Pain CEU Courses for OTs

This course is designed as a handy, concise, and quick reference guide for occupational therapists performing systemic differential diagnoses on patients suffering from neck and shoulder pain. This also provides the tools to determine the scope of therapy, criteria for a physician referral, and identifying systemic red flags. This is Part 1 of a 2-part series.

A handy, concise, quick reference guide for occupational therapists to perform systemic differential diagnosis of patients suffering from neck and shoulder pain. This will provide the tools to determine the scope of therapy, criteria for physician referral, and identifying systemic red flags. This is Part 2 of a series.

This course focuses on the medical origin of comorbidities of spinal cord injury and how they impact therapy. Examples of comorbidities that will be discussed include: autonomic dysreflexia, musculoskeletal issues, overuse injuries, pulmonary issues, and medical issues such as UTI's and decreased bone mineral density.

This course looks at pain case studies across a variety of settings. Evaluation and treatment will be discussed with a focus on return to occupation and participation.

This course provides an overview of the process of delivering lifestyle management interventions for the treatment of pain by exploring the process of developing a plan of care and strategies for documenting effectively. Case study examples are reviewed to demonstrate the outcomes of a lifestyle management approach.

This presentation will explore psychosocial issues children and their families experience during acute hospital admissions. Trends and reasons for hospitalizations will be described. Evidence-based occupational therapy evaluation and treatment interventions to address the psychosocial needs of children admitted to the hospital will be described.

Understanding lymphedema is an introductory course that will review the lymphatic system anatomy, pathophysiology, and indications/contraindications to treatment. At-risk individuals with types of cancers and vascular disorders associated with lymphedema as well as techniques for the non-CLT client will be presented.

The average healthy person breathes more than 20,000 cycles of breath per day. This program will offer simple, practical approaches to promote efficient breathing and engagement in meaningful occupations for our clients and ourselves.

This collaborative seminar provides therapists with an understanding of the principles of pharmacology and how the pharmacology of pain may impact patient’s functional outcomes and rehabilitation process. Therapists learn to conduct effective interviews and documentation strategies related to reporting medical concerns to the quality care team, other team members, the patient, and the physician.

Mindfulness can be a really powerful cognitive-behavioral tool and has many relevant applications when treating patients with pain, especially chronic pain. Many courses for rehabilitation professionals teach guided meditation, which is an amazing tool. However, mindfulness has many other applications and opportunities for use in the treatment of patients with pain. This session discusses the history and science behind mindfulness, as well as provides a variety of practical mindfulness tools for the everyday practitioner.