Diagnosis and Treatment of Upper Extremity Neuropathies
It is often difficult to identify all structures causing upper extremity pain and dysfunction. Therapists must determine the source of the problem to provide the most effective treatment for the client. For many therapists, treating the peripheral symptoms is much easier than identifying and treating central sensitization – a condition of the nervous system that is associated with the development and maintenance of persistent symptoms. But what if there was a way to design a treatment program to assess and treat both peripheral symptoms and central sensitization?
This course provides the tools to do just that. Walk away with emerging, evidence-based assessment and treatment strategies for disorders of the upper extremity, from the cervical spine to the hand. To decipher whether entrapment neuropathies are at play, you’ll learn about and gain hands-on experience with using the Upper Limb Neurodynamic Testing (ULNT) and Scratch Collapse Test during lab. You will also gain 4 ways to identify central sensitization and 5 alternative, evidence-based approaches to calm the nervous system. Using mirror therapy, graded motor imagery, nerve and myofascial gliding, and muscle re-education, help your clients recover from debilitating pain and improve functionality as well as their quality of life.
This educational offering may qualify toward your professional development requirement. The educational offering consists of 5.5 clock hour(s). Use this information and your board rules and regulations to calculate professional development/continuing education credit.
is an AOTA Approved Provider of continuing education. This course is offered for .55 AOTA CEU(s). The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA. AOTA Educational level Intermediate, Category 1: Domain of OT, 2: Occupational Therapy Process, .
is an approved provider #50-466 with the Florida Department of Health Board of Occupational Therapy Practice. This course is approved for 5.5 contact hour(s) for Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapy Assistants.
This educational offering qualifies for 5.5 continuing education hour(s) as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific filing requirements.
This program has been approved by the Arkansas State Board Of Physical Therapy for 5.5 contact hour(s) for Physical Therapists.
is a Registered Physical Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor through the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #:216.000309. This course qualifies for 5.5 CE Credit Hour(s).
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is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Physical Therapy as an approved provider for physical therapy and physical therapist assistant continuing education. This seminar is awarded 6.6 contact hour(s).
NCBPTE approval by virtue of approval by The New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, State Board for Physical Therapy licensure board or state APTA chapter Approval good through 8/31/2021. This course qualifies for 5.5 continuing education hours.
This program has been submitted for 5.5 CEU(s) to the Ohio Physical Therapy Association for Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Assistants.
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| Course Manual_Entrapment Neuropathies of the Upper Extremity (7.53 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Course PPT_Entrapment Neuropathies of the Upper Extremity (5.56 MB) | Available after Purchase |
SUSAN STRALKA, PT, MS, DPT, is a Licensed Physical Therapist with over 30 years of experience, many of which involved treating both musculoskeletal and neurovascular consequences of injury. She obtained her Physical Therapy degrees, including her Master of Science and Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees, from The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in Memphis, Tennessee. She also acts as an occasional guest lecturer at UTHSC, for the Department of Physical Therapy. Dr. Stralka remains a consultant to the Mays and Schnapp Pain Clinic in Memphis, treating all types of acute and chronic pain dysfunctions. She has a strong clinical background in orthopedics and manual therapy, and has presented nationally and internationally on a wide variety of orthopedic subjects.
Dr. Stralka and two of her colleagues wrote the first exam for the Orthopedic Specialty Certification through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. She has many publications to her credit and her most recent publications are "Graded Motor Imagery" in the Journal of Hand Therapy, 2011, and "Thoracic Outlet Syndrome" in the book entitled Neck and Arm Pain Syndromes, 2011. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, as well as a member of the Orthopedics, Neurology, Research, and Hand Sections of the APTA. In addition, Dr. Stralka is the recipient of the Dr. Arthur Nelson Honorary Lectureship Award for lectures on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and was the co-recipient of the Rose Excellence in Research Award in 1996.
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