Exercise Prescription in the Home: Tissue Healing

Course overview

It is well known that exercise can help patients at all phases of their rehabilitation, but what exercises are best for patients in the acute healing phases when edema and pain are present? It is important that exercises prescribed during this time not only help reduce the edema and pain, but also do not cause any further damage. This course discusses the physiology behind acute tissue healing, how clinicians can use a clinical decision making process for therapeutic exercise prescription, and practical examples of assessing and prescribing exercise for tissue healing. With this information, clinicians enhance patient outcomes through appropriate use of exercise.