Kristin Valdes & Terry Rzepkowski – Upper Extremity Conference: Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment of the Hand, Wrist, Elbow and Shoulder

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When you’re working with upper extremity patients, sometimes progress can feel like an uphill battle.

Many patients have difficulty describing upper extremity symptoms, so localizing the problem can be a challenge. Scar tissue and edema often limit tissue gliding so much that it interferes with exercises and functional tasks. And when standard treatment protocols fall short of expectations, this can leave your patients frustrated, pained by activities that give them purpose, and resigned to surgical options.

But with the latest advances in upper extremity rehabilitation, helping your patients achieve their functional goals is easier than ever.

Complicated mechanics — simplified! Get to the root cause of impairment faster with a comprehensive assessment that combines the best evaluations currently available.

Today’s best clinical tests and assessments for:

• Pain
• Stiffness
• Range of motion
• Muscle testing
• Instability
• Sensation
• Impingement
• Tissue tolerance
• Skin glide
• Function

Give your patients the benefit of cutting-edge research and treatment

• Manual therapy techniques that get results fast
• Custom exercises and progressions to facilitate rehab intervention
• Kinesiology taping strategies
• Proprioception deficit assessment and training
• Soft tissue mobilization and myofascial release
• Evidence-based pain treatment

Design advanced plans of care for a variety of common upper extremity diagnoses, fluently combining techniques for optimal outcomes.

Course Outline

This advanced training is broken out into easy-to-digest sections to enhance your learning experience:

Module 1: Rapidly Resolve Hand, Wrist & Elbow Problems with Ease
Kristin Valdes, OTD, OT, CHT

Watch the former president of the American Society of Hand Therapists, Kristin Valdes, as she guides you through a proven framework for upper extremity rehabilitation that has helped countless patients regain lost function and rediscover life without the pain.

UPGRADE YOUR UPPER EXTREMITY REHAB TOOLBOX

• Innovative techniques to:
  • Decrease pain and edema
  • Improve range of motion
  • Reduce scar adherence and hypersensitivity
  • Build strength, dexterity, and stability
  • Improve proprioception and sensation
  • Enhance function

COMBINE MULTIPLE APPROACHES FOR BETTER OUTCOMES

• Synergistic strategies for effectively integrating:
  • Provocative testing
  • App-based neuromuscular re-education
  • Elastic taping
  • Home program instruction
  • Laterality training
  • Graded motor imagery
  • Mirror therapy
  • CMC stability exercises
  • Sensory re-education
  • Buddy taping
  • Eccentric exercises

DESIGN ADVANCED, INNOVATIVE PLANS OF CARE FOR YOUR PATIENTS

• Comprehensive solutions for common impairments:
  • Mallet finger
  • Trigger finger
  • Finger dislocation
  • Fractures
  • De Quervain’s
  • Joint instability
  • Tunnel syndromes
  • Tennis elbow
  • Golfer’s elbow
  • Complex regional pain syndrome
  • Tendinitis
  • Osteoarthritis

Module 2: Treating Shoulder Disorders
Terry L. Rzepkowski, DPT, MS, BS

TARGETING COMPROMISED STRUCTURES: CLINICAL PROCEDURES

• Clinical tests that identify issues quickly
• Tests that assess for:
  • Impingement
  • Rotator cuff disorders
  • Labral pathology
  • Glenohumeral instability
• Correctly interpreting the special test data

INSIDER ACCESS TO SURGICAL PROCEDURES

• Surgical video reviews of shoulder repairs
• Rotator cuff repair
• Labral repair
• Proximal shoulder fracture
• Total shoulder
• And more!

PAIN MANAGEMENT

• Peri-operative procedures that reduce pain
• How are Interscalene blocks performed
• Use of non-narcotic pain cocktails to expedite discharge comfort

PROMOTE RETURN OF SHOULDER COMPLEX FUNCTION

• Kinesiology of scapula-humeral rhythm
• Priority sequencing of muscle groups
• Custom exercises to facilitate rehab intervention
• Manual therapy progressions
• Incorporate custom exercise videos

BONUS

Manual Therapy to Release the Frozen Shoulder
Theresa Schmidt, PT, DPT, MS, OCS, LMT, CEAS

Too many clinicians painfully and forcibly mobilize with disregard for the myofascial component of adhesive capsulitis. This often negatively impacts future functional activity. This training will teach you proven manual therapy techniques that significantly improve outcomes for frozen shoulder:

• Myofascial therapy
• Soft tissue mobilization
• Cupping therapy
• Muscle energy/PNF

You’ll be better equipped to help your patient with mobility, circulation and pain management for peak functional performance.

Shoulder & Elbow Joint Replacements — New Advancements in Rehab
Terry L. Rzepkowski, DPT, MS, BS

In this training, you’ll learn all the new advances related to shoulder and elbow joint replacements. Explore the indications for a total shoulder versus a reverse total shoulder. New advances in pain management for same-day surgery will be presented, including nerve blocks and intraoperative pain cocktails. You’ll also gain insight into the new advances in 3D modeling for pre-operative planning along with a rehab focus for return of functional mobility.

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