ABOUT THIS 2 DAY CLINICAL- INTENSIVE SEMINAR
18 hr. training module packed into 2 days (4 hr. Boot Camp plus 14 hr. main course). Includes over 12 hours of pool time.
Tired of using the same old straight plane arm and leg exercises? Want to challenge yourself daily while always providing the best options for your patient? Learn 86 novel treatment ideas for the neurological and neuromotor patient. This class focuses exclusively on neuro diagnoses: such as CVA, TBI, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, and diabetic neuropath.
It includes a “sampler lab” of the most clinically useful elements of popular aquatic specialty techniques and research findings which support aquatic therapy. More importantly, it sparks the imagination and shows therapists how to provide unbelievably challenging opportunities for their patients using simple tools like a bath blanket, a knee immobilizer, and a set of 6 colored polyspots.
Learn new stretches, tone reducing strategies and tips for increasing weight on hemiparetic limbs (throw out the weights!). Leave with new life breathed into your pool repertoire.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe why aquatic therapy may be the treatment of choice if (a) the patient is difficult to support or handle on land, (b) the therapist cannot adequately access the patient’s body on land, (c) the patient is fearful of falls; (d) the patient has ataxia, incoordination or proprioceptive deficits; (e) the patient cannot tolerate upright positioning (lecture)
- Recite 3-4 aquatic precautions and contraindications specific to the neuro patient (lecture)
- Demonstrate 1-2 aquatic tasks or activities from each of the following specialty techniques (as each relates to the neuro client): Ai Chi; Bad Ragaz, Aquatic adaptations of the Berg; Salzman’s Aquatic Blanket Drills (ABDs); Aquatic manual therapy and stretching; Aquatic Sensory Integration (ASI); Functional skills training; Progressive resistive exercise; Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF); Trunk stabilization/ Core training; Unpredictable Command Technique; Watsu (lab)
- Locate what payers (including Medicare) have to say about aquatic therapy for the neuro patient (lecture)
- Make a 3 minute verbal “case” for providing aquatic therapy services for a neuro patient. Be able to identify and locate supportive research to bolster case (lecture).
- Create and instruct simple aquatic home programs for neuro impaired patients which incorporate the patient’s family or caregiver (lab)
- Access free online resources for programming including aquatic manuals for Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis (lecture)
- Perform 3-4 aquatic therapeutic movements, tasks, or exercises designed to:
· Normalize tone
· Dampen trunk and extremity ataxia
· Increase ROM
· Minimize contractures
· Improve motor planning
· Improve sensory feedback loops
· Enhance reaction time
· Create alternative cognitive pathways for functional task engrams
· Decrease pain
· Improve posture, weight-bearing, balance, gait and proprioception
· Decrease neglect (lab)
- Progress a specific aquatic task from a lower level of function towards increased independence (lab)
- With a partner, design and implement a 15-minute aquatic treatment plan (including equipment selection) for 1-2 of the following:
· CVA’s and other non-progressive neurological disorders
· Parkinson’s and other progressive neuromotor disorders
· Peripheral neurological dysfunction (e.g. diabetic neuropathy) (lab)
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