Troubleshooting Difficult Cases in Joint Arthroplasty

Course overview

With the emergence of the baby boomer generation, there has been a significant rise in joint arthroplasty surgeries in the past five years. The projections are staggering. In the United States, there are 1 million hip and knee arthroplasties, and that number will grow to 5 million in the next 8-10 years. With that growth and the changes in the United States health care reimbursement and utilization control, it is imperative that today's clinician who works with total joints be able to address the difficult cases. Currently, joint arthroplasty patients have outcome data showing approximately 80 percent overall satisfaction at 20 years post-operation. Having said that, patient expectations are higher today than ever before. The clinician who can expedite the rehab process and address the difficult cases will be the clinician that the well-informed patients will seek to do their rehabilitation. This course will provide the clinician treatment sequence strategies incorporating manual therapy and corrective exercises that involve the entire kinetic chain. This course is ideal for all settings and has been developed to address the following difficult cases: The dreaded shoulder hike or shrug in shoulder arthroplasty The total hip patient who has Trendelenburg gait The total knee patient who can't achieve desired range of motion The total knee and hip patient who has persistent pain and has been told by an MD that "the X-rays are perfect" and that "you just need time" and "your knee was the worst one I've ever seen" This course is part of a five-course series on joint arthroplasty: