Benjamin White – 2-Day: Stroke Rehabilitation Intensive Training Course: Best Practices for Rapid Functional Gains and Improved Outcomes

Outline

HOW RECENT CHANGES IN STROKE TREATMENT ARE RESHAPING THERAPY

• Hot topics and innovations in stroke rehabilitation
• What stroke rehabilitation will look like in 1, 5, and 10 years

IMPROVE YOUR CLINICAL REASONING AND ASSESSMENT SKILLS FOR STROKE REHABILITATION

• Today’s best evaluations for:
  • Gait, balance and coordination
  • Strength, mobility and stability
  • Upper extremity function
  • Lower extremity function
  • Executive function
• Hands-on lab

EXPAND YOUR STROKE REHABILITATION TOOLBOX

• Effective techniques you can use immediately to:
  • Ignite neuroplasticity for breakthrough results
  • Restore functional strength more quickly
  • Enhance function and multi-tasking ability
  • Reduce spasticity
  • Restore limb use
  • Resolve impairments from a more functional, person-centered perspective
  • Improve bed mobility, transfers, and gait with less strain
  • Design a more effective home program
  • Intensify therapy safety and effectively
  • Re-engage difficult or depressed patients
• Hands-on Lab

HOW TO BETTER INTEGRATE MULTIPLE APPROACHES FOR IMPROVED OUTCOMES

• Constraint-induced movement therapy
• Bimanual therapy
• Dual task interventions
• Balance and gait training
• Taping
• Functional activities
• Therapeutic exercise
• Neuroplasticity-building interventions

DESIGN ROBUST, INNOVATIVE PLANS OF CARE FOR YOUR PATIENTS

• Effective treatment strategies for specific impairments related to:
  • Ataxia
  • Hemiparesis
  • Neglect
  • Pusher syndrome
  • Spasticity
  • Subluxation
  • Gait and mobility
  • Decreased sensation
  • Reduced flexibility
  • Muscular weakness
  • Timing/coordination

JUSTIFY THERAPY WITH THE RIGHT PROGRESS MEASURES

CASE STUDIES: PUT KNOWLEDGE TO PRACTICE

• Case study 1: Correctly select the root cause of impairment
• Case study 2: Apply advanced gait training and multitasking techniques
• Case study 3: Improve postural control and mobility with an agitated patient
• Case study 4: Overcome barriers to effective strategy implementation
• Case study 5: Adjust your plan of care for surgical and technological advances