LAUREN ANDREW HEBERT, DPT, OCS

PO Box 220

Dixfield, ME 04224

207-562-8048

lhebertpt@prexar.com

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION:

University of Maine, Orono, ME, 1970-1972

University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 1973-1974

        BS in Physical Therapy, Magna Cum Laude 1974

University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 1975-76

        Graduate studies in Medical Education

University of New England, Biddeford, ME, 2006-2008

        Doctor of Physical Therapy

 

CLINICAL TRAINING:

Champlain Valley Medical Center, Plattsburgh, NY, 1973

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH, 1974

Burke Rehabilitation Center, White Plains, NY, 1974

CERTIFICATIONS:

APTA BOARD CERTIFICATION IN ORTHOPEDICS

IMPACC MSD PREVENTION & ERGONOMICS CERTIFICATION

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

1. 1.Owner-founder of SMARTCARE PHYSICAL THERAPY, Dixfield, ME: Outpatient PT care for orthopedic musculoskeletal dysfunction, work injury, sports and recreation injuries, back and neck pain, TMJ disorders. (1993-present
   

2. President-founder of IMPACC of New England: Ergonomics and work injury prevention programs for 500 workplaces throughout North America. (1983-1996) (2002-present)

3. Lead Author for IMPACC-USA of Geenville, ME: Publisher of patient education and clinical guides on musculoskeletal problems; sales worldwide. (1988-present)

4. Instructor for NORTHEAST SEMINARS of Hookset, NH: Lead seminar instructor for "Work Injury Prevention and Ergonomics” held throughout USA. (1995-2001)

5. Co-owner-founder of ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICAL THERAPY CENTER and BACK-TO WORK CENTER of Augusta and Bangor, ME: Outpatient orthopedic PT care, work hardening, and functional capacity assessment; on-site PT clinics at several industries in Maine. Orthopedic care, spine, extremity, and TMJ care. (1983-1988)

6. PT Director for PENOBSCOT BAY MEDICAL CENTER in Rockland, ME: Inpatient care, outpatient clinics, SNF services. (1979-1983)

7. Director of THERAPY ASSOCIATES/REHABILITATION ASSOCIATES of Wisconsin and Minnesota: Coordinator and manager of staff of 97 in 57 clinics, hospitals, SNFs, and industry settings throughout the Midwest. (1977-1979)

8. PT Director for BIRCHWOOD HEALTH CARE CENTER, plus staff PT with VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION through the UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATES IN PHYSICAL THERAPY in Burlington, VT.

(1974 -1977)

9. Faculty appointment, academic and clinical instructor for UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Department of Physical Therapy, Burlington, VT. (1975-77)

POST-GRADUATE CONTINUING EDUCATION:

1. CSM 2000

APTA Combined Sections Meeting, New Orleans, 2000

2. CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

APTA, self-study, 2000

3. MANAGING THE LUMBAR SPINE

Orthopaedic Section, self-study, APTA, 1999

4. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Orthopaedic Section, self-study, APTA, 1998

5. MICROSTABILIZATION OF THE SPINE

Debbie Dent, PT, Northeast Seminars, Portland, ME 1998

6. MECHANICAL LINK TECHNIQUE

Upledger Institute, Hartford, CT 1997

7. MRI FINDINGS & LOW BACK PAIN

APTA, self-study, 1997

8. MUSCLE ENERGY TECHNIQUES FOR THE SPINE

Sharon Weiselfish, Northeast Seminars, Bethel, ME 1995

9. BACK PAIN MANAGEMENT

State Univ of New York at Syracuse; Robin McKenzie, et at, Boston, MA 1994

10. APTA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Various seminars and symposia, Cincinnati, OH, 1993

11. ERGONOMICS AND CUMULATIVE TRAUMA

Various Ergonomics Professionals, INDIANAPOLIS, 1992

12. ERGONOMICS

USM Production Technology Ctr, PORTLAND, 1992

13. ERGONOMICS AND CUMULATIVE TRAUMA

Various Ergonomics Professionals, INDIANAPOLIS, 1991

14. ERGONOMICS: THE PT IN THE WORKPLACE

WCPT and APTA, Margaret Bulllock, et al, BOSTON, 1991

15. ERGONOMICS

USM Production Technology Ctr, PORTLAND, 1991

16. APTA/WCPT ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Various seminars and symposia, Boston, MA, 1991

17. APTA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Various seminars and symposia, Anaheim, CA, 1990

18. APTA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Various seminars and symposia, Las Vegas, NV, 1988

19. AMERICAN BACK SEMINARS

David Apts, et al, Boston, MA 1986

20. UPPER EXTREMITY CARE: KALTENBORN METHOD

Freddie Kaltenborn, Portland, ME 1985

21. DOGWOOD CONFERENCE,

H. Duane Saunders, Sandy Burkhart, et al, Atlanta, 1985

INDUSTRIAL BACK CARE

FOOT BIOMECHANICS

SHOULDER REHABILITATION

ANKLE AND KNEE SPORTS REHABILITATION

22. LOW BACK PAIN: MENNELL METHOD

John Mennell, Atlanta, 1985

23. CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME: KEY METHOD

Glenda Key, Tampa, FL, 1984

24. NECK AND ARM PAIN: CYRIAX METHOD,

Portland, ME, 1983

25. S-3: ADVANCED NECK/TMJ CARE

Stanley Paris and Steven Kraus, New York, NY 1982

26. LOW BACK PAIN: MCKENZIE METHOD

Rockport, ME, 1981

27. MANAGEMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Ken Winters, Rockland, ME, 1981

28. S-1: SPINE-TMJ EVALUATION AND MOBILIZATION

Stanley Paris and Al Grodin, Boston, MA 1980

29. TMJ MANAGEMENT: EVERSOL METHOD

George Eversol, Milwaukee, WI 1978

30. APTA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Various seminars and symposia, Las Vegas, NV, 1978

31. INDUSTRIAL INJURY CARE

Tomah rehab, Green Bay, WI, 1977

32. CLINICAL EDUCATION OF PT STUDENTS

University of Vermont PT faculty, Burlington, VT, 1977

33. CARDIAC REHABILITATION

Massachusetts General Hospital Staff, Boston, MA, 1975

34. ISOKINETIC EXERCISE

University of Vermont PT faculty, Burlington, VT, 1974

35. Various individual tutorials with experts on the topics of:

STRAIN-COUNTERSTRAIN

MYOFASCIAL RELEASE

ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE

TMJ CARE

CRANIOSACRAL TECHNIQUE

VISCERAL MOBILIZATION

KINESIOTAPE METHODS

36. IMPACC PREVENTION & ERGONOMICS CERTIFICATION

IMPACC Group, Portland ME, 1996

37. ADVANCED WORK INJURY REHABILITATION, NovaCare, Phila, PA, 2001

38. MULLIGAN NAG'S & SNAGS MOBILIZATION WITH MOVEMENT, Portland, ME, 2002

39 SACRO-ILIAC TREATMENT, Richard Dontigny, Manchester NH, 2004

40. 40.DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY CURRICULUM, Univ of New England, Biddeford, ME, 2006-2008: PT Law and Advocacy; Principles of Clinic Management; Phamacology; Wellness and Prevention; Evidence based Practice; Capstone Research & Publishing.
    

41. ADVANCED SPINAL MANIPULATION; Art Schwartz, Ken Simons; Husson College, Bangor ME 2008

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1. Faculty appointment as Clinical and Academic Instructor at University of Vermont Physical Therapy Department in Burlington, VT, 1974-1977

2. Guest lecturer, Marquette Univ, Milwaukee, WI; geriatric care, 1977-78

3. Guest lecturer, Univ of Wisconsin-Lacrosse, Lacrosse, WI; geriatric care, 1978

4. 4.Guest lecturer, Univ of New England, Biddeford, ME; manual therapy; TMJ,1985-87
   

5. Guest lecturer, Husson University, Private Practice, 2003

6. Lecturer, Purdue Univ Extension Office; Ergonomics, 1992-1993

7. Lecturer, Univ of Southern Maine Production Technology; Ergonomics,1992-1993

8. Seminar on Care of Low Back Pain, Marquette General Hospital, Marquette, MI, 1986

9. Seminar on TMJ Care, Maine APTA, Bethel, ME, 1985

10. Various ergonomics seminars for the Maine Safety Council; 1988-1993

11. Keynote speaker on Ergonomics for the Maine safety Conference, 1991

12. Keynote speaker on Ergonomics for New Hampshire Safety Conference; 1993

13. Keynote speaker on Ergonomics for New Brunswick Safety Conference, 1993

14. Seminars on Ergonomics provided quarterly throughout the US and Canada on behalf of various medical and business groups; 1986-present.

15. Seminars for PT and OT professionals on Work Injury Prevention and Ergonomics on behalf of IMPACC and Northeast Seminars; 1986-present

16. Advanced training residency programs on Work Injury Prevention for PT and OT professionals on behalf of IMPACC; 1990-present.

17. Work injury prevention seminars and training programs for managers and employees at over 400 workplaces throughout the US and Canada, 1984-present.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE and ASSOCIATIONS:

MAINE PHYSICAL THERAPY LICENSE  PT314

BOARD CERTIFICATION: ORTHOPAEDIC CLINICAL SPECIALIST 1999

APTA MEMBER SINCE 1974 CHAPTER MEMBERSHIPS: VERMONT, WISCONSIN, MAINE

PRESIDENT, MAINE CHAPTER APTA...1981-82

ERGONOMICS CERTIFICATION: IMPACC ERGONOMICS & PREVENTION 1993

HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS SOCIETY...1991 to 1998

OCCUPATIONAL INJURY PREVENTION & REHABILITATION SOCIETY... 1998 to present

APTA PRESENTATIONS:

    INVITED SPEAKER TO APTA NATIONAL CONFERENCES...1991 Boston

    INVITED SPEAKER TO APTA NATIONAL CONFERENCES...1993 Cincinnati

    INVITED SPEAKER TO WORLD PHYSIOTHERAPY CONGRESS...1992 London

    INVITED SPEAKER TO CALIFORNIA CHAPTER... 1999 and 2006

    INVITED SPEAKER TO MAINE CHAPTER... 2001

    INVITED SPEAKER TO MASS-CT-RI CHAPTERS... 2001

BOOKS PUBLISHED:

1. YOUR BACK FOR LIFE IMPACC, 1993

2. SEX AND BACK PAIN IMPACC, 1987 and 1992

3. LIVING WITH C.T.D. IMPACC, 1990

4. THE NECK-ARM-HAND BOOK IMPACC, 1990 and 1998

5. WORKSMART: THE INDUSTRIAL ATHLETE IMPACC, 1989 and 1996

6. TAKING CARE OF YOUR BACK IMPACC, 1985 and 1987

7. WORKSMART ERGONOMICS PLAN FOR INDUSTRY IMPACC, 1992

8. ERGONOMIC WORK RISK ANALYSIS GUIDE IMPACC, 1993

9. PERSONAL ERGONOMICS GUIDES I, II, III IMPACC, 1994

10. OVERCOMING T.M.J. IMPACC, 1996

11. SMARTCARE GUIDES ( low back pain, neck pain, CTS, elbow pain ) IMPACC, 1999

12. THE WORK INJURY PRACTICE, SmartCare, 1998, 2001

13. BECOMING A RESTRICTED DUTY CONSULTANT, SmartCare, 2001

 

VIDEOS PRODUCED:

1. SEX AND BACK PAIN, IMPACC, 1993

2. RANGE OF MOTION EXERCISES, IMPACC, 1998

 

MULTI-MEDIA PROGRAMS:

1. THE IMPACC BACK SCHOOL, IMPACC, 1988, 1990, 2001

2. THE NECK-ARM CTD SCHOOL, IMPACC, 1988, 1993, 2001

3. ERGO-TEAM TRAINING, IMPACC, 1993, 2001

4. LIVING WITH C.T.D., IMPACC, 1993

5. YOUR BACK FOR LIFE, IMPACC, 1995

6. HOW TO START A PRIVATE PRACTICE, IMPACC, 1995

7. WORK INJURY PRACTICE TOOLS C.D. (for PTs), SmartCare, 2002

8. WORK INJURY TOOLS C.D. (for safety professionals), SmartCare, 2002

9. BUILDING A PRIVATE PRACTICE, SmartCare, 2002, 2008

10. NO-LOST-TIME WORKPLACE CONSULTING & PREVENTION PROGRAM, SmartCare, 2004

 

ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

1. "BECOMING A CONSULTANT TO INDUSTRY"

ORTHO PT PRACT, vol.12, no.2, 2000

2. "STRETCHING EXERCISES FOR THE WORKPLACE"

ORTHOPAEDIC PHYS THER PRACTICE, vol 11-4, 1999

3. "ANALYTIC APPROACH TO PREVENTING CUMULATIVE TRAUMA",

J OCC HEALTH & SAFETY, VOL 62, NO 4, APR 1993

4. "BODY AT WORK",

J OCC HEALTH & SAFETY, VOL 61, NO 10, OCT 1992

5. "THE POLITICS OF WORK INJURY PREVENTION",

INDUST HEALTH & SAFETY NEWS, MAY, 1992

6. "STRETCHING EXERCISES",

INDUST HEALTH & SAFETY NEWS, MAY, 1992

7. "CUMULATIVE TRAUMA PREVENTION",

CLINICAL MGT, VOL 10, NO 5, SEPT 1990

8. "A CUMULATIVE TRAUMA SCHOOL FOR INDUSTRY",

CLINICAL MGT, VOL 10, NO 5, SEPT 1990

9. "INDUSTRIAL PT: A CHANGE OF PLACE",

CLINICAL MGT, VOL 8, NO 6, NOV, 1988

10. "A NEW LOOK AT PROPER LIFTING",

J OCC HEALTH & SAFETY, VOL 56, NO 2, FEB 1987

11. "POST-CHEMONUCLEOLYSIS REHABILITATION PROTOCOL"

PT FORUM, DEC 1986

12. "PROBLEM-ORIENTED QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCESSES",

CLINICAL MGT, VOL 4, NO 5, MAY 1984

13. "PROBLEM-ORIENTED PATIENT CARE PROTOCOLS",

CLINICAL MGT, VOL 4, NO 2, MAR 1984

14. "ESTABLISHING A PROBLEM-ORIENTED SYSTEM OF PRACTICE",

CLINICAL MGT, VOL 3, NO 4, WINTER 1983

15. "THE BASICS OF MEDICARE DOCUMENTATION",

CLINICAL MGT, VOL 1, NO 3, 1981

16. "NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR PHYSICAL THERAPISTS IN INDUSTRY",

PT TODAY, VOL 14, NO 3, MAR 1989

17. "BUILDING PEER CONTACT IN A LARGE GROUP PRACTICE",

PHYSICAL THERAPY, VOL 59, NO 7, JUL 1979

18. "METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT REPLACEMENT",

PHYSICAL THERAPY, VOL 59, NO 7, MAR 1979