PURPOSE OF THE COURSE

The main objective of the course is to acquire knowledge and skills in the field of foot relief methodology in the podological process. As a result of the course, the participant performs individual relief and post-treatment relief inserts, using knowledge in the field of foot and lower limb pathology as well as anthropometry and selected methods in the area of orthopedic techniques.

AFTER COURSE

• You understand the anatomical, functional and biomechanical relationships with overload changes
• You palpate the foot, which is the basis for relieving the feet
• You distinguish between relief materials
• You discuss pathologies resulting from overloads and/or resulting from incorrect distribution of pressures
• You apply knowledge of anatomy and pathology in the process of designing and selecting supports:

– local and postoperative relief
– post-operative relief insert PWO15
– corrective elements and strain relief

• You design and manufacture elements and relief inserts:

– for skin lesions in the course of microbial and hyperkeratotic infections
– in the course of pain: in the field of pathological tension of myofascial structures, neurological ailments, osteoarticular pain

• You make shoe applications
• You discuss pathologies constituting a risk group for fatigue fracture, wound formation, etc.
• You know the „red safety flags” – you make a relief insert for patients from the risk group
• You recognize changes that require absolute relief (i.e. “no weight bearing”)

 

COURSE CONTENT

1. Anatomy and biomechanics and overload changes (case studies based on photographs of real anatomy – autopsy material)
2. Important information about the physical properties of the relief materials
3. The shape of the relief elements and the structure and functionality of the foot (heel, metatarsal, forefoot – toes, lateral and rear part of the foot)

PRACTICAL WORKSHOP

1.Design and implementation of off-loading with an analysis of causes, symptoms and off-loading methodology:

• Overload skin changes: corns, calluses, corns, etc.
• Relief in the case of skin lesions in the course of systemic diseases and microbial infections
• Postoperative relief
• Methodology of relieving foot pain and dysfunction based on the differentiation of problems:

-Neurological: neuralgias, neuropathies, neuromas, neurological,
-Myofascial (including plantar fasciitis, Achilles, enthesopathies/tendinopathies)
-Osteoarthritis (degeneration, osteophytes, sterile necrosis, inflammation of the joints, overload and in the course of systemic diseases) – a workshop of cases based on X-ray imaging

2. Designing and making reliefs applied in everyday footwear and in home footwear (on the example of PAPS footwear).

3. Practical workshop – introduction to advanced methods:

• Relief – by correcting: the bases of toe and toe relief (including in the course of ingrown toenails)
• RED FLAGS IN ORTHOPODOLOGICAL PRACTICE – off-loading workshop in wound prevention and therapy, ZSC, etc.
• Absolute relief: when and to whom

 

ORGANIZATION OF THE COURSE

• The course lasts 12 hours and is carried out in a practical online workshop with an instructor,
• Before the course, we send the participants an educational package with a set for the production of PWO15 insoles
• The participant receives a certificate of completion of the training

INSTRUCTOR 

Dr. Jan Głodowski, PhD in Health Sciences

A graduate of the Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznań. He also completed two postgraduate programs—Management and Modern Web and Mobile Technologies—at the WSB University in Poznań. For many years, he has been a university lecturer in English-language programs at the Poznań University of Medical Sciences (programs: Medicine, Dentistry, Physiotherapy).

A diagnostician and specialist in orthopodology, since 2018 an instructor of the patented UniBrace system, as well as the founder and originator of the medical facility TerraCare Center for Orthopodology and Rehabilitation. He regularly conducts courses and workshops for podology specialists and other medical professionals in Poland and abroad.

A practitioner with many years of experience, specializing in ingrown and involuted toenails, post-traumatic nail plates, and nail plates altered by disease. He works with fingernails and toenails, focusing on complex and post-operative cases. He qualifies patients for podosurgical procedures. On social media, he is recognized as the “Podologist from Poznań.”

A lecturer in the postgraduate Podology program at the Warsaw School of Engineering and Health, as well as an instructor for edupodologia.pl. He is the creator and implementer of a comprehensive physiotherapeutic and orthopodological diagnostic program for the feet and posture of preschool and early-school-age children. He conducts screening examinations in preschool and early school settings—focused on physiotherapeutic diagnostics and posture-related prevention. He continually educates parents on selecting appropriate footwear for children, sensory equipment, custom orthopedic insoles, and therapeutic interventions.

ORGANIZER / CONTENT CONTROL: eduPODOLOGIA.pl