Jamie Miner – Advances in Strength Training for Older Adults

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Speaker:Jamie Miner, PT, DPT, GCS

Duration:5 Hours 52 Minutes

Format:Audio and Video

Copyright:Jul 20, 2021  

Media Type: Digital Seminar – Also available: DVD

Description

Older adults need you now more than ever before. The isolation of the pandemic has resulted in significantly less physical activity and increased muscle atrophy. This evidence-based training will help your patients regain their functional capacity!

Jamie Miner, PT, DPT, GCS is a Geriatric Certified Specialist through the American Physical Therapy Association and a highly sought out clinical instructor, who has helped countless patients overcome the barriers preventing them from exercising, restore strength and mobility they thought was lost forever, remain independent, and reduce pain and symptoms of health-related conditions associated with aging.

You will learn evidence-based techniques in a way that is accessible and instantly applicable to your work so you can:

• Skillfully assess older patients for gait, balance, strength, coordination and more
• Design safe and effective exercise programs for older adults
• Optimize your patients’ range of motion
• Restore their functional mobility and balance
• Help clients manage pain with adaptable exercises
• Effectively work with special populations including cardiovascular patients, COPD, CVA, MS and osteoporosis

Better still, this training will provide you with the confidence you need to immediately use these interventions with your patients!

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Speaker

Jamie Miner, PT, DPT, GCS, provides specialized services to many skilled nursing facilities and earned geriatric clinical specialist designation through the American Physical Therapy Association. She has experience in home health, acute care, outpatient vestibular rehab and fall prevention, acute rehab, sub-acute rehab, and long-term care. Additionally, she serves as a clinical instructor to many doctoral physical therapy students. Jamie graduated with a BS degree in PT from UNC Chapel Hill, a DPT from Shenandoah University in March 2003.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Jamie Miner has employment relationships with Gallowayridge Rehabilitation and Sunnybrook Skilled Nursing Facility. She receives a consulting fee, speaking honorarium, and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Jamie Miner is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the Neurology Section and Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy, and the Vestibular Disorders Association. She serves on the North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.

Objectives

1. Assess normal age-related changes and will develop treatment plans to minimize those effects to accommodate for the normal age-related changes.
2. Analyze when weakness, deconditioning, and poor posture affect function and formulate the best treatment strategies to address these problems.
3. Apply evidence-based treatment plans to strength training principles to enhance patient outcomes across various diagnosis and injuries.
4. Analyze the proper balance between core muscles in the maintenance of spinal health and specific treatment approaches to address spinal changes with aging.
5. Skillfully assess older patients for gait, balance, strength, coordination, and flexibility with specific outcome measures using the recently established guidelines and recommendation.
6. Integrate the risks and precautions for osteoporosis treatment exercises, treatment and prevention of frailty fractures and the dietary requirement to promote bone healing.
7. Integrate motivation and engagement into treatment plans to enhance patient compliance.

Outline

How Changes in The Aging Patient Population Impact Your Work

• Musculoskeletal and postural changes
• Osteoporosis and osteoarthritis
• Cardiovascular changes
• Vision and hearing changes
• Joint replacement
• Aging and disease processes
• The impact of certain medications on a patient’s response to exercise

Geriatric Functional Testing and Assessment Toolbox for:

• Pain
• Gait
• Posture
• Mobility
• Strength
• Balance
• Range of motion
• Aerobic capacity
• Cognition
• Motivation

Fall Prevention Essentials: Addressing Weakness to Reduce Fall Risk

• Quick tips to fallers
• Reduce fall risk, minimize fall impact and injury
• Condition specific fall risk: including arthritis, stroke, neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis
• Identify patient, environmental and systemic conditions that may have led to a fall

Physical Exercise Programs and Implementation:

• Safe and effective exercise for aging adults
• Precautions to exercise in the elderly
• Intensity and frequency considerations
• Exercises and accommodations for:

• • Pain management
  • Building strength and endurance
  • Improving balance
  • Increasing mobility
  • Aerobic conditioning
• Recognize red flags and contraindication to exercise
• Tips to optimize motivation and compliance

Working with Special Populations

• Frailty
• Cardiovascular patients
• Limited mobility (chair bound)
• Diabetics
• Cardiovascular disease
• Parkinson’s disease
• CVA
• MS

Nutritional Screening and Requirements

• Specific needs for those with Parkinson’s disease, osteoporosis, diabetes

Optimize Documentation for Better Outcomes and Reimbursement

• Use of skilled terminology, avoidance of red flags, and adequate, concise documentation.

Target Audience

• Physical Therapists
• Occupational Therapists
• Athletic Trainers
• Nursing Home Administrators
• Personal Trainers
• Exercise Physiologists

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