Jonathan Henderson – Stroke Rehabilitation Master Class: Best Practices for Rapid Functional Gains and Improved Outcomes

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Hot Topics and Innovations in Stroke RehabilitationHot Topics and Innovations in Stroke Rehabilitation

• How your patients can benefit from cutting edge researchHow your patients can benefit from cutting edge research

Upgrade Your Assessment and Clinical Reasoning Skills Upgrade Your Assessment and Clinical Reasoning Skills

• Today’s best evaluations for: Today’s best evaluations for:
  • Sensory and coordinationSensory and coordination
  • Visual changesVisual changes
  • Synergies and motor recoverySynergies and motor recovery
  • Weakness and reflexesWeakness and reflexes
  • Muscle tone and flaccidityMuscle tone and flaccidity
  • Perception and cognitionPerception and cognition
  • Postural controlPostural control
  • Gait, balance and coordinationGait, balance and coordination
• Hands-on LabHands-on Lab

Revolutionize Your Rehab Toolbox Revolutionize Your Rehab Toolbox

• Effective techniques you can use immediately to: Effective techniques you can use immediately to:
  • Ignite neuroplasticity for breakthrough resultsIgnite neuroplasticity for breakthrough results
  • Restore functional strength more quicklyRestore functional strength more quickly
  • Enhance function and multi-tasking abilityEnhance function and multi-tasking ability
  • Reduce spasticityReduce spasticity
  • Restore limb useRestore limb use
  • Resolve impairments from a more functional, person-centered perspectiveResolve impairments from a more functional, person-centered perspective
  • Improve transfers with less strainImprove transfers with less strain
  • Prevent falls with effective gait trainingPrevent falls with effective gait training
  • Improve strength, balance and coordinationImprove strength, balance and coordination
  • Design a more effective home programDesign a more effective home program
  • Intensify therapy safely and effectivelyIntensify therapy safely and effectively
  • Re-engage difficult or depressed patientsRe-engage difficult or depressed patients
• Hand-on LabHand-on Lab

Combine Techniques More effectively for Better Outcomes Combine Techniques More effectively for Better Outcomes

• Practice integrating: Practice integrating:
  • Constraint-induced movement therapyConstraint-induced movement therapy
  • Task-specific trainingTask-specific training
  • Dual task interventionsDual task interventions
  • Neuro-developmental Treatment (NDT)Neuro-developmental Treatment (NDT)
  • Neuro-handling techniquesNeuro-handling techniques
  • Balance and gait trainingBalance and gait training
  • Postural controlPostural control
  • PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation)PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation)
  • Functional activitiesFunctional activities
  • Therapeutic exerciseTherapeutic exercise
  • Technological advancesTechnological advances
  • Neuroplasticity-building interventionsNeuroplasticity-building interventions
• Hands-on LabHands-on Lab

Design Advanced, Innovative Plans of Care for Your Patients Design Advanced, Innovative Plans of Care for Your Patients

• Comprehensive treatment strategies for specific impairments, including: Comprehensive treatment strategies for specific impairments, including:
  • AtaxiaAtaxia
  • HemiparesisHemiparesis
  • NeglectNeglect
  • Pusher syndromePusher syndrome
  • SpasticitySpasticity
  • SubluxationSubluxation
  • Gait and mobilityGait and mobility
  • Decreased sensationDecreased sensation
  • Reduced flexibilityReduced flexibility
  • Muscular weaknessMuscular weakness
  • Timing/coordinationTiming/coordination
• Hand-on LabHand-on Lab

Case Studies: Put Knowledge to PracticeCase Studies: Put Knowledge to Practice

• Case study 1: Correctly select the root cause of impairmentCase study 1: Correctly select the root cause of impairment
• Case study 2: Apply advanced gait training and multitasking techniquesCase study 2: Apply advanced gait training and multitasking techniques
• Case study 3: Re-engage a difficult or depressed patientCase study 3: Re-engage a difficult or depressed patient
• Case study 4: Overcome barriers to effective strategy implementationCase study 4: Overcome barriers to effective strategy implementation
• Case study 5: Adjust your plan of care for technological advancesCase study 5: Adjust your plan of care for technological advances

Don’t Leave the Money on the Table! Don’t Leave the Money on the Table!

• Coding and billing updatesCoding and billing updates
• Justify therapy with the right progress measuresJustify therapy with the right progress measures
• Avoid denials and audits with these tipsAvoid denials and audits with these tips