Functional Ergonomic Solutions (Carter - Online)

Course overview

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the workplace environment for many people resulting in increased work from home requirements without proper ergonomic setup training. For many employees working from home, changes resulted in poor ergonomic setup and increases in musculoskeletal pain. As clinical practitioners the demand for accurate, updated knowledge on proper ergonomic setup for home employment stations as well as effective treatment options for resultant musculoskeletal injuries following poor ergonomics is imperative in todays clinical setting. Clinicians treating patients through onsite outpatient rehabilitation or telehealth rehabilitation must now be able to assess and treat the possible root causes of musculoskeletal injury relative to poor ergonomic setup to improve patients quality of life. This course will cover the fundamentals of proper workstation ergonomics and common musculoskeletal injuries related to poor ergonomic setup. Participants will review relative case studies and discuss and implement functional treatment strategies based on case study presentations. Clinicians will be able to review patients ergonomic setup and implement treatment techniques immediately upon return to their clinical setting.