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Instructional Level: Intermediate

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Course Outline:

Hour 1

  • Literature Review for current problems concerning TKA
  • Need for STW research
  • Need for manipulation
  • Literature Review and personal testimony of soft tissue efficacy
  • Definition STW
  • Purpose
  • Complication
  • Counter-indications for STW

Hour 2

  • Manual therapy STW
  • Particulars of hands-on techniques
  • Videos and lecture on how to carry out STW for assessment, pain relief, mobilization of all soft tissue structures, and early STW  for reeducation of Quad.
  • Skin, muscles, ligaments, bones, tendons, fascia.
  • Myofascia Release awareness

Hour 3

  • Patellar Mobs
  • Extension assessment, STW, positioning,
  • Re-ed techniques
  • Rest Value
  • Stretching
    • Prone
    • PNF
    • explanation
  • Flexion Assessment,
  • Contract/Relax
  • (Hold/Relax) strategies
  • Discussion of Continuous Motion Machines
  • Demo: Isoto

Hour 4

  • Arthrofibrosis
  • Artherogenic Muscular Inhibition (AMI)
  • Tourniquet concerns
  • Causalgia or Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome)

Author

Judy Towne Jennings, PT, MA

Soft Tissue Work for Complications of TKA

Soft Tissue Work for Complications of TKA

4 Hours Instructional Level: Intermediate
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Description:

Potentially 20% of Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) will fail due to post-op complications that are not being adequately addressed by therapists in the rehabilitation phase. Literature lists the problems of unresolved pain, deficient flexion for functional mobility, and unresolved quad and hamstring weakness as complications of TKA which can lead to further surgeries and unsatisfactory results. Literature also identifies less frequent but serious complications that are contributing to failed surgical rehabilitation including arthrofibrosis or excess scarring, Atherogenic Muscular Inhibition or inability of quadriceps activation, tourniquet effects on rehabilitation, and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) that may be affecting people without a validating diagnosis. Research recommends more advanced strategies, particularly manual therapy to deal with all of these conditions. Unfortunately, very little evidenced practice research is available to outline the specifics of soft tissue techniques that are effective for all of these situations. This course teaches the seriousness of the conditions and the application of several soft tissue techniques. It also teaches simple but effective proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) strategies to decrease pain while working for full motion and adequate strength.

Full Course Description
Potentially 20% of Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) will fail due to post-op complications that are not being adequately addressed by therapists in the rehabilitation phase. Literature lists the problems of unresolved pain, deficient flexion for functional mobility, and unresolved quad and hamstring weakness as complications of TKA which can lead to further surgeries and unsatisfactory results. Literature also identifies less frequent but serious complications that are contributing to failed surgical rehabilitation including arthrofibrosis or excess...

Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is intended to instruct the professional effective proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) strategies to decrease pain while working for full motion and adequate strength.

Professional Objectives:

  1. Recognize current problems affecting TKA rehabilitation success
  2. Identify the value of soft tissue techniques to minimize post-op pain, muscle weakness, and connective tissue restrictions for TKA patients.
  3. Identify several soft tissue techniques to minimize post-op pain, muscle weakness, and connective tissue restrictions for TKA patients.
  4. Recognize the application of several soft tissue techniques to skin, tendon/ligaments, muscles, and fascia
  5. Identify how soft tissue work can minimize several infrequent but serious complications after TKA surgery

Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is intended to instruct the professional effective proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) strategies to decrease pain while working for full motion and adequate strength.

Professional Objectives:

  1. Recognize current problems affecting TKA rehabilitation success
  2. Identify the value of soft tissue techniques to minimize post-op pain, muscle weakness, and connective tissue restrictions for TKA patients.
  3. Identify several soft tissue techniques to minimize post-op pain, muscle weakness, and connective tissue restrictions for TKA patients.
  4. Recognize the application of several soft tissue techniques to skin, tendon/ligaments, muscles, and fascia
  5. Identify how soft tissue work can minimize several infrequent but serious complications after TKA surgery

Disclosures:

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Contact Hours: 4 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).

Target Audience: Physical Therapist, and Physical Therapist Assistant.

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved

Personnel Disclosure:

Financial – Judy Jennings is employed by Responsible Health Physical Therapy  and receives a salary. She receives payment from HomeCEU for the presentation of this course.

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.

Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service

Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.

Disclosures:

SEMINAR-ON-DEMAND 

"Seminar-On-Demand" course are streamed on your web browser if the online version if purchased. Our SODs are optimized for the most current versions of Safari, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. All SOD courses are mobile ready.

Contact Hours: 4 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).

Target Audience: Physical Therapist, and Physical Therapist Assistant.

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved

Personnel Disclosure:

Financial – Judy Jennings is employed by Responsible Health Physical Therapy  and receives a salary. She receives payment from HomeCEU for the presentation of this course.

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.

Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service

Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.

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