 Contact Hours: 1 |  |
 Target Audience: |
Instructional Level: Beginner |
BOC Level of Difficulty: Essential |
Accreditation Information:
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Course Goals & Objectives:
Course Goals:
This course explores how therapeutic yoga can be used as a therapy intervention to treat patients after a Total Knee Replacement (TKA). It provides information on the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis and replacement surgery, examines the basic principles of yoga and its musculoskeletal benefits, and reviews conventional therapeutic management of TKAs. It also details specific yoga poses and modifications shown to improve range of motion, strength, flexibility, and balance for the TKA patient.
Learning Outcomes:
After completing this course, the learner will be able to:
- Recognize the etiology, prevalence, and impacts of knee osteoarthritis and replacement surgeries on our society and individual occupational performance
- Describe the foundations of yoga as used in a therapeutic setting.
- Apply current evidence-based literature regarding the use of yoga poses for knee osteoarthritis and replacement rehabilitation.
- Identify yoga poses that have been shown to activate knee musculature to ultimately positively improve occupational performance.
- Implement evidence-based therapeutic yoga poses shown to improve range of motion, strength, and balance after Total Knee Replacement musculature to ultimately positively improve occupational performance.
- Recognize the utilization of props in the various poses to address performance barriers
Disclosures:
Contact Hours: 1 contact hour in length (check your state’s approval status in the state-specific course catalog for your profession).
Target Audience: Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist Assistant, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistant, Athletic Trainer
Instructional Level: Basic
Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 75% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 75% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved.
Personnel Disclosure:
Financial- Jessica Rassmann, PT, DPT is employed and receives a salary. She receives payment from Colibri Healthcare, LLC for the presentation of this course.
Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service
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Authors:
Jessica Rassmann, PT, DPT
Jessica Rassmann, PT, DPT, is a physical therapist with almost a decade of clinical experience in outpatient orthopedic settings. Jessica earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science from Florida State University, and a Doctoral Degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Central Florida. Her professional interests include Vestibular Rehabilitation and the McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT). Jessica is certified in Instrument Assisted Soft-Tissue Mobilization, Kinesio Taping, and is currently working on her MDT certification. As a clinician Jessica regularly mentors students as a Clinical Instructor to ensure the preservation of evidence-based care in the next generation of health care providers. She also works as a contracted specialist providing utilization review (UR) to make determinations around medical necessity and appropriateness of care involving physical therapy cases.
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