Today's Best Treatments for the Upper Extremity

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Kristin Valdes, OTD, OT, CHT Related seminars and products

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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 a professor at Touro University in Nevada. In addition, she has published a number of peer-reviewed studies, and she received the MacDermid Lifetime Scientific Achievement award for her contributions in research for the advancement of the field of hand therapy.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Kristin Valdes has employment relationships with Touro University and Dignity Health Physical Therapy. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Kristin Valdes is a member of the American Association for Hand Surgery and the American Society of Hand Therapists. She is a peer reviewer and editor for several peer review journals, for a complete list contact PESI, Inc.

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Objectives

1. Evaluate the latest advances in upper extremity rehabilitation and their implications for your patients.
2. Identify root causes of pain and impairment to improve engagement in activities of daily living.
3. Integrate the most effective interventions for restoring function and improving ROM, strength, dexterity, mobility, stability, proprioception and sensation.
4. Combine multiple approaches for better outcomes, including provocative testing, neuromuscular reeducation, elastic taping, graded motor imagery, mirror therapy, eccentric exercises and more.
5. Design effective, innovative plans of care for a wide range of upper extremity diagnoses.
6. Apply the assessments and interventions discussed in this seminar to a series of interactive case scenarios.

Outline

• Give your patients the benefit of cutting edge research and treatment
  • Neuromuscular reeducation apps
  • Elastic taping
  • Proprioception deficit assessment and training
  • Evidence-based pain treatment
  • Eccentric exercises for tendinopathy

• Today’s best tests and assessments for:
  • Pain
  • Stiffness
  • Range of motion
  • Muscle testing
  • Sensation
  • Pinch
  • Skin condition
  • Deformities
  • Function
• Hands-on lab

• Innovative techniques to:
  • Decrease pain and edema
  • Improve range of motion
  • Reduce scar adherence and hypersensitivity
  • Build strength, dexterity, and stability
  • Improve proprioception and sensation
  • Enhance function
• Hands-on lab

• Synergistic strategies for effectively integrating:
  • Provocative testing
  • App-based neuromuscular re-education
  • Elastic taping
  • Home program instruction
  • Laterality training
  • Graded motor imagery
  • Mirror therapy
  • CMC stability exercises
  • Sensory re-education
  • Buddy taping
  • Eccentric exercises
• Hands-on lab

• Comprehensive solutions for common impairments:
  • Mallet finger
  • Trigger finger
  • Finger dislocation
  • Fractures
  • De Quervain’s
  • Joint instability
  • Tunnel syndromes
  • Tennis elbow
  • Golfer’s elbow
  • Complex regional pain syndrome
  • Tendinitis
  • Osteoarthritis
• Hands-on lab

• Case study 1: Correctly identify the root cause of impairment
• Case study 2: Problem solve a complex upper extremity injury and develop an effective treatment plan
• Case study 3: Develop an advanced plan of care for a patient with severer tendinitis
• Case study 4: Overcome barriers to effective strategy implementation

• Coding and billing updates for upper extremity diagnoses
• Justify therapy with the right progress measures
• Avoid denials and audits with these tips

Target Audience

• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Athletic Trainers
• Strength and Conditioning Specialists
• Exercise Physiologists
• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physician Assistants
• Physicians

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