Description
Diagnostic Techniques & Clinical Clues for the Evaluation of DJD
Options and Strategies to Prevent or Delay Arthritic Changes
Shane Malecha – Therapeutic Strategies for Degenerative Joint Disease: Overcoming Pain and Improving Function
Rehabilitation and Recovery Techniques to Return Adult Patients to Active Lifestyles
Case Studies and Practice Labs
For many adults, an active lifestyle is simply a way of life. The process of degenerative joint disease, or arthritis, often stops them in their tracks. Getting patients back into action, while curbing patient re-admission and managing Medicare’s multiple procedure payment reduction and therapy cap are challenges you face every day. Attend this seminar and gain valuable tips and strategies to address these challenges.
Join Shane Malecha, PT, DPT, MS, CSCS, and learn the concepts of Degenerative Joint Disease in a way that makes a confusing and often overwhelming topic fun, understandable and applicable to the next patient interaction. Case studies and mock patient presentations not only make the seminar fun and entertaining, they also put the concepts into action, allowing you to create a thought pattern to apply when a patient is in your office. Shane will take you through the assessment process, detailing the key steps of the pathology, evaluation techniques and concepts, specifically including skills to evaluate and treat the degenerative joint.
You will learn the non-operative and surgical interventions currently being used to treat DJD patients, as well as the latest rehabilitation protocols that will take the individual to active once again.
Handouts
Webcast Manual (11.74 MB)
94 Pages
Available after Purchase
Outline
Diagnostic Criteria for Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
American Medical Association (AMA) Guidelines
Arthritis foundation’s guidelines
Patient Presentation
Medical history
DJD v. Rheumatoid Arthritis v. Gout
Other Arthritic conditions
The Pathophysiology of DJD in:
Weight-bearing joints
Non-weight bearing joints
The spine
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
Super foods
Over the counter supplements
Medical Management
Medication
Benefits
Risks
Surgical
Arthroscopy
Total joint arthroplasty
Total hip
Total knee
Total shoulder
Conventional
Reverse
Ankle
MCP replacement
Physical Therapy Management
Pre-Hab
Introduction of assistive devices
Pre-op exercise program
Smoking cessation
Weight reduction
Motivational interviewing techniques
Total Joint Regimens
Acute care post-op
Post-op teaching
Gait instruction specific to intervention
Exercise programs
Critical pathways
Precautions
Outpatient Rehab
Program Goals
Design of exercise regimen
Scar care management
Outcome measure
Gait Progression
Household v. community ambulation
Addressing the “What can I do?â€
Mature adult
Middle-aged adult
Convalescence
1+ year to complete recovery
Activity guideline
Quality of life
Cost benefits of activities
