1314 – Pain and Function Specialty Certificate Program
Beginner /
Pool Workshop / 3-Day Program
Please Note: This
course is Beginner for those who have at least 10 years of clinical aquatic
experience working with the chronic pain population, and Intermediate for those
who have not worked in aquatic clinical settings or those with less experience.
Houston, TX / Friday-Sunday, March 19-21 – 15.0 credit
hours equal to 15.0 CECs/1.5 CEUs
Friday, March 19:
Classroom 9:30 am-12:15
pm / Lunch on own: 12:15-1:30 pm / Pool: 1:30-5:30 pm
Saturday, March 20:
Classroom: 9:00-10:00 am / Pool:
10:00-11:30 am / Sit-down Luncheon: 11:30 am-1:30 pm /
Classroom: 2:00-4:00 pm / Pool: 4:00-6:00 pm
Sunday, March 21:
Classroom: 9:00-11:00 am
Washington, DC / Friday-Sunday, October 15-17 – 15.0
credit hours equal to 15.0 CECs/1.5 CEUs
Friday, Oct. 15:
Classroom 9:30 am-12:15
pm / Lunch on own: 12:15-1:30 pm / Pool: 1:30-5:30 pm
Saturday, Oct. 16:
Classroom: 9:00-10:00 am / Pool:
10:00-11:30 am / Sit-down Luncheon: 11:30 am-1:30 pm /
Classroom: 2:00-4:00 pm / Pool: 4:00-6:00 pm
Sunday, Oct. 17:
Classroom: 9:00-11:30 am
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course provides essential education for clinicians using warm water
therapy to treat pain-affected patients. Pain impacts function. People living
with persistent pain commonly exhibit muscle guarding, inappropriate muscle
recruitment, and/or inappropriate motor sequencing. These movement
characteristics are often the beginning of a downward spiral, as increased pain
couples with decreased physical activity. The resulting structural degradation
will impact alignment, balance, gait/ambulation, endurance, strength, ROM, body
composition, ADLs, social interaction, mental and
physical health.
With better understanding of neuropathic pain, practitioners and people
in pain can work to offset functional changes and improve quality of life. This
course is intended for anyone treating, educating, and optimizing function in
patients with chronic pain.
Research supports: people participating in aquatic therapy report
decreased pain, improved exercise adherence, and increased function.
COURSE
OBJECTIVES:
á Review
researched theoretical information about persistent pain (understanding and
explaining the mechanism of Neuropathic pain).
á Provide
practical experiences and guidelines for pain education and amelioration
programming, including ideal pool characteristics.
á Discuss
pre / post treatment assessment of function related to this population,
including relative and absolute contraindications for participation in aquatic
therapy.
á Outline
and demonstrate aquatic treatment strategies including:
o Benefits
of warm water immersion and aquatic therapy in the treatment of persistent pain
(researched, established pool therapy outcomes).
o Techniques
to calm the central nervous system and decrease pain – teaching useful
coping strategies in and out of the pool.
o Sample
pool exercises, techniques, and progressions for this population, related to
pain-created weakness / dysfunction, muscular imbalances, and client goals.
o Patient
and clinician resources.
FACULTY: Connie Jasinskas, MSc, is an international educator through her
company: For the Love of Fit. She is the author and trainer of
numerous aquatic post-rehab workshops and courses, including Aquanatal, Back Splash and Aqua Arthritis. She is currently providing aquatic
rehabilitation for the Canadian Back Institute Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
Centre.
FACULTY: Lexie Cox, MPT, ATRIC,
has been an aquatic therapist for 10 years, working with children-
to-geriatrics, neurological-to-orthopedic diagnoses. She has received awards
for outstanding patient care and was nominated as Caregiver of Year. She is an
instructor/trainer for the Arthritis Foundation, and a certified AEA
Instructor.
FACULTY: Maryanne
Haggerty, MS, has been educating
professionals, individuals, and groups on safe and effective exercise for 25
years. As a faculty member and presenter for TSI, NASM, AEA, and AFAA, she has
certified professionals. Promoting exercise for all abilities, Maryanne has
presented televised exercise segments on aquatics. She has developed corporate
wellness seminars and six-month home exercise program progressions.