September 1, 2026 – LIVE WEBINAR – Chest Wall Development in Infancy and Beyond: What to Watch and When to Worry

Knowledge Is Now is Partnering with MasseryPT, LLC to bring you this live Webinar! This event is a live event only and will not be recorded.

Tuesday September 1, 2026 – 5:30pm – 7:30pm, Central Standard Time  

Newborns, struggling to survive from prematurity, heart/lung conditions, rare syndromes, etc., work hard to breathe. This often creates atypical mechanical forces on their rapidly developing chest walls and may result in acquired chest wall deformities. We’ll look at how the chest wall develops in healthy 0 – 12 month old babies and compare that to infants struggling to survive (increase work of breathing). We’ll follow at-risk children for secondary chest wall deformities and reflect on clinical signs that therapists could use to screen babies/young children for earlier interventions. We will also discuss congenital chest wall deformities vs. acquired deformities. Is there a difference in how you would approach these conditions? Finally, we will follow some long term cases to see what interventions might contribute to positive postural and/or structural changes in congenital vs. acquired chest deformities.

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.

This course meets the requirement for Professional Development hours towards your ASHA renewal since it is approved by TSHA! You can count these hours towards ASHA renewal when you submit your Compliance Form.