03/31/2026
June 17th Course:
https://www.knowledgeisnow.com/courses/june-17-2026-live-webinar-chest-wall-development-in-infancy-and-beyond-what-to-watch-and-when-to-worry/
September 1st Course:
https://www.knowledgeisnow.com/courses/september-1-2026-live-webinar-chest-wall-development-in-infancy-and-beyond-what-to-watch-and-when-to-worry/
⭐ Dr. Massery has been a practicing physical therapist for 40+ years.
⭐ Her doctoral research pioneered the concept of managing trunk pressures as a new way to visualize core stabilization.
⭐ She has presented over 1,000 lectures and courses linking motor behaviors to breathing and postural mechanics in all 50 US states and in 18 countries.
⭐ Dr. Massery has received the American Physical Therapy Association’s highest clinical award, The Florence Kendall Practice Award, for "outstanding and enduring contributions to the practice of physical therapy,” and she was named Outstanding Alumnus of the Year by each of her three universities.
⭐ She continues to maintain a private practice in Chicago, specializing in breathing and postural dysfunction.
Following this course, participants will be able to:
1. Identify normal chest wall development trends of 0 – 12 month, healthy, full-term infants.
2. Identify adverse biomechanical forces that contribute to consequential chest wall deformities for infants/young children with conditions that cause them to increase their work of breathing or other survival strategies.
3. Identify the difference between congenital and acquired chest wall deformities and how the origin of the chest deformity might change how you treat that child.
4. Choose clinical screening tests for your clients to identify signs of at-risk secondary chest wall deformities.
5. Correlate consequential chest wall deformities to potential adverse health and postural development through long-term case studies.
6. Apply therapy interventions to mitigate (as able) atypical biomechanical forces on infant and young children’s developing chest walls and resultant posture.
