Michael Lau – Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) – An Emerging Breakthrough in Rehab Care – PESI

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Exploring the Essential Features of “Michael Lau – Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) – An Emerging Breakthrough in Rehab Care – PESI”

Speaker: Michael Lau, PT, DPT, CSCS
Format: Audio and Video
Media Type: Digital Seminar 

Tags: Rehab Summit
 
Description
Learn about the greatest innovation for rehab providers in the 21st century. Discover how blood flow restriction training bio-hacks the body to achieve considerable increases in muscle size and strength while exercising with very light loads.

Speaker
Michael Lau, PT, DPT, CSCS, is one of the co-founders of The Prehab Guys, a healthcare educational platform that teaches people how to take control of their own health through online physical therapy. With a strong background in strength and conditioning, Michael likes to blend the realms of strength training and rehabilitation to provide prehab, or preventative rehabilitation, to his patients. He has a vast professional background with extensive experience and specialized training in the fields of blood flow restriction training, movement science, pain science, biomechanics, injury and surgery rehabilitation, and athletic performance.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Michael Lau is the co-founder of The Prehab Guys. He is a board advisor and holds an ownership interest in Peerwell. He receives a consulting fee from Therabody, and he receives speaking honoraria from PESI, Inc. and Smart Tools.

Non-financial: Dr. Michael Lau has no relevant non-financial relationships.

Objectives

1. Investigate the evidence supporting blood flow restriction training  
2. Assess the populations with most to benefit from BFR 
3. Demonstrate safe and effective placement of BFR cuffs 

Outline

Evidence Supporting Blood Flow Restriction Training 

• Origins 
• Research trends 
• Latest meta analyses 

Populations who benefit the most from BFR 

• Post-op, painful/load compromised, athletic endurance athletes 
• Validated with scientific evidence 
• Uses across sports medicine continuum 

How Blood Flow Restriction Training Works 

• Muscle cell physiology
  Metabolic pathways 
  Hypertrophy/strength timelines 
  Energy systems 
  Mechanical vs metabolic stimulus 
  Force-velocity relationship 
  Muscle fiber recruitment 

Local skeletal muscle adaptions 

• Cell swelling 
• Metabolite induced fatigue 
• Satellite cell proliferation 
• Hypoxia 
• Bone growth 

Systematic adaptions 

• Cardiovascular system regulation 
• Pressor reflex 
• VO2max 
• VEGF 
• Soft tissue repair 
• Tendon repair 
• Muscle damage 
• Reduced pain 

Indications and Contraindications of BFRT 

• Relative vs absolute contraindications 
• Thrombus and tPA 

Placement of BFR Cuffs 

• Tourniquet and Doppler application 
• Avoidable tourniquet risks 
• Importance of LOP assessment 

Target Audience

• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapy Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Athletic Trainers 

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