2322 – Total Knee Replacement

Intermediate / Symposium 2-hour Pool Workshop

 

Sanibel, FL / Wednesday, June 30, 2010 – 1:40-4:00 pm – 2.0 credit hours equal to 2.0 CECs/.2 CEUs

(Classroom: 1:40-2:40 pm / Pool: 3:00-4:00 pm)

 

Faculty: Bess Maxwell, PhD, PT

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Gain methods for addressing the rehabilitation of a person with a total knee replacement using aquatic therapy. The lab will include demonstration and practice of various exercises used to practice gait, strengthen, improve balance, and increase range of motion. The lecture will summarize evidence regarding the use of aquatic therapy before and following total knee replacement.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1)    Determine the value of aquatic therapy before and after a total knee replacement.

2)    Describe the specific aquatic exercise and activities to be performed before and after a total knee replacement.

3)    Site studies that provide evidence regarding aquatic therapy for knee degenerative joint disease and for total knee replacement.

 

FACULTY: Bess Maxwell, PhD, PT, is currently working as a full-time physical therapist at La Posada Out-patient Therapies in Green Valley AZ. Her practice is 50% aquatics with an emphasis in geriatrics. She earned her PhD in exercise physiology from the University of Arizona and her masterŐs degree in physical therapy from Washington University in St. Louis. She is the current President of the APTA Aquatics Section. She also serves on the Board of Directors for ShowMe Aquatics and Fitness, a mission-driven organization in Missouri that she co-founded to provide barrier-free exercise programs for people with disabilities.