Video
Instructional Level: Intermediate

Accreditation Information:

Course Outline:

Hour 1

  • Anatomy of the Elbow
    • Musculature
    • Ligaments
    • Tendons
  • MRI Basics
  • MRI of Elbow
    • Recognize Anatomy
    • Case Examples

Hour 2

  • Tendon Injuries of the Elbow
    • Lateral Epicondylitis
    • Medial Epicondylitis
    • Biceps Tendonitis/Biceps Rupture
    • Triceps Tendonitis/Triceps Rupture
  • Elbow Instability
    • Types
  • Dislocations
    • Simple
    • Complex
  • Terrible Triad

Hour 3

  • Throwing Athlete
    • Biomechanics
    • Physical Exam
  • Valgus Extension Overload
  • Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries
    • Physical Exam
    • Surgical Treatment
    • Tommy John Surgery
  • Other Injuries in the Throwing Elbow

Hour 4

  • Rehabilitation Post UCL
    • Incidence
    • Risk Factors
  • Importance of Rehabilitation
  • Acute Post Operation Phase
  • Intermediate Phase

Authors

Kevin Wilk, PT, DPT
Kimberly Garcia, MD
Steven Kronlage, MD
Andrew C. Morris, MD
Tariq Hendawi, MD
Roger Ostrander, MD
Tyler Opitz, DPT

The Elbow Series

The Elbow Series

4 Hours Instructional Level: Intermediate
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$65

Description:

Through understanding of the anatomy, diagnostics and injuries of the elbow is very important with making a diagnosis. Although there are many injuries in the elbow, throwers elbow is most commonly be found in baseball pitchers and in any sport that requires a distinct throwing motion, including tennis, cricket and volleyball. The repeated movement necessary for the throwing motion creates incredible stress on the join that can lead to serious overuse injury. Proper diagnosis is crucial to develop an effective treatment plan, which can make all the difference in the world between a player spending months in recovery or making a speedy return to the game. 

This course is a great investment for the healthcare professional seeking to introduce effective diagnosis elbow injuries, especially thrower's elbow. 

Full Course Description
Through understanding of the anatomy, diagnostics and injuries of the elbow is very important with making a diagnosis. Although there are many injuries in the elbow, throwers elbow is most commonly be found in baseball pitchers and in any sport that requires a distinct throwing motion, including tennis, cricket and volleyball. The repeated movement necessary for the throwing motion creates incredible stress on the join that can lead to serious overuse injury. Proper diagnosis is...

Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is intended to instruct the professional on identifying major injuries of the elbow and how to conservatively treat and manage.

Professional Objectives:

  1. Identify the gross anatomy of the elbow
  2. Identify basics of MRI of the elbow
  3. Recognize pertinent history and imaging
  4. Recognize anatomy of the elbow
  5. List tendon injuries of the elbow
  6. Recognize diagnoses of tendon injuries of the elbow
  7. Identify various treatment of tendon injuries of the elbow
  8. Recognize elbow instability patterns
  9. Identify treatment of elbow instability patterns
  10. Recognize Surgical Anatomy of Elbow, specifically thrower’s elbow
  11. Recognize pertinent history, examination, causes, and imaging
  12. List treatment options
  13. Identify the principles behind rehab and treatment of UCL injuries based on appropriate healing times of soft tissue and meeting rehab benchmarks.
  14. Identify risk factors for future injury based on athlete movement patterns if patterns exist.
  15. List progressive overload principles, periodization with exercise and corrective exercise techniques to correct faulty movement patterns

 

Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is intended to instruct the professional on identifying major injuries of the elbow and how to conservatively treat and manage.

Professional Objectives:

  1. Identify the gross anatomy of the elbow
  2. Identify basics of MRI of the elbow
  3. Recognize pertinent history and imaging
  4. Recognize anatomy of the elbow
  5. List tendon injuries of the elbow
  6. Recognize diagnoses of tendon injuries of the elbow
  7. Identify various treatment of tendon injuries of the elbow
  8. Recognize elbow instability patterns
  9. Identify treatment of elbow instability patterns
  10. Recognize Surgical Anatomy of Elbow, specifically thrower’s elbow
  11. Recognize pertinent history, examination, causes, and imaging
  12. List treatment options
  13. Identify the principles behind rehab and treatment of UCL injuries based on appropriate healing times of soft tissue and meeting rehab benchmarks.
  14. Identify risk factors for future injury based on athlete movement patterns if patterns exist.
  15. List progressive overload principles, periodization with exercise and corrective exercise techniques to correct faulty movement patterns

 

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, Physical Therapist Assistant, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistant, Certified Athletic Trainers

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 –This course is created in conjunction with The Andrews Institute. The Andrews Institute receives royalty payments from HomeCEUConnection.com for the presentation of this course. 

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

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, Physical Therapist Assistant, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistant, Certified Athletic Trainers

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 –This course is created in conjunction with The Andrews Institute. The Andrews Institute receives royalty payments from HomeCEUConnection.com for the presentation of this course. 

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

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.