Indian Association Of Physiotherapy Pune Branch & Sancheti institute College Of Physiotherapy organized a workshop on SPINAL-CORD INJURY REHABILITATION  on 27^th and 28^st October  2012 . Course instructor was Dr. Gajanan Bhalerao (PT) MPTH Neuro, Associate professor, Sancheti College of Physiotherapy & Inchargeof Department of Neuro and Spine Rehabilitation Sancheti Hospital, Pune.

In this course 32 students from all over Maharashtra Physiotherapy colleges & clinical therapist attended the work shop. The workshop was inaugurated By Dr. Meenakshi Pandit, Convener IAP Pune branch, along with Dr. Apurv Shimpi Treasure Executive Committee   Member Dr. Anushree Phansalkar IAP Pune branch.

We had Invited Major Bist, administrator director Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre Kharaki, Pune to give information the functioning and activities of paraplegic at their centre.  Pararaplegic are living at the centre and all of them are independent in their lifestyle and earning livelihood through vocational rehab.

Dr. Vijay Gupta MPT neuro (USA) was also helped during the practical session for supervising the particiapnt practice of practical demos done in the workshop.

The workshop included the neuro anatomy, mat exercises, transfer training, ambulation training etc. Participant were taught how to set the goals according to level, severity and available period of admission, OPD bases taking into account his lifestyle, contextual and environmental factors in his own home/village/town/city.

Practical demos of treatment on patients  was shown. Different techniques of facilitation voluntary control/strengthening was demonstrated on patients with incomplete cord injury TYPE B/C/D/E. Two quadriplegic who were showing type A in first few months were called in the workshop who are now high functioning walking independently, driving two wheelers with added two wheels independently .  Car transfers’ training of patients was shown. Indications and contraindication of different orthotics and prescription of orthosis taught .   

                                                                                                         Modified bike for para

car transfers

Car modifications

Workshop details

Participant’s Feedback on course content and training was taken at the end of both day. All the students like the detailed anatomy and its clinical apllication, differential diagnosis & classfication of different spinal cord injury. Every learned a lot from the lab session of ASIA assessment on patients.  On post workshop feedback all the participaants reported that, they leanred lot of new techniques of faciltation, multiple alterantive methods for bed mobility, transfers and ambulation training, wheechair modification, Orthotic fixation, and Role of steam cell in SCI rehabilitation. Everone extreamely satisfied.

STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN WORKSHOP