Managing the Complex Presentations of Parkinsons Disease (Roberts Lo - Live Interactive Webinar)

Course overview

Close to 1 million people have Parkinsons in the U.S. This results in over $52 billion spent on health care and lost wages according to the Parkinsons Foundations recent study. As therapists we are seeing more and more individuals not only with typical Parkinsons but more complex movement disorders. Are your treatment strategies effective enough or are you throwing darts at the wall? Our interventions must be specific and intense to reduce the risk of falls and return patients to their ADLs effectively and quickly. With the right understanding of complex motor control impairments and treatment tools you can optimize your outcomes and continue to be reimbursed for therapy. Avoid banging your head against the wall and get the treatment techniques you need to help optimize your patients outcomes in Parkinsons. Go beyond the basics. This workshop will enhance your basic understanding of Parkinsons disease and allow you to optimize your patient outcomes in this complex movement disorder. No two patients are alike, and atypical Parkinsons disease often shows up in our patient presentations along with difficult to manage motor and non-motor impairments. These symptoms can often limit the effectiveness of our interventions. Throughout this course we will examine key components of complex movement disorders to understand them more fully. Through case and video examples we will apply treatment strategies that are effective, and evidence based. At the end of this course, you will be able to identify key impairments in Parkinsons and appropriately treat them. This will allow you to optimize your outcomes with the patient including improving balance, gait, and ADLs.