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Therapeutic Exercise: Functional Approach & Exercise Prescription

Therapeutic Exercise: Functional Approach & Exercise Prescription

Explore the foundations of therapeutic exercise, the various types of exercises, and its importance in a comprehensive treatment plan.

Language English
Duration 1h
Instructor

Description

Home care is essential to a patient's recovery, rehabilitation, and maintenance. Remedial exercise prescriptions are designed for various conditions to assist patients in rehabilitation and enhance the effectiveness of a treatment plan.

Therapeutic Exercise: Functional Approach & Exercise Prescription examines the foundational components of therapeutic exercise. This course introduces the role of the massage therapist in creating and administering home care exercises.

This course reviews different approaches to therapeutic exercise that the therapist may choose to utilize in their practice and discusses injury management based on the stage of healing. With this understanding, massage therapists can make informed choices when creating a therapeutic exercise program.

Course Outline

INTRODUCTION TO THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE

Theory of Therapeutic Exercise
The Role of the Manual Therapist
The Functional Approach to Disability

TYPES OF THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE

Range of Motion
Stretching
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
Resistance Exercise
Muscle Performance

INJURY MANAGEMENT

Severity of Tissue Injury
Acute Stage (Protection Phase)
Subacute Stage (Controlled Motion Phase)
Chronic Stage (Maturation & Remodeling Phase)

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Course Quiz

Outcomes & Objectives

Learning outcomes are high-level results that can be achieved by taking the course.
Understand the purpose and principles of therapeutic exercise and why it is a crucial aspect of rehabilitation.
Learn about the role of the manual therapist in developing an exercise program for a patient.
Discover the functional approach to disability and recognize systemic barriers that can actively disable a patient.
Investigate various types of therapeutic exercises and the appropriate exercises during each stage of healing.

Instructors

Contributors

Julie Goldstein, MA, MPA, JD
Kimberly Kent, RMT
Maria Naccarato, BSc, RMT
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Therapeutic Exercise: Functional Approach & Exercise Prescription

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