CEU Courses for PTs

Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) is gaining in popularity worldwide. It has good evidence in many pathological conditions and also for sporting populations. In this one-hour course, you will learn the basics and understand the nuances of IMT.

Coccydynia can be a challenging diagnosis for patients to experience and rehab professionals to address. This course will cover practical steps to evaluate and treat patients with coccydynia and provide therapists with a toolbox to optimally care for them.

This seminar offers an in-depth review of Medicare Part B coding and billing. It covers CPT coding, unit-to-minute conversion, appropriate use of evaluation codes, and caregiver education codes. The seminar reviews the most commonly billed codes. Using multiple examples, clinicians learn how to comply with coding, maintain thorough documentation to support skilled interventions, and avoid common errors. The seminar also discusses elements known to trigger medical reviews, including coding and documentation to support the plan of care. It explores tips and strategies for successfully managing medical reviews.

This course reviews the importance of performing neurological screening for all patients, including the orthopedic evaluation. The goal of the course is to help the physical therapist in creating a valuable approach to the evaluation process.

To a newborn, neonatal units appear exceedingly loud, astonishingly bright, unbelievably chaotic and intermittently painful. Providers do everything they can to maximize the peace and comfort of their charges, but only so much can be done. So, any technique which can reduce pain, decrease physical stressors, induce sleep, and increase hunger and the tendency to suck…. all without robbing the infant of energy, is like a gift from the NICU gods. Enter Neonatal Hydrotherapy and Therapeutic Bathing.

A review of epidemiology, risk factors, and current practices for the treatment of Dupuytren’s disease will be discussed in this course. It will review current practice evaluation processes, as well as conservative and/or surgical intervention ideas for this condition for the return to independence with all meaningful occupations.

This course discusses critical elements of outcome measures, recommends tests for specific settings, and provides evidence-based support for improved conduction and interpretation, enhancing clinical utilization.

As the type, severity, and percentage of mental illnesses continue to rise in adolescents and young adults, athletic trainers, physical therapists, and healthcare professionals, in general, are certain to encounter student-athletes with psychological concerns at the secondary school and collegiate levels. In this course, lecture techniques will be utilized to discuss the different types of mental health disorders prevalent among competitive athletes along with the various stressors and triggering events that may lead to psychological concern in these individuals. After a thorough review of the literature on best practices regarding the management of mental health conditions in athletes, participants will be able to generate a plan to formally address mental health conditions in athletes, construct a referral network of mental health providers, and investigate the legal liability associated with developing a plan to manage mental health conditions.

This webinar is designed to provide acute care physical therapists with the knowledge and tools to begin effectively preventing, identifying, and managing burnout. It will discuss multi-level causes of burnout, ranging from the individual perspective to the institutional level.

A patient who spends a lot of time in their bed can now be challenged with bed-based exercises and activities that are as challenging as in the gym. PT and OT providers will learn 20+ novel ways to use the bed as a progressive resistive exercise tool.