Heel Pain Boot Camp

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Diagnostic Nerve Block Workshop – April 1, 2023

USNC 505: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Diagnostic Nerve Block Workshop
Course Instructors: Dr. Stephen Barrett, Dr. Rafael Carbadillo, Dr. Sequioa DuCasse
Date: 4/1/2023
Location: 2550 Windy Hill Road, Ste 206 Marietta, GA 30067

Course Limited to 8 Physicians
Tuition $1,150.00

This robust and comprehensive 1-day course will give the attendee a complete didactic and hands on experience that will build a strong foundation for implementation of high-resolution diagnostic ultrasound into their practice. Even practitioners with extensive experience in sonography will benefit as the course is designed for all levels of experience in sonography—from beginner to expert.

The attendee, upon completion of this one-day course will be able to perform multiple anatomical site interpretation of ultrasound imaging, and interpretation of normal versus pathologic conditions and be able to construct tailored treatment plans for patients. The following anatomical sites will be emphasized:

  1. Forefoot Pathology including plantar plate injuries, cysts, bursae, and fat pad mechanics
  2. Plantar Fascia: normatives, staging and grading of plantar fasciopathy, dynamics of the inferior calcaneal fat pad
  3. Achilles Tendon: normatives, dynamic evaluation of the posterior calcaneal bursa
  4. Ankle Joint Pathology: ATFL, Deltoid Ligament, Performance of Arthrocentesis
  5. Lower extremity peripheral nerve diagnostic ultrasound guided blocks: The Phoenix Sign
  6. Vascular analysis with Doppler and Waveform interpretation for change pre and post nerve blocks
  7. MSK Intralesional treatment with peptides: BPC-157

Agenda:

9:30am Welcome and Course Introduction; Educational Objectives, Review of Syllabus
9:45am Basics of Sonography, What Machine to Select, and How to set it up
10:15am-11:00am DUS Imaging and Interpretation

I. Tendons:

-Achilles
-Posterior Tibial
-Peroneal Tendons

II. Plantar Fascia
III. Plantar Plates
IV. Ankle Joint
V. Peripheral Nerve

11:00am-12:15pm Practical Lab
12:15pm-1:00pm LUNCH
1:00pm-1:15pm Questions/Answers and follow up to morning session
1:15pm-2:15pm Concepts and Overview of Diagnostic Nerve Blocks

  • Fundamentals of Excellent Injection Technique
  • Echogenic Needles, Tracking of injections
  • CPN-The Phoenix Sign
  • SPN
  • DPN
  • Tibial Nerve Proximal Soleal Sling, Distal Medial Gastroc Soleal junction, Ankle
  • Sural
  • DPN proximal to ankle
  • Vascular eval before and after nerve blocks

2:15pm-3:30pm Hands on Lab Nerve Blocks
3:30-3:45pm BREAK
3:45pm-4:30pm Introduction to Peptides and Case Studies
4:30pm-5:00pm Wrap up and Question and Answer

Heel Pain Boot Camp - April 2, 2023

SOLD OUT

USNC 675: Heel Pain Boot Camp 3.0
Course Instructors: Dr. Stephen Barrett, Dr. Rafael Carbadillo, Dr. Sequioa DuCasse
Date: 4/2/2023
Location: 2550 Windy Hill Road, Ste 206 Marietta, GA 30067

Course Limited to 8 Physicians
Tuition $1,750.00

This course is designed to absolutely blow your mind and bring you so much usable robust and comprehensive 1-day course will give the attendee a complete didactic and hands on experience that will build a strong foundation in complex heel pain management. Even those with extensive experience in sonography will benefit as the course is designed for all levels of experience in sonography—from beginner to expert.

The attendee, upon completion of this one-day course will be able to perform multiple anatomical site interpretation of ultrasound imaging, and interpretation of normal versus pathologic conditions and be able to construct tailored treatment plans for patients. 

Course Agenda

8:30am – 9:00am Breakfast
9:00am – 9:15am Welcome & Introduction
9:15am – 10:15am Lectures
  Mission 1: Etiologies of Heel Pain
  Mission 2: Plantar Fasciopathy
10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 12:00pm Lectures
  Mission 3: Current Treatments for Isolated PF
 

Mission 4: Diagnosis, Staging & Grading of PF /

                   Principals of Diagnostic Ultrasound
  Mission 5: Multiple Etiology Heel Pain Syndrome
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 2:45pm Lectures
  Mission 6: Treatment Decisions
  Mission 7: PEPTIDES:  Regenerative Medicine
  Mission 8: USGPPF Surgical Technique
2:45pm – 3:00pm Break
3:00pm – 5:00pm Lectures
  Mission 9: Case Studies/Patient Work-up Samples
 

Mission 10: Coding, Reimbursement & Revenue
Final Recap & Q&A