medicine" : a practical guide based on the Cyriax Assessment Forms", ETGOM production, 112p 2007 : producer of 3 DVD's : "Orthopaedic Medicine" Part I : "Functional examination and treatment procedures of the upper extremity", 31'15'' Part II : "Functional examination and treatment procedures of the lower extremity", 38'48'' Part III : "Functional examination and treatment procedures of the spine and the SI-joint", 39'26'' 2007 : producer of DVD on prevention of back problems (Dutch version) : "Ontdek je rug, zelfbehandeling en preventie van rugklachten", OMConsult, 39' 2008 : producer of DVD on prevention of back problems (German version) : "Fit und sexy, nur mit gesundem Rücken", OMConsult, 42' 2009 : co-producer of DVD : "Orthopaedic Medicine, infiltrations and injections in orthopaedic and sports medicine", ETGOM production, 61'
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