Treating without Pain: Hand Therapy Treatment Concepts (Hybrid Online CE course)
(Hybrid Online format) Treating without Pain: Hand Therapy Treatment Concepts including Taping, IASTM, Joint Alignment and Cupping
8 contact hours. Complete 6 hours of recorded lectures, recorded demonstrations of treatment techniques, independent IASTM lab, and case study assignment prior to attending a 2- hour Zoom classroom meeting (focusing on case studies, review of taping applications and Q & A), and a final post-test.
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Program subject to change. This course content is not intended for use by any participants outside the scope of their license or regulation.
Course Objectives:
After completion of this course, therapist will be able to:
- Identify 3 Movement With Motion (MWM) components to increase range of motion for a patient with a fractured finger.
- List 2 Agonist and Antagonist muscle relationships in a patient with Tennis Elbow
- Develop a treatment plan, including taping, cupping and IASTM strokes to enhance movement and space in a patient with a wrist fracture
- Given a patient with ECU Tendonitis, create a treatment plan including 2 appropriate taping techniques
- Identify 2 strengthening exercises to reduce pain in a patient with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
CE Credits
8 contact hours, includes 6 hours of online video lectures, patient demonstrations, and assignments, plus 2-hour interactive Virtual Classroom (Zoom) hosted by the instructor, Alison Taylor, OTR/L, CHT, CKTI, NDTc.
This hybrid online course is accepted by many professional credentialing organizations and state professional regulatory boards. Rules and regulations change frequently without notification, and apply differently to live and online courses. Please check with your state board to confirm accuracy of this list and acceptance of contact hours. Certificate of Attendance will be issued to all participants upon completion of the course and may be used for CEU verification of credits. CE credits vary by state. Please check with your state board/certifying agency to confirm conversion of contact hours to CE. See links below.
Physical Therapy Board of California: The Physical Therapy Board of California recognizes Rehab Education, LLC as an approval agency to approve providers offering continuing competency courses for CA licensed PTs and PTAs. This course is approved for 8 contact hours.
Illinois State Board of Physical Therapy: Approved CE Sponsor by Illinois State Board of Physical Therapy, Division of Professional Regulations, Approval #216.000227. (Course must be taken prior to 09-30-2022)
NY State Physical Therapy Board: Rehab Education, LLC is recognized as an approved provider of PT and PTA continuing education by the NY State Education Department Board of Physical Therapy. (Course must be taken prior to 05-10-2022)
Ohio Physical Therapy Association: This course has been approved by the Ohio PT Association for 8 contact hours. Approval #20S0847. (Course must be taken between 10-16-2020 and 10-16-2021)
American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Approved Provider #6177: Rehab Education, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider (#6177) of professional development. This Distance Learning-Interactive CE course is offered at 0.8 CEU (8 contact hours) Intermediate level | OT Service Delivery/Foundational Knowledge.
AOTA Approval States
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA. At the time of listing, these states currently recognize AOTA Approved Providers for OT continuing education either in regulatory language or by formal written communication to AOTA:
Alaska
Arkansas
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida **(self-report to CE Broker)
Illinois
IndianaKentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
MissouriMontana
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
North CarolinaNorth Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode IslandSouth Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Wisconsin (self study courses only)
*Disclaimer: Rehab Education LLC provides this list for your convenience. At the time of listing, the following state boards accept courses by virtue of approval by other organizations. It is the responsibility of the participant registering for a course to check with their state board to confirm rules and regulations regarding acceptance of contact hours for live and online courses.
The following PT Boards accept courses approved by other PT State boards*:
Alaska
Delaware
District of Columbia
Hawaii
IllinoisIndiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
MontanaNorth Carolina
North Dakota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
TennesseeUtah
Vermont
Virginia
Wyoming
The following PT Boards accept courses approved by other APTA state associations*:
Alaska
Arizona
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida **(self-report to CE Broker)
GeorgiaKansas
Kentucky
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
North DakotaRhode Island
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Wyoming
The following PT Boards do not require pre-approval for continuing education activities as long as they are “directly related to the licensee’s practice of physical therapy” and/or meet the guidelines established by the board.
Alabama
Colorado
Connecticut
Iowa
New Hampshire
Washington
Wisconsin
**FL licensees may need to self-submit courses in CE Broker
HELPFUL LINKS:
*NBCOT…National Board for Certification of Occupational Therapy (view PDU requirements)+HTCC… Hand Therapy Certification Commission (view recertification requirements)
Hand Therapy Certification Commission (HTCC): This course is accepted by HTCC towards re-certification.
Instructors:
Alison Taylor, OTR/L, CHT, CKTI
graduated as an Occupational Therapist in 1990, from Sydney University, Australia. She has worked in and out of the United States for over 29 years and obtained her CHT in 2001. Since that time Alison has presented at 6 ASHT Conferences, multiple state ASHT and OT conferences, and special interest group meetings in GA, IL, NH, SC, TX and LA.
She became a KinesioTaping Instructor in 2011 and actively lectures throughout the USA on UE and LE taping. Alison presented at the International KinesioTaping symposium in Hawaii in 2017 on “Tennis Elbow”, and was published in the Kinesio “Advanced Healing Magazine”
Alison is a guest lecturer for the OT programs at Texas Women’s University (Denton) and LSU (Shreveport). She lectures nationally on Hand Therapy and is developing protocols for tennis elbow and radial nerve impairment. Her specialties include hands, UE sports orthopedics and tendonitis. Her background also includes neurology, geriatrics, spinal cord and acute care.
Classes taught by Alison Taylor:
- Kinesio Taping Assessments, Fundamental Concepts and Techniques (Formerly KT1/2)
- Kinesio Taping® Advanced Techniques and Clinical Reasoning (Formerly KT3)
- Specialty Neurological Concepts of the Kinesio Taping® Method: Influencing the Adult Nervous System (Formerly KT4)
- Specialty Hand Therapy Concepts of the Kinesio Taping® Method (Formerly KT4)