When you’re working with upper extremity patients, sometimes progress can feel like an uphill battle.
Many patients have difficulty describing upper extremity symptoms, so localizing the problem can be a challenge. Scar tissue and edema often limit tissue gliding so much that it interferes with exercises and functional tasks. And when standard treatment protocols fall short of expectations, this can leave your patients frustrated, pained by activities that give them purpose, and resigned to surgical options.
But with the latest advances in upper extremity rehabilitation, helping your patients achieve their functional goals is easier than ever.
Purchase now for this hands-on seminar, and learn how to get to the root cause of impairment faster with a comprehensive assessment that combines the best evaluations currently available. Revolutionize your therapy toolbox with innovative interventions you can use immediately to accelerate progress. And design advanced plans of care for a variety of common upper extremity diagnoses, fluently combining techniques for optimal outcomes.
Watch the former president of the American Society of Hand Therapists, Kristin Valdes, for this live webcast as she guides you through a proven framework for upper extremity rehabilitation that has helped countless patients regain lost function and rediscover life without the pain.
當您與上肢患者一起工作時，有時進展會感覺像是一場艱苦的戰鬥。許多患者難以描述上肢症狀，因此定位問題可能是一個挑戰。疤痕組織和水腫通常會嚴重限制組織滑動，以至於乾擾鍛煉和功能性任務。當標準治療方案達不到預期時，這可能會讓您的患者感到沮喪，對賦予他們目標的活動感到痛苦，並接受手術選擇。但隨著上肢康復的最新進展，幫助您的患者實現其功能目標比以往任何時候都容易。立即購買本次實踐研討會，了解如何通過結合當前最佳評估的綜合評估更快地找到損傷的根本原因。通過您可以立即使用的創新干預措施徹底改變您的治療工具箱，以加速進展。並為各種常見的上肢診斷設計先進的護理計劃，流暢地結合技術以獲得最佳結果。觀看美國手部治療師協會前主席 Kristin Valdes 的網絡直播，她將指導您完成經過驗證的上肢康復框架，幫助無數患者恢復失去的功能並重新發現沒有痛苦的生活。
Speaker
Kristin Valdes, OTD, OT, CHT, is an expert in upper extremity rehabilitation, with over 30 years of experience in private practice helping patients recover lost function and return to the activities they value. A past president of the American Society of Hand Therapists, her clinical expertise spans treatment of the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder, as well as arthritis management and orthosis fabrication.
Dr. Valdes travels nationally to present seminars on upper extremity rehabilitation and is known for her engaging, hands-on teaching style. She earned her Doctorate in occupational therapy with a specialization in hand rehabilitation from Rocky Mountain University of Health Care Professions in Provo, UT, and she works as capstone coordinator and associate professor at Gannon University in Ruskin, FL. In addition, she has published over 40 peer-reviewed studies, and she serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Hand Therapy.
主講專家介紹
Kristin Valdes, OTD, OT, CHT上肢康復專家，執業30多年經驗。她曾擔任美國手部治療師學會主席，臨床專業知識涵蓋手，腕，肘和肩治療，以及關節炎治療和矯形器製造。瓦爾德斯博士（Valdes）出國旅行，參加關於上肢康復研討會，並以徒手現場教學。她在猶他州普羅沃的落基山大學醫療保健專業獲得手部康復職業治療博士學位，並在佛羅里達州拉斯金的甘農大學擔任頂峰協調員和副教授。她發表40餘篇復健醫學研究報告，並擔任《手部治療雜誌》副主編。
