Jamie Miner – Treating Geriatric Low Back Pain – PESI

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Speaker: Jamie Miner, PT, DPT, GCS
Format:Audio and Video
Media Type: Digital Seminar

Tags: Rehab Summit
 

Description
Managing low back pain is an especially difficult challenge in the geriatric population. Too many clinicians are using modalities and treatments that are not reliable – kick those to the curb with these evidence-based solutions for treating geriatric low back pain! Improve mobility, posture and function with these time-tested solutions:  

• Treatment plans that strengthen the muscles commonly associated with LBP 
• Clinical strategies for osteoporosis, OA, and stenosis  
• Tools to rule out nerve root disorders 
• Top 5 things you need to know about surgical treatment and implications  

Working with these complex patients requires comprehensive strategies, so you’ll also explore the key professionals to include on the multidisciplinary care team for best outcomes.  Walk away with today’s best practices to decrease low back pain through effective interventions like therapeutic exercise, physical activity, mobilization and many other modalities. 

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. Inspect posture abnormalities in patients with osteoporosis with a valid and reliable tool and evidence-based treatment plan for osteoporosis for patients with difficult levels of mobility. 
2. Apply functional outcome measures ideal for this population and develop a treatment plan to strengthen specific core muscles that are most commonly involved in low back pain. 
3. Distinguish between neurogenic and claudication disorders affecting ambulation and apply treatment to each problem. 
4. Evaluate the wide variety of surgical procedures your patient may have experienced and the implications of failed back surgery. 

Outline

• Low Back Pain: Evaluation & Interventions
  Neurogenic and claudication disorders:
  – Clinical tests with signs and symptoms 
  Surgical procedures: risk vs benefit 
  Implications of failed back surgery 
  PT intervention related to procedures + bad outcomes 
• Treatment Plan for Strength
  Functional outcome measures 
  Core muscles 
  Balance between flexors and extenders 
  Exercise program to target key muscle groups 
• Best Practices for Chronic Pain Management
  Key roles for multidisciplinary team 
  Important adjuncts to therapy 
  Timing of interventions 
  

Target Audience

• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapy Assistants
• Athletic Trainers
• Massage Therapists
• Chiropractors

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