CSM PreConference Courses
The Federal Section is offering THREE OUTSTANDING Pre Conference courses this year
Beyond Swings: Incorporating Kettlebells in the Rehabilitation Process
Though kettlebells have been a resistance training tool used for centuries, their popularity in the last few decades has grown considerably with the advent of numerous functional training and conditioning programs. While primarily used to perform exercises in a ballistic fashion, kettlebells can also be used to develop mobility, strength, and multiplanar stability in a wide variety of exercises. As such, kettlebells can be versatile rehabilitation tools that are able to be used effectively across multiple patient populations and settings. This one-day preconference course will take an in-depth approach to the application of kettlebells in the rehabilitation and return-to-sport process. Attendees will receive detailed instruction in appropriate performance of several of the most effective kettlebell exercises available, as well as how to appropriately teach them to patients. The speakers also will teach progressions and regressions, as well as several variations for each exercise.
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Move to Health: Holistic Approach to Managing Patients With Musculoskeletal Pain
Tired of pills, potions, and procedures? How do you treat a patient’s pain more holistically? The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Whole Health쳌 and the Army’s Office of the Surgeon General Move To Health쳌 initiatives are innovative, game-changing approaches to improve health, patient activation, and the care experience, while simultaneously addressing the rising rates of the healthcare team burnout. These new approaches help change the conversation from find-it and fix-it쳌 to predict and personalize.쳌 That is, care that is person-centered and focused around the elements of holistic health: mindfulness, sleep, activity, nutrition, personal development, surroundings, and emotional, spiritual, and family/social factors. The goal is to help move a person to a higher level of sustainable health. This approach leverages motivational interviewing and patient goal-setting to create a coaching and mentoring relationship between the physical therapist and patient. This 1-day course will address how clinical practice guidelines provide a foundation for helping physical therapists more holistically return our patients to a better state of health and wellness.
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Outcomes and Advances in Prosthetic Rehabilitation for People With Limb Loss
Over the past 2 decades rehabilitation for people with limb loss has accelerated at a rapid pace, as a result of government-funded research and the care of our returning wounded warriors. Surgical procedures have introduced osseointegration and targeted muscle reinnervation. Postsurgical amputation care has become more aggressive. Prosthetic rehabilitation is now focused on restoration to the highest possible degree, with sports prosthetics becoming more common for people of all ages. As a result, comparative effectiveness research has become increasingly important to provide clinicians, consumers, payers, and other stakeholders with data to promote informed decision making. The need to objectively demonstrate outcomes is no longer an option, but rather a requirement. Evidence-based health care is driving the future of every discipline within the field of rehabilitation, and those who are employing outcomes properly will likely be tomorrow’s leaders of the profession. The presenters will outline, quantify, and discuss treatments and exercise programs based on the most current research along with other evidence that supports or refutes current interventions within the field of physical therapy, prosthetics, and rehabilitation medicine. Attendees will learn about the current trends in lower limb amputation surgery and what interventions should be applied postoperatively, how technology can assist with prosthetic rehabilitation, which evidence-based outcome measures are appropriate for amputee rehabilitation. They also will learn about resources to assist people with lower limb loss return to sport and recreational activities. The speakers will discuss and demonstrate evidence-based rehabilitation programs and training techniques that can be used in the clinic.
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