Maximizing Outcomes in Orthopedics for Older Adults: Neck, Back, Shoulder, Hip, Hands and Knee Osteoarthritis, Total Joints,

Course overview

Keeping up with new research can feel like a full time job. But it does no have to be. In this course, Dr. Carole Lewis breaks the latest research down into the most clinically relevant options for effective treatment programs for older adult patients dealing with orthopedic problems. Each of Dr. Lewis lectures present current evidence regarding orthopedic problems and are followed by laboratory sessions with hands on instruction in examination and intervention techniques. You do not just learn ABOUT the latest research; you practice the tools and protocols until you are skilled in their use and comfortable enough to implement them in your practice right away. A plethora of specific examination tools for common orthopedic problems affecting older adults will be demonstrated and practiced. Evidence based intervention strategies and progressions will be presented, and hands on sessions make sure participants are not only familiar with the new techniques but can implement them with ease. Intervention techniques and approaches include advanced modified joint mobilizations, stretching and therapeutic exercise techniques specific for older persons. Case studies will be presented and reviewed to facilitate effective intervention planning. Examination forms, musculoskeletal norms, and outcome measures for every joint will be discussed, and their important relationship to reimbursement for services will be addressed. Participants will be able to reinforce clinical intervention with exercise programs based on the best evidence targeted to relevant impairments. All techniques presented have been selected from high quality published research, some of which the presenter has contributed to, and continues to use in her current clinical research and practice. The extensive course handout, which is over 500 pages and includes more than 5,000 medical references, will provide detailed examination forms, outcome measures, suggested protocols, sample home exercises and progressions. The material provides a thorough approach to therapeutic strategies and goals, thereby preparing therapists to design and implement highly skilled rehabilitation programs for older persons in any intervention setting. Treating older adults generally requires complex thinking. Therapists need to integrate effective strategies that meet their needs without jeopardizing any other limitation they may have, all while trying to keep their interest to ensure the home exercises are being done as prescribed. By the end of this seminar, you will have added the following knowledge and skills to your toolbox. The I Stronger multifaceted functional training program A great active assistive stretch program for older adults A full body resistance program using bands and a Borg Card Posture measures and treatments Bennells protocol for vertebral compression fractures Reliable and valid tools for testing the core in older adults The Start, BPFS or Sock test for back and hip pain SI treatments for older adults The deep neck flexor endurance test Progression of the Brugger postural exercise The Proprioceptive Neck exercise program Fishmans Piriformis protocol High velocity resistance training for hip OA Best exercises to strengthen the gluteals? Latest protocols and exercises for hip fracture and total hips and knees GLAD protocol for knee OA High dose tele rehab program for shoulder problems Functional Arm and Shoulder Test Upper Limb Physiological Performance Test Hand Strength Focused Exercise Program Numerous taping techniques for OA To get the best results with older adults, therapists need to add new evidence based interventions to their toolboxes. If you are looking for the most effective and efficient way to integrate the latest research into your orthopedic care for older adults, this is the course for you.