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Rehab Strategies for Degenerative Joint Disease: Keeping Seniors Active with Chad Thompson

Are you ready to face the mounting number of “baby boomers” who want to return to an active lifestyle after they’ve been diagnosed with degenerative joint disease? Advanced surgical techniques, shorter hospital stays, minimal inpatient rehab, and decreasing home health visits make treating this emerging population a necessity for all therapists and rehab professionals. Help your patients get back to life with speaker Chad Thompson, PT, DPT, CEAS, as he relates more than 25 years of practical, evidence-based interventions he uses with this exact population. He will give the tools today that you need for tomorrow, such as:

• practical exercise regimen for outpatient seniors
• techniques to maintain mobility and improve gait mechanics
• mobilization tips to increase range of motion in UE and LE
• medical management
• accessing and understanding the latest research to defend your practice and improve reimbursement
• a roadmap for what the future holds for degenerative joint disease

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