You will leave able to determine the scientific basis to change practice patterns immediately as you return to patient care.
Michael T. Gross – Evidence-Based Interventions for Osteoarthritis, Meniscal/Labral Lesions, Muscle/Tendon Strains, & Tendinitis
Protect articular cartilage from further damage, keep the original equipment & avoid total joint replacement
Comprehensive strategies to make sure repairs of meniscal and labral tears are successful
Superior techniques for treating first-time muscle strains so they don’t recur
Effective protocols for patients who have had many muscle strain recurrences
How to protect tendon pulley mechanisms from tensile stress, compressive stress & frictional abrasion
The content of this course will help clinicians with clinical decision-making to take your practice to an advanced level. Discussion topics are based on research that Dr. Gross has synthesized over the past 30 years of practice, research and teaching. You will leave able to determine the scientific basis to change practice patterns immediately as you return to patient care.
If you could confidently answer the questions below, imagine how it could impact your practice…
What hand should be used for cane use if a patient has knee varus versus knee valgus?
What are the appropriate clinical interventions for tendinopathies in instances where tendons wrap around tendon pulley mechanisms?
What happens when excessive pressures are transmitted across epiphyseal plates?
How do we help young patients prevent avulsion fractures of apophyses?
How do we help our patients prevent muscle strain recurrences?
What are the best detection methods for labral lesions at the hip or glenohumeral joints?
What are the best detection methods for meniscus lesions at the knee?
What are evidenced-based guidelines for interventions of knee meniscus lesions, as well as labral lesions of the hip or shoulder?
OUTLINE
OSTEOARTHRITIS
Composition of articular cartilage
Mechanical properties of articular cartilage
The 3 main destroyers of articular cartilage
Exercise parameters that protect articular cartilage from frictional abrasion
Protecting your patient from impact loading
Strategies to alter contact pressures
Conservative and invasive repair attempts and how to manage them
The interplay between running shoes and foot strike pattern
So, you thought you knew what hand to use with a cane for knee varus/valgus?
Would you like to receive Michael T. Gross – Evidence-Based Interventions for Osteoarthritis, Meniscal/Labral Lesions, Muscle/Tendon Strains, & Tendinitis ?
MENISCAL/LABRAL LESIONS
Changing your thinking about post-scope meniscectomy
Improving meniscus repair response
Detecting SLAP lesions – what will be the patient’s story?
Detecting SLAP lesions – the best special tests
Basics of SLAP lesion rehab based on lesion type/repair of the lesion
Detecting hip labral lesions
Rehabilitation of hip labral lesions
Joint instability models and effect on meniscus
Improving the repair response
Meniscus transplantation
MUSCLE/TENDON STRAINS
Why the weekend warrior is prone to muscle-tendon juncture injuries – at the microscopic level
The Jarvinen Approach to treating muscle strain injuries
Factors that explain why patients have
recurrent muscle strains – how to end the vicious cycle
Dealing with compartment injuries
Apophyseal injuries in the young
Avulsion injuries among older adults
TENDINITIS
Tendon structure in healthy tendon and in tendon with chronic tendinosis
Treating acute tendinitis versus chronic tendinosis
Tendon pulley mechanisms – the triple whammy
Strategies to decrease compressive stress in tendon pulley mechanisms
Strategies to decrease frictional abrasion in tendon pulley mechanisms
Application of tendon pulley mechanisms to the shoulder, wrist, and ankle
The “Wringing Out Effect†of Rathbun and McNab and its applications
OBJECTIVES
Plan strategies for protecting articular cartilage from further damage, keeping the original equipment, and avoiding total joint replacement.
Analyze comprehensive strategies that ensure repairs of meniscal and labral tears are successful.
Implement superior techniques for treating first-time muscle strains so they don’t recur.
Evaluate treatment protocols for patients who already have had many muscle strain recurrences so that they have no additional recurrences.
Select interventions to protect tendon pulley mechanisms from tensile stress, compressive stress, and frictional abrasion.
Implement effective strategies for rehabilitating chronic tendinosis and acute tendinitis.
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