Course Title: Manual Therapy Techniques to Improve Patient Outcomes in the Geriatric Population

Speaker: Brian Weber, PT, DPT, CFMT, FFMT, FAFS, FMR, NG360 GPS, FAAOMPT
Contact Hours: 8 contact hours (MN BPT Cat. 1)
Location: Concordia

About This Course

This 8-hour course is designed to introduce clinicians to safe and effective manual therapy techniques including soft tissue and joint mobilization to improve patient outcomes in the geriatric population. There is significant evidence to support the effectiveness of using manual therapy to address pain and musculoskeletal disorders. Unfortunately, manual interventions are often overlooked in the treatment of geriatric patients. This course presents an evidence-enhanced, clinically based approach for using manual therapy with geriatric patients and demonstrates how manual therapy can safely and effectively be applied to this patient population.

Course Objectives

• Understand the changes that occur in the musculoskeletal systems with aging.
• Discuss the precautions and contraindications for using manual therapy techniques with geriatric patients.
• Discuss the common co-morbidities of older patients as they pertain to applying manual therapy techniques.
• Identify common postural compensations and key structures that need to be addressed with manual therapy techniques to improve function and decrease pain.
• Select evidence-based manual therapy techniques that are safe and effective to address pain and mechanical disorders for in older patients.
• Perform select manual therapy interventions to improve function in the elderly patient.

Course Schedule

Saturday

7:30am-8:00am      Registratoin

8:00am-8:15am      Introduction, aging process
8:15am-8:30am      Principles of manual therapy/patient care
8:30am-9:00am      Postural classification and structures to be address with manual therapy 
9:00am-9:15am      Break
9:15am-9:30am      Precautions and contraindications for manual therapy
9:30am-10:15am    Manual therapy techniques: ankle and lower leg
10:15am-12:00am  Manual therapy techniques: knee and upper leg 
12:00pm-1:00pm    Lunch (on your own)
1:00pm-1:45pm      Manual therapy techniques: Pelvic and hip
1:45pm-2:30pm      Manual therapy techniques: lumbar spine
2:30pm-2:45pm      Break 
2:45pm-3:30pm      Manual therapy techniques:, ribs and thoracic spine
3:30pm-4:15pm      Manual therapy techniques: shoulder and scapula
4:15pm-5:00pm      Manual therapy techniques: cervical spine
5:00pm-5:15pm      Exercises as a follow up to manual therapy 
5:15pm-5:30pm      Questions/Wrap up

Speaker Biography 

In 2004 Brian earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Iowa. In 2008, he completed a Fellowship in Applied Functional Science through the Gray Institute. In 2011, Brian completed the Certification in Functional Manual Therapy with honors through The Institute of Physical Arts. In 2013, Dr. Weber completed a 16 month AAOMPT/APTA accredited Fellowship with the Institute of Physical Arts in Steamboat Springs, CO. Brian is an associate faculty member of the Institute of Physical Art and an adjunct faculty member with the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Concordia St. Paul. Dr. Weber is currently employed at OSI Physical Therapy in Stillwater, MN, where he treats people of all ages utilizing manual therapy, PNF and functional exercises. Brian has also spent time working in home health care and treating patients in nursing home/rehabilitation centers.

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