Full Course Description
Welcome to the Future: Technology Within Reach for Rehabilitation Professionals
Virtual reality, robotic assisted ambulation and ROM, underwater body weight supported treadmills, digital everything – oh my! One of the most notable changes in recent times in rehabilitation is technology. From high-end devices that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to simple apps patients can download on their tablets, you may quickly find yourself wondering where to start. Physical therapist and neuroscience expert clinician, Dr. Mike Studer, will present a dynamic and exciting look at the practical and affordable technological advances with applications in balance, gait, speed, dual tasking and more! You will get a practical product guide including near-term advances in science and technology that could be within reach for both you and your patients.
Program Information
Target Audience
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Other Rehab Health Professionals
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12/05/2022
Adult Central Nervous System Injuries Relationships to Primitive Reflexes – Symptoms and Treatments Using Simple Neuroplasticity Techniques
Adults with CVA, TIA, closed head injuries, concussions and spinal cord trauma demonstrate patterns of movement and dysfunction related to primitive reflex patterns. The primitive movement synergies present coupled with spastic tone qualities. Fortunately, you will discover how to treat these reflex patterns to reduce tone through neuroplasticity techniques. You will expand your skillset by learning how to calm the nervous system and reframe motor and sensory responses to promote active movement and increased function. Be prepared for a new and transformational approach to augment outcomes of neurologic trauma.
Program Information
Objectives
- Describe brain injuries and the accompanying neurological synergistic patterns.
- Discuss how spasticity can be reduced using simple sensory techniques.
- Build a regime of evaluation of the central nervous system, tone qualities and effective treatments.
- Appraise the ability changes in patients and build viable home programs.
Outline
- Evaluation of the central nervous system
- Calming the nervous system
- Reframing the Nervous system and motor/sensory responses
- Brainstem
- Midbrain
- Lobes of the brain – Function, injury, treatments
- Frontal lobe – Emotion and executive function
- Temporal lobe – Hearing, balance, speech
- Occipital lobe - Vision
- Parietal lobe - Movement
- Cerebellum – Smooth movements
- Primitive reflex patterns
- Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex – Flexed upper extremity and extension in lower extremity
- Moro reflex – feeding and eye direction
- Symmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex – Loss of rotation
- Putting it all together/Summary
- Home programs for your patient
Target Audience
- Chiropractors
- Nurses
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Speech Language Pathologists
- Other Rehab Health Professionals
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12/05/2022
Visual Rehab after a Neurological Event: What Every Therapist Needs to Know
When working with clients after a neurologic event, therapists immediately recognize physical deficits and began to create a list of functional impairments. How often does this include an assessment of vision or consideration of the contributions of visual impairment to functional limitations? You will get a clear foundation for how to assess vision and recognize visual field loss vs visual inattention and how this impacts movement, balance and ADLs. You will learn effective techniques to conduct a vision screening after a stroke or brain injury and how to implement treatment strategies into your plan of care for improved outcomes.
Program Information
Objectives
- Differentiate visual attention, field loss, and hemispatial inattention (neglect).
- Develop effective techniques for assessing field loss and visual spatial inattention.
- Investigate current best practices for neurological vision rehabilitation.
- Develop an understanding of vision-based rehabilitation and the rehabilitation process.
Outline
- Visual Rehab Following A Neurological Event
- Anatomy and review of visual pathway
- Pathology
- Sequence of action
- Relationship of eye/brain anatomy to perception/processing
- Best practices for Assessment
- Screening methods
- Visual field loss
- Visual inattention
- Best Practices for Treatment
- Visual field loss
- Visual inattention
- Documentation
- Objective data to incorporate
- Demonstrating improvement
- Justification for continued treatment/Medicare
- Case Studies and Conclusion
- Visual field loss
- Visual inattention
- Red flags
- When should you refer?
Target Audience
- Chiropractors
- Nurses
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Speech Language Pathologists
- Other Rehab Health Professionals
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12/05/2022
Brain and Body Connections: How to Utilize Neural Connections for Optimal Function
Move beyond the status quo of treating neurologic dysfunction. Discover how to assess the function and identify dysfunction of the cranial nerves as well as how findings can be used to treat complex cases. Through techniques including focused attention, meditation, multisensory stimulation and more, you will gain insight for how cellular communication influences inflammation and healing. Direct application will be demonstrated through case studies in which etiology, symptom display and treatment outcomes will all be examined. After viewing this recorded session, you will be armed with new techniques, simple home programs and patient education tools to complement your skillset while improving treatment efficiency and outcomes.
Program Information
Objectives
- Evaluation and assessment of cranial nerves.
- Apply clinical neurological functions to determine neuroplasticity type treatments for rewiring the nervous system pathways for optimal outcomes.
- Build patient connections to increase compliance with home programs.
- Appraise cranial nerve, midbrain and cortical connections to address and apply techniques for increased function in your patient.
Outline
- Evaluation and Assessment of cranial nerves
- Function, dysfunction and how to rewire for effective treatment sessions
- Pain relationships
- Pain and Trauma - How to calm the nervous system and begin to recover
- Candace Pert PhD
- Herbert Benson MD
- Bruce Lipton PhD
- Subconscious attention in treatments
- Case study
- Lobes of the brain – top down and bottom up regulation
- Frontal lobe – How to identify frontal lobe damage and rewire using limbic system
- Temporal lobe – From deficits in hearing, speech and balance to recovery techniques
- Occipital lobe – What to do about Nystagmus, misalignment of eyes, cortical vision impairment
- Parietal lobe – Movement – active and purposeful
- Cerebellum – Achieving smooth movements
- Multisensory processing
- Incorporation into treatments
- Treatment
- Focused attention, breath, hypnosis, aroma therapy, music, yoga, meditation/awareness, placebo effect
- Interoception
Target Audience
- Chiropractors
- Nurses
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Speech Language Pathologists
- Other Rehab Health Professionals
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12/05/2022
Aging and Cognition: Maximizing Intellectual and Physical Function
Rehab clinicians are more frequently finding themselves treating patients that are showing signs of cognitive decline. Discover how to differentiate normal aging from conditions that require a referral for further assessment. This recorded session will discuss the relatively new diagnosis of Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome and Cognitive Frailty, stages that are considered pre-clinical to dementia(s) however may offer target areas for treatment to forestall dementia onset. Finally, we will review the clinical application of exercise and medical management on cognitive and physical function with aging for those with or without dementia.
Program Information
Objectives
- Distinguish the 6 areas of cognition and how they are impacted with normal aging.
- Differentiate Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome and Cognitive Frailty from Mild Cognitive Impairment and advanced dementias.
- Determine the most appropriate assessment tools and questionnaires to utilize in your clinical practice.
- Investigate the evidence for exercise prescription to support cognitive and physical function.
Outline
- Cognition in Aging
- 6 domains of cognition
- Complex Attention
- Executive Function
- Learning and Memory
- Language
- Perceptual-Motor Function
- Social Cognition
- Impact of normal aging on each domain
- Clinical examples applying cognition to function
- Conditions that impact cognition in aging
- Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome
- Cognitive Frailty
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Dementias
- Other (concussion, CVA, Parkinson’s Disease)
- Assessment Tools
- Subjective Cognitive Complaints
- Single dimension tools
- Multi-dimension tools
- Depression tools
- Interventions to support cognitive health and physical function
- Exercise
- Medical Management
- Adapting interventions for those with existing cognitive impairment
Target Audience
- Chiropractors
- Nurses
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Speech Language Pathologists
- Other Rehab Health Professionals
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12/05/2022
Neurodynamic Mobilization: Examination and Interventions to Promote Function and Relieve Pain and Disability: Upper Extremity
Pain, numbness, tingling, weakness, electrical sensations and more – where do you begin to address the myriad of symptoms of adverse neural tension? This recorded session will provide foundational essentials of neuryodynamics with respect to how nerves move within a complex system.
- Refine your clinical skillset while identifying compromised nerve mobility as the origin of musculoskeletal dysfunction
- Form a streamlined assessment and develop a variety of hands on techniques to manage adverse neural tension
- Confidently develop personalized home exercise programs to reinforce treatment techniques for accelerated outcomes
With an understanding of and the ability to facilitate movement of the peripheral nervous system, you will elevate your skill and provide the results your patients want.
Program Information
Objectives
- Investigate adverse peripheral neural tension impairments of the upper extremity (UE).
- Appraise provocative tests to identify mobility impairments related to adverse neural tension in the UE.
- Apply neurodynamic mobilization techniques to manage mobility impairments for median, musculocutaneous, ulnar and radial nerves using manual or instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization.
- Develop a home exercise program to manage adverse neural tension.
- Assess and document effectiveness of the neurodynamic approach to adverse neural tension disorders.
- Investigate current literature related to the effectiveness of neurodynamic therapy for mobility impairments of the UE.
Outline
- Neurodynamic Therapy and adverse neural tension mechanisms
- Pain Science and Nervous System Sensitization
- Examination for UE Neural Tension Conditions
- Signs and Symptoms of Neural Movement System Impairment
- Pain Scale, (Resting and activity-related VAS) Fear Avoidance Behavior Questionnaire, (FABQ), Short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire, Quick DASH, Neck Pain Disability Index, Patient Specific Functional Scale, ROM, Strength, Sensation, Reflexes
- Provocative Tests
- Demonstrations
- Brachial plexopathy, Cervical and upper limb tension tests (Elvey Tests)
- Upper limb neural tension exam
- Median (2 McGee Bias tests), ulnar, radial, musculocutaneous, prone neck flexion test
- Treatment Strategies
- Neuromuscular impairment and movement dysfunction with Lab
- Neural Excursion: Neuro-Fascial Mobilization with Lab
- Manual and Instrument Assisted soft tissue mobilization: cupping and manual techniques
- Therapeutic exercise
- Lab/demonstrations
- Case studies and clinical reasoning discussion
- Current research in neurodynamics
- Clinical Pearls
Target Audience
- Chiropractors
- Nurses
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Speech Language Pathologists
- Other Rehab Health Professionals
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12/06/2022
Addressing Patient Behavior by Brain Lesion Site: Clinical Tools Specific to Patient Deficits
Simplify the complexity of neuroanatomy as you form a clear understanding of the clinical implications of how you can work around compromised structures in the brain.
Viewers of this recorded session will develop:
- A framework for navigating the recovery pathway for each type of lesion
- Clinical implications for abrupt visual changes and an in-depth understanding of the difference between visual field cuts and neglect
- Simple modifications to your interventions that will streamline your treatment time and accelerate patient outcomes
Build confidence as you unlock the keys to working with behavior barriers and engagement.
Program Information
Objectives
- Categorize the anatomy and function of lobes of the brain as they apply to behavioral control.
- Evaluate the optic system and lesion locations that affect engagement and accuracy in therapy.
- Investigate the left vs right hemispheres to better describe unique and complimentary functions as well as common lesion-based changes to behavior.
- Inspect the neurophysiology of memory, the effect of fear/anger upon new learning, and assess neuro-behavioral barriers that impact memory formation.
Outline
- Neuroanatomy and The Impact on Cognitive Processing
- Brain development and amazing facts & functions
- Neuronal anatomy and supportive tissues of the brain
- Brain wiring: association, projection, and commissural fiber tracts
- Brain lobes by location and contribution to cognitive processes
- Cerebellum and impact upon cognition
- Case Study 1: Jacob’s anxiety and how pacing the halls became therapeutic
- Optic System and Visual Perception
- Optic constructs, anterior-posterior fiber tracts
- Visual cortices and unique roles in visual processing
- Effect of tumors, shear injuries, CVA lesions upon visual processing
- Discriminating field cuts from neglect syndromes
- Karen’s Story: A Speech-Language Pathologist’s personal tumor experience
- Communication and The Left Hemispheric Functions
- Broca’s vs. Wernike’s area
- Function of the accurate fasciculus upon communication
- Spatial Processing and The Right Hemispheric Functions
- Neurophysiology vs neuropathology, understanding patients’ nonverbal challenges
- Inferential language and social cognition
- Confabulation and denial – addressing the elephant in the room
- Anosognosia: how therapists consistently hit the wall and learn to overcome
- A sense of time and spatial organization revealed
- Memory: How the Hippocampus and The Amygdala Partner
- Memory processes
- Memory types: right vs left hippocampal functions
- Hypoxia and anoxia upon memory function
- Sleep and memory consolidation, effect of exercise on memory structures
- Amygdala’s influence upon fear-based learning and hijacking executive control
- Case study 3: Nile’s hypoxia and long-term rehab outcomes
Target Audience
- Chiropractors
- Nurses
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Speech Language Pathologists
- Other Rehab Health Professionals
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12/06/2022
Neurodynamic Mobilization: Examination and Interventions to Promote Function and Relieve Pain and Disability: Lower Extremity
Boost your skill and confidence in differential diagnosis of peripheral nerve dysfunction in the lower extremities. Find out how to identify when radicular symptoms in the lower extremities originate centrally vs peripherally. Through the field of neurodynamics, you will be able to assess the dynamic mobility qualities of the most commonly involved LE peripheral nerves. Be prepared to look beyond the musculoskeletal system as the origin and end-all-be-all of dysfunction as you are introduced to common presentations in which hypertonicity of the musculature is secondary to restricted peripheral nerve mobility. In this recorded session, you will gather hands-on interventions including soft tissue mobilization and customized home exercise programs to effectively transform adverse neural tension to get your patients moving with ease!
Program Information
Objectives
- Investigate adverse peripheral neural tension impairments of the lower extremity (LE).
- Appraise provocative tests to identify mobility impairments related to adverse neural tension in the UE.
- Apply neurodynamic mobilization techniques to manage mobility impairments for ilioinguinal, sciatic, femoral and saphenous nerves using manual or instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization and neural stretch techniques.
- Develop a home exercise program to manage adverse neural tension.
- Assess and document effectiveness of the neurodynamic approach to adverse neural tension disorders.
- Investigate current literature related to the effectiveness of neurodynamic therapy for mobility impairments of the LE.
Outline
- Neurodynamic Therapy and adverse neural tension mechanisms
- Pain Science and Nervous System Sensitization
- Examination for LE Neural Tension Conditions
- Signs and Symptoms of Neural Movement System Impairment
- Pain Scale, (Resting and activity-related VAS) Fear Avoidance Behavior Questionnaire, (FABQ), Short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire, Oswestry Pain Disability Index, Patient Specific Functional Scale, ROM, Strength, Sensation, Reflexes
- Provocative Tests
- Demonstrations
- Slump test, neuromeningeal tension tests, seated and supine straight leg raise, cervical flexion, lumbar slumping, Bachterew’s test, sitting root test, femoral slump test
- Treatment Strategies
- Neuromuscular impairment and movement dysfunction with Lab
- Neural Excursion: Neuro-Fascial Mobilization with Lab
- Manual and Instrument Assisted soft tissue mobilization: cupping and manual techniques
- Therapeutic exercise
- Lab/demonstrations
- Designing customized home exercise programs
- Cased studies with clinical reasoning and discussion
- Current research in neurodynamics
- Clinical Pearls
Target Audience
- Chiropractors
- Nurses
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Speech Language Pathologists
- Other Rehab Health Professionals
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12/06/2022
Neurological Considerations in Fall Risk
Falls are NOT inevitable, even in individuals with neurologic diseases. New models and the neurobiology of pathological fatigue as it relates to Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and COVID-19 ‘Long Haulers’ will be introduced. Furthermore, the science behind neuroplasticity, proprioception, muscle tone and balance will be analyzed to reduce fall risk in this population. This recorded session will also examine somatosensory components of movement and the impact on fall risk as well as autonomic dysregulation and how to rewire the autonomic nervous system. You will leave this recorded session with a comprehensive screening and assessment tools along with an awareness for how to use effective interventions utilizing neuroplasticity.
Program Information
Objectives
- Employ comprehensive assessments to identify issues with balance, visual-spatial functioning, proprioception, and fatigue.
- Assess available interventions to guide appropriate utilization for safely restoring balance, mobility, and function in patients with varied origins of fall risk.
- Integrate multiple approaches and exercise programs for superior outcomes in individuals with neurological disease and increased fall risk.
- Appraise the role of neuroplasticity and BDNF in fall risk in individuals with neurological diseases.
- Inspect how COVID-19 ‘Long-Haulers’ neurological and immune system responses impact fall risk.
- Investigate post-viral auto dysregulation and how to rewire with neuroplasticity techniques.
Outline
- Comprehensive assessment strategies
- Identify issues with balance, visual-spatial functioning, proprioception, and fatigue
- Review the CDC – STEADI INITIATIVE for fall prevention
- Neurological implications in Covid-19 ‘Long Haulers’
- POTS & Dysautonomia
- Persistent symptoms of SOBOE, brain fog, sleeping disorders and extreme fatigue
- Bouncing back from COVID-19 as a ‘Long Hauler’
- Interventions
- Appropriate utilization for safety and results
- Methods to restore balance, mobility, and function
- Advanced interventions for fall prevention
- Neuro-motor function from the sensory and motor systems
- Program Design
- Integrate multiple approaches and exercise programs for superior outcomes in individuals with neurological disease
- Review the literature regarding interventions
- Neuroplasticity
- Role of neuroplasticity and BDNF in fall risk
- Introduce current literature about neuroplasticity and BDNF
- Application for decreased fall risk
Target Audience
- Chiropractors
- Nurses
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Speech Language Pathologists
- Other Rehab Health Professionals
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12/06/2022
One Size Does Not Fit All: Parkinson Disease & the Parkinsonisms
Therapy approaches for Parkinson’s disease are often overly simplified to one or two global approaches. This course offers the ability to identify and treat the different subtypes of Parkinson’s disease for enhanced outcomes. A classification paradigm will be presented along with explanations of primary tremor, rigidity, primary dyskinesia, freezing gait, postural considerations, festination and why defining your patients presenting characteristics structures the plan of care. Additionally, become informed regarding the most common Parkinsonisms and the subtypes under the Parkinson’s umbrella. Current evidence is presented regarding the how, what, where, when and why of treatment for this challenging and rewarding population.
- Discover the neurophysiology of Parkinson’s Disease and Parskinsonisms, how they differ and the subtypes of each
- Cutting edge evidence-based treatment strategies tailored to the specific needs of your patients, not their diagnostic nomenclature
If you are ready for clinical applications that will immediately assist with differential diagnosis and management of these conditions – this is your course!
Program Information
Objectives
- Investigate relevant physiologic differences between Parkinsonisms and Parkinson’s Disease.
- Distinguish 1 key clinical feature for each of the Parkinsonisms and each subtype of Parkinson’s Disease.
- Formulate 3 evidence-based treatment differences in clinical interventions between Parkinson’s Disease and Parkinsonisms.
Outline
Parkinson’s Disease vs Parkinsonisms
- Neurophysiology of Parkinson's Disease
- Neurophysiology of Parkinsonisms
Clinical features of the Parkinsonisms and each subtype of Parkinson’s Disease
- Clinical examination
- Differential diagnosis of PD vs. Parkinsonisms
Treatment Strategies
- Evidence-based treatment differences in clinical interventions between Parkinson’s Disease and Parkinsonisms.
- Rehabilitation approaches across the phenotypes of PD
Rehabilitative approaches
- Freezing of Gait (FoG)
- Rehabilitation approaches in Parkinsonisms: Multiple System Atrophy, CBGD, PSP
Target Audience
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapy Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Athletic Trainers
- Chiropractors
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08/24/2021
Neuropathy: Advancing Your Practice in Recognition and Treatment
Are you struggling to find effective management strategies for neuropathy? Look no further! Be prepared to challenge some of your current beliefs about the various forms of neuropathy including those caused by or originating from: diabetes, Vitamin B12 deficiency, familial, compressive (stenosis), inflammatory, infectious, autoimmune, toxin, chemotherapy, traumatic and more! Your patients want solutions, not medication. Discover how the brain can change sensory and motor mapping in response to a structured rehab program for one of the most common and challenging neurologic conditions.
Program Information
Objectives
- Investigate 5 of the top 8 conditions leading to neuropathy.
- Construct an impairment-based and functionally focused examination for persons with lower extremity neuropathy of any origin.
- Create an evidence-based intervention program including a home program addressing the needs of individuals with lower extremity neuropathy.
Outline
An introduction to neuropathy
Neuropathies
- The most common diagnoses that we are overlooking
Impairment based and functional examination
Rehabilitation in neuropathy
- Condition and person-specific
- Case studies and video examples
- Summary and Q&A
Target Audience
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapy Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Athletic Trainers
- Massage Therapists
- Chiropractors
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07/14/2022