Course Description 

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Overview:

This course will focus on the effective use of hydrodynamics to address common therapeutic goals for patients recovering from orthopaedic injuries, surgeries or who are managing chronic orthopaedic conditions. The unique properties of water will be emphasized when working through range, power, endurance and function/sports specific interventions as well as to leverage the hydrodynamics to engage coordination, trunk muscles and balance. Mobilization, stretching and traction will be explored in a case-based format. Research protocols, interventions and dosage will be explored to apply to clinical practice. This is for clinicians with a good understanding of orthopaedics/anatomy and want to offer their patients enhanced care that can bridge them into their community aquatics programming.

Topics include:

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• Review of the physiology of immersion

• Review of common orthopaedic conditions

• Understanding of skeletal demands during immersion

• Active and passive aquatic therapy interventions to address specific goals

• Exercise prescription and progressions

• Research on Aquatic Therapy interventions in orthopaedics

• Effective aquatic therapy treatment plans to address orthopaedic goals

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Course Format:

 

• Lectures

• Hands-on, in-pool practice sessions with quizzes, group work

• Demonstration treatments with patients (facility dependent)

• In-Pool case-based learning/testing

• Clinical case videos

• Aquatic therapy equipment provided to try

Program Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

 

1. Understand the advantages, limitations, contraindications, and precautions of
   aquatic therapy for orthopedic clients.

2. Apply the principles of buoyancy, turbulence, drag to design effective
   treatment plans specific to their orthopaedic clients rehabilitation goals.

3. Utilize speed, physics and equipment to appropriately progress/augment
   treatment.

4. Explore the opportunity for adaptive aquatics interventions for their client.

5. Implement evidence-based aquatic therapy treatment plans to address
   therapeutic goals.

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TO REGISTER OR HOST THIS COURSE

 

Send us an email aquaticrehabpt@gmail.com and we will notify you when an open course becomes available! ​