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 Pool Therapy for the Female Client Feb 4-5, 2012 |
 Aquatic Therapy for Total Hip/ Knee Feb 10-11, 2012 |
 Hands-On Aquatic Therapy Techniques March 9-10, 2012 |
 Water-Based Interventions for the Neuro ClientApril 13-14, 2012 |
 Marketing Strategies for the Aquatic Therapy ManagerSept 7-8, 2012 |
 Function in Water: Closed-Chain ProgressionsOct 12-13, 2012 |
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Click here to see the July 4th ATU Groupon
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Starting at midnight, July 4th, therapists can buy books, equipment, bibliographies, distance-learning DVDs and more for 50% off. Better yet? They can book any of our 18 hour aquatic therapy classes for $300 (a $600 value).
Book early; we plan to cap the classes before the 24 hours is over!
Comprehensive Aquatic Therapy (CAT) authors just got their first-eyes copies of this 3rd edition.
Over 8 years in the making.... It's HUGE.
At 560 pages and 1.5" thick, it's 140 pages bigger than the 2nd edition. It's truly the quintessential guide to aquatic therapy.
Comprehensive Aquatic Therapy remains the acknowledged reference text for aquatic therapists the world over. Featuring extensive updates from the 2nd edition, in this edition the editors have included extensive case studies, with multiple choice questions and answers as didactic content.New chapters have been added, covering the entire scope of aquatic therapy practice, including innovative new techniques with material for program development, including staff training and marketing.
Come to Pool Therapy for the Female Client (May 13-14, Minneapolis) for more ideas about aquatic therapy for pregnancy, breast cancer, osteoporis, SI dysfunction, and fibromyalgia...
Bocalini DS, Serra AJ, Rica RL, Santos LD. Repercussions of training and detraining by water-based exercise on functional fitness and quality of life: a short-term follow-up in healthy older women. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2010;65(12):1305-9.
Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. bocalini@fcr.epm.br
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of short-term exercise detraining on the functional fitness of older women after a 12-week water-based exercise (WE) program.
METHODS: Healthy older women (trained (TR) group) were submitted to 12 weeks WE (three 45 min sessions per week) followed by a 6-week detraining period. A group of aged-matched women without any exercise training (UN group) were evaluated during the same period. The aerobic power, measured by VO₂max and 800 meters performance, and the neuromuscular fitness and quality of life were evaluated. All assessments were made at baseline, after 12 weeks of training and after 4 and 6 weeks of detraining.
RESULTS: No changes were found for the UN group during the follow-up study, but WE induced significant improvement in aerobic capacity, neuromuscular fitness and quality of life score. However, the upper and lower body strength, agility, flexibility, and body balance returned to UN levels (p > 0.05) after 6 weeks of detraining.
CONCLUSIONS: The results confirmed that 12 weeks of WE improves the functional fitness parameters and quality of life of older women. However, after a short detraining period of 4-6 weeks, the neuromuscular parameters and the quality of life score returns to baseline or untrained subject levels.
Copyright 2011, Andrea Salzman (Reprinted with permission)
Bring Aquatic Therapy University's class "Justifiable Aquatic Therapy for the Total Hip & Knee Replacement Client" to your home pool.
Language like the following can be used in your documentation to support the medical necessity of aquatic therapy for the s/p Total Knee Replacement Patient.
If you decide on aquatic therapy as a treatment option during the initial evaluation, you need to justify your choice of aquatics.
After that, you should make the case for continuing to use aquatic therapy on an ongoing basis (daily or weekly).
Assessment:
PATIENT presents with post-operative lower extremity edema and joint effusion, limb pain, restricted ROM and loss of functional strength.
He is unable to weight-bear on the surgical side without limping. He is reliant on an assistive device which alters his postural relationship with the environment. He is in pain, unwilling to move freely or try novel challenges, and is expressing frustration with rehab.
| Aquatic Shoulder Sept 9-10, 2011 |
Geriatric Protocols Oct 7-8, 2011 |
Pediatric EBAT Nov 11-12, 2011 |
We have a new polyclinic coming to the East Coast in March. Care Center in Greenville, SC, has signed up to host a Aquatic Therapy Polyclinic for Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Disabilities and the Medically Fragile Client.
The class meets on March 18-19, 2011 and will be taught by Kiki Dickinson, MPT.
Now all we have to hope for is that blizzard season will be done by then.
Oops, you missed this class. To see pending Aquatic Therapy University seminars, click on the below.
15-16 Apr 2011 |
16-17 April 2011 |
5 more in 2011 |
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Evidence-Based Aquatic Therapy for the Musculoskeletal Client
Taught By: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT; Kim Gordon, MPT
February 11-12, 2011
Minneapolis, MN (ATU Main Campus)
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$595
$495 (for the first 10 registrants)
ABOUT THIS 2 DAY CLINICAL- INTENSIVE SEMINAR
18 hr. training module packed into 2 days (4 hr. Boot Camp plus 14 hr. main course). Includes over 12 hours of pool time.
Stop extolling the virtues of aquatic therapy for the adult musculoskeletal client… without providing tangible evidence-based support. Leave this dynamic course understanding how, when, where and under what circumstances to provide aquatic therapy… and how to justify that choice to the world. Don’t just understand the science; be able to perform the EBAT treatments on Monday morning. Course includes information on integrating aquatic therapy into many post-surgical protocols (rotator cuff tear; ACL tear, total hip and knee replacement). Includes “turn key” inservice and marketing materials to help expand your caseload.
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