Super Combo for Geriatrics

  Functional exercises in sitting and manual therapy

Presented by Rehab Connections   

Description

Provide that special touch for your patients with a variety of skilled interventions that are especially effective in sitting positions. Whether your patient is non-ambulatory, debilitated, or recovering from surgery or injury; treated in the home, an inpatient or outpatient facility, this course will enable you to add practical exercises, manual techniques, and low tech, portable props to your "rehab tool box" for improving sitting balance, sit↔stand transfers, posture, endurance, symptoms of dysfunction, and functional mobility.

In this course you will have the opportunity to modify therapeutic, functional exercise progressions and perform gentle manual therapy techniques for seated geriatric patients. In addition, sitting applications for the Wii Fit™ will be introduced for clinical settings and home programs. All lab sessions will include pearls to help you document skilled therapy to support the medical necessity of interventions in sitting.

Instruction level: Basic
CE contact hours: 8.0 (IL) *** Duration: 7.0 hours
Intended audience: PTs, PTAs, OTs, OTAs, ATs

Topics

Age-related physiological changes and common pathologies

Functional examination checklist

Sitting stretches facilitated with light manual contacts and breathing cues

Definition of manual therapy and associated goals for rehabilitating geriatric patients

Gentle soft tissue techniques and joint mobilization

Sitting exercise routines and progressions with and without small props

Exercises and movement patterns to facilitate sit↔stand transfers

Introduction to the Wii Fit™ for therapeutic activities in sitting

Documentation of skilled intervention to support medical necessity

Objectives

By the completion of the course the participant will be able to correctly:

  1. Develop 2 therapeutic, functional exercise progressions for seated geriatric patients.
  2. Perform 5 gentle manual therapy techniques in sitting as presented.
  3. Describe 2 sitting applications for the Wii Fit™ in clinical settings and home programs.
  4. Discuss how 3 small, portable props facilitate trunk stability during therapeutic exercises for unsupported sitting balance.
  5. List 5 indicators of skilled intervention to support medical necessity of therapeutic exercises and manual therapy for the seated patient.
  6. Identify 3 measurements that demonstrate functional gains in the performance of therapeutic exercises in sitting.

IMPORTANT! 2-3 days prior to the CE event, you will receive your CE materials and Zoom registration link by email. This gives you the opportunity to preview, download or print, save, and refer back to the information at any time. If you do not receive your CE material please contact us before the day of the course or workshop.

Course Presenter

Sheryl Poremba, PT, CCM

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Location

Location

Rehab Connections
Physical Therapy
and
Education and Training Center
14901 S. Founders Crossing, Homer Glen, IL 60491
Phone: (708) 301-9933

Registration: 8:00 am - 8:30 am
Course: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

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This course is 8.0 CE contact hours (IL). We will have a 1/2 hour lunch and limited breaks.
We recommend that you bring a lunch -- a small refrigerator and microwave will be available at the Education and Training Center in Homer Glen!

Tuition: $249 includes "softee" foam roll and other props

Seating is limited. Please register early!

Rehab Connections reserves the right to modify the content and the scheduled speakers when circumstances are beyond our control.

Rehab Connections is an approved continuing education sponsor through the State of Illinois; PT License No: 216-000101

Cancellations:
Registration fee, less a $50 administration fee per session, is refunded if notice of cancellation is received more than 10 days in advance of the CE event. Cancellations made less than 10 days in advance of the CE event date forfeit the entire tuition fee. Tuition can be transferred to another individual or another CE event, one time only. No transfer, refund or credit will be given for cancellation 3 days or less before the CE event, or when handouts or other CE event materials are available electronically, including but not limited to emailed or downloadable pdf documents.
All unapplied transfers and credits will expire September 26, 2026.

Rehab Connections reserves the right to cancel the CE event up to one week prior to the CE event. Rehab Connections will not be responsible for any charges incurred by the registrant due to the cancellation of the CE event, other than the CE event tuition.

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