With an occipital stroke, there is the potential for a lot of visual changes in your patient. Your occipital lobes are where you interpret vision. Your retinas are where the image goes back through the optic chiasm and then it...
Read moreSports concussion physical therapy continuing education can enhance your ability to develop effective treatment programs and return athletes to the field. Join us in this three week video series on concussions. The definition of a sports concussion We are going...
Read moreWhen physical and occupational therapists approach rotator cuff tear classification effectively, they can provide appropriate and timely rehabilitation techniques to improve function. As far as rotator cuff tears go, there are a lot of different factors that you have to...
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Oculomotor Dysfunction and Tracking Exercises can be used with patients that have difficulty with eye-tracking or saccadic movements. Sometimes the patient may do the task fine, but it’s provocative to them, so in that case, we would want to work Read more…
What we know about running injuries is that over the last 40 years running injuries have been at a very high rate, and they’ve stayed at a high rate without really dipping much through the last 40 years. The ability Read more…
Alex Behar, MD, is board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, and sports medicine. Dr. Behar discusses how concussions are a complex injury and some tools that are used to understand the impact that a concussion has had on a patients Read more…
Many vestibular and oculomotor symptoms are evident only when provoked by stimuli or movements. Convergence continuing education can assist the clinician decrease dizziness in their patients. Vestibular rehabilitation and visual-oculomotor therapies involve an active, expose-recover approach to reduce impairment and Read more…
Continuing Education to Identify the Appropriate Treatment for Shoulder Dysfunction
[ This material is an excerpt from our online stroke course which is part of our all access subscription, which is approved for Florida Occupational Therapy License Renewal. Learn more about our subscription for Florida Licensed Occupational Therapists and Assistants. Read more…
Tone and the neurological patient Understanding tone with neurological patients is an essential continuing education course topic for occupational and physical therapists. Tone management continuing education needs to be part of any neurological educational program. Let’s say that you are Read more…
Immobility and the supine position creates a physiologically dysfunctional environment. As a component of acute care physical therapy continuing education, understanding the physiological effects of positioning and immobility provides a pathway to developing appropriate care plans for acute care patients. Read more…
Timed Up and Go Test, Berg Balance Test, and Six Minute Walk test are an essential part of any fall prevention continuing education course. These tests are an effective tools to assess fall risk, balance, mobility, and walking ability in Read more…
Occupational and Physical Therapists can significantly impact the rehabilitation of patients with vestibular related issues. The ability to perform comprehensive examinations and identify central vs. peripheral lesions is essential to developing successful vestibular programs. Restoring Synergy is a new, online Read more…
Of all the running injuries that physical therapists treat, medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) is one of the more challenging.
Our physical therapy continuing education has a great deal of comprehensive continuing education material in each course. In my last blog, Three-Steps to Master New Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Skills with Online Continuing Education. I described three steps to Read more…
Myofascial techniques performed by a physical therapist or occupational therapist have proven to improve musculoskeletal balance, decrease falls risk, decrease pain, and promote functional movement.
Mastering new skills is requirement for you as a therapist. To demonstrate the validity and advance in your job as a therapist, you must be a constant learner. Always look for opportunities to expand your knowledge and skill set; if Read more…