Effective Interventions for Older Adults Part 1: Posture & Flexibility

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Most practitioners have extensive arsenals of treatment protocols they can use to address their patients’ needs. But new information and new treatment options are published every day. Keeping up can feel like a full-time job. Or, you can take this course series in which Dr. Carole Lewis synthesizes the latest treatment research for older adults and breaks it down into the most clinically relevant options for physical and occupational therapists to use when treating older adults who have issues with posture, flexibility, balance, endurance, or strength. Part 1 of this series addresses posture and flexibility.

Effective Interventions Series

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Carole B. Lewis

Dr. Lewis has worked in home health, long-term care, acute hospitals, rehabilitation departments and outpatient clinics. She started a private practice in Washington, D.C. in 1981 and continues to work as a clinician. Dr. Lewis received her two master’s degrees in health care management and gerontology from the University of…

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Chapters & learning objectives

1. Overview

Dr. Carole Lewis will set the stage with statistics and clinical insights on the need for effective interventions for older adults.

2. Posture

Dr. Lewis demonstrates mobilization techniques and exercises that are proven by research to be effective for treating posture deficits in older adults.

3. Flexibility

Dr. Lewis analyzes and shows manual stretches and mobilizations for the tightest muscle groups in the lower extremities.

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