ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES AND POST-SURGICAL PRECAUTIONS FOR HIP AND KNEE

Course overview

COURSE DESCRIPTION: With over 1 million total hip and total knee replacements done each year in this country, these surgeries have become common place and routine in our society. Studies show more people each year are receiving adjustments or massages for a variety of reasons. It only makes sense that massage therapists and/or chiropractors have a better understanding of how two of the most common orthopedic surgeries are performed and how we can best help our clients and patients. It is important to understand orthopedic pathologies and their post-surgical precautions. This course describes these pathologies, the surgeries, and the post-surgical precautions surgeons may place on them, so the chiropractor or massage therapist can work safely on patients/clients without doing harm to them or the surgical sites. Students will learn how to communicate with doctors and physical therapists "in their own language." Course Objectives: 1. Describe different pathologies of the hip and knee 2. Explain and summarize the procedures for total and partial hip and knee replacements 3. Explain the reasons why MDs place precautions on the patients 4. Employ the different precautions that need to be adhered to by patients and practitioners 5. Communicate effectively with MDs and PTs to facilitate improved patient outcomes