Getting "Back" in Action: Clinical Guidelines for Safe Return to Work After Spinal Related Injuries

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Theresa A. Schmidt, PT, DPT, MS, OCS, LMT, CEAS Related seminars and products

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Dr. Theresa Schmidt is an orthopedic physical therapy specialist and massage therapist integrating traditional and alternative medicine with emphasis on manual therapy, precision exercise, wellness, Reiki, and mindfulness. She presented for NASA/Inomedic, Johns Hopkins, Cleveland Clinic, Vanderbilt Med, Wake Med, and professional associations. She received her doctorate at UNE and served as faculty at Touro PT Programs and CUNY Queens Colleges in NY. She is a published author, Expert Consultant, Reiki Master Instructor, and integrative clinician in private practice at Educise® in New Hampshire. Her website is www.educise.com.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Theresa Schmidt has employment relationships with Educise PC, CEU Connection.com, and United States Department of Veterans Affairs. She receives a speaking honorarium, recording royalties, and a consulting fee from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Theresa Schmidt is a member of American Physical therapy Association, the Academy of Orthopedic Physical Therapy, and the American Massage Therapy Association.

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Objectives

1. Evaluate potential to return to work using outcome measures for work-related low back pain, including return to work screening, disability index questionnaires, (Oswestry, Rowland Morris, Quebec Inventory FAB-Q) physical capacity/job testing tasks, movement quality screening and ergonomic considerations. 
2. Apply work related clinical practice guidelines for low back pain into your plan of care to classify impairments, and to select interventions to get people back to work successfully in their occupations. 
3. Assess factors influencing RTW in workers with low back injuries including work ability, psychosocial factors, delayed RTW risk factors, screening recommendations, work demands, job satisfaction and policies related to modified work. 
4. Discuss considerations for return to work (RTW) program design for workers with low back pain and the value of post-rehab training to build fitness for their occupations. 
5. Provide psychologically informed participatory ergonomics assessments and recommendations for workers and stakeholders to help workers reintegrate back to their occupations.  
6. Engage workers with ergonomic education and multicomponent interventions recommended by CPGs to encourage RTW and prevent reinjury by strengthening muscles to prevent future injuries allowing an individual with the performance skills necessary to return to the meaningful occupation of work.

Outline

Hour 1: 

• Clinical practice guidelines linked to ICF for work related back injury to optimize work performance 
• Injury types 
• Work related disability 
• Delayed return to work RTW issues, rick factors, client presentation, policy, work demands and culture 
• Screening recommendations- FABQ, Oswestry, Rowland Morris, TSK 
• Classification of work-related injury, ICF domains documentation 
• Assessment: self-reported outcome measures. Questionnaires, psychosocial factors and delayed RTW 

Hour 2: 

• Outcomes for work-related low back pain, including return to work screening, disability questionnaires, (Oswestry, Rowland Morris, Quebec Inventory) physical capacity/ job testing tasks, movement quality screening, and ergonomic considerations  
• Job demands, Coordination of services for the health and work team 
• Modified work, ergonomics, participatory to reduce risk and boost productivity 
• Psychologically informed practice and educational interventions for RTW 
• Graded progressive exercise and multicomponent interventions recommendations 
• Classic exam skills to determine fitness for RTW, lift task frequency 
• Considerations for return-to-work program design for workers with low back pain, biopsychosocial aspects and the value of post-rehab training 
• Post rehab fitness benefits, exercise specificity for RTW 
• Pre-participation screening, physical capacity and job task assessment 
• Case study
   

Target Audience

• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Massage Therapists
• Athletic Trainers
• Chiropractors
• Fitness Professionals