Rehab Strategies for Degenerative Joint Disease Keeping Seniors Active from Chad Thompson
Faculty:Chad Thompson
Duration:6 Hours 18 Minutes | Format:Audio and Video
Archive : Rehab Strategies for Degenerative Joint Disease from Chad Thompson
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Outline:
DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE (DJD)
- American Medical Association (AMA) Guidelines
- Arthritis Foundation’s Guidelines
PATIENT PRESENTATION AND ASSESSMENT
- Medical history
- DJD vs. rheumatoid arthritis vs. gout
- Other arthritic conditions
- Severs disease
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DJD IN…
- Weight-bearing joints
- Non-weight bearing joints
- Spinal disc degeneration
IMPORTANCE OF JOINT CONSERVATION
- Silver Sneakers
- Ergonomic work and home
- Environments
- Biomechanics
- Positional awareness
TECHNIQUES TO MAINTAIN MOBILITY
- Motion is lotion
- Muscle balance
- Joint stability
- Diet and supplements
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT: DEBUNKING MYTHS
SURGICAL OPTIONS
- Arthroscopy
- Total Joint Arthroplasty
- Hip
- Knee
- Shoulder (conventional and reverse)
- Ankle
- MCP replacement
PRE-HAB MANAGEMENT
- Assistive devices
- Pre-op exercise program
- Sit to stand transfer
- Gait training
TOTAL JOINT REGIMENS – ACUTE CARE POST-OP
- Restoring range of motion
- Correct gait mechanics
- Transfer training
- Exercise programs
- Critical pathways
OUTPATIENT STRATEGIES
- Program goals
- Exercise design
- Scar care management
- Outcome measures
- Gait progression
CONVALESCENCE
- 1+ year to complete recovery
- Activity guideline
- Quality of life cost benefits of activities
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Description:
Are you ready to face the mounting number of “baby boomers” who want to return to an active lifestyle after they’ve been diagnosed with degenerative joint disease? Advanced surgical techniques, shorter hospital stays, minimal inpatient rehab, and decreasing home health visits make treating this emerging population a necessity for all therapists and rehab professionals. Help your patients get back to life with speaker Chad Thompson, PT, DPT, CEAS, as he relates more than 25 years of practical, evidence-based interventions he uses with this exact population. He will give the tools today that you need for tomorrow, such as:
- practical exercise regimen for outpatient seniors
- techniques to maintain mobility and improve gait mechanics
- mobilization tips to increase range of motion in UE and LE
- medical management
- accessing and understanding the latest research to defend your practice and improve reimbursement
- a roadmap for what the future holds for degenerative joint disease
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