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Evidence Based Testing and Prescription for Special Populations
Presented by Kala Markel, PT, DPT
Live WebinarThu, Sep 10, 2026 at 12:00 pm EDT
Course: #5455Level: Intermediate2 Hours
This 2-hour session reviews evidence-based approaches to testing and exercise prescription for special populations in rehabilitation practice. Participants will learn how to select appropriate measures, recognize precautions and contraindications, and apply safe, individualized exercise prescription principles across medically complex patient groups. Content is applicable to physical therapists, occupational therapists, and nurses working with cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, and renal populations across the care continuum. This course was designed for an interprofessional audience.

Navigating Polypharmacy and Multi-Morbidity: A PT's Guide to Exercise Optimization and Patient Management
Presented by Robin Schroeder, PT DPT, GCS, OCS, CSCS, CLT, A-CEEAA
Recorded Webinar
Course: #5537Level: Advanced2 Hours
Seventy-three percent of older adults have two chronic conditions, and 36% have four or more, leading to management with polypharmacy. One in 5 older adults uses 5 or more prescription medications and is taking a medication that adversely affects a co-existing condition. Polypharmacy bidirectionally impacts physical function and, therefore, physical activity. Adults who participate in aerobic and strengthening activity recommendations have a greatly reduced risk for all-cause mortality. Physical therapists who understand how the movement system interacts with multimorbidity and polypharmacy are uniquely qualified to guide complex patients through safe and effective exercise programs to improve physical function and reduce mortality. This session will use the ACSM exercise recommendation guidelines to consider each multimorbidity’s effect on the exercise prescription, balance polypharmacy considerations, and maximize patient safety and exercise dosing for meaningful results. Using exemplar cases, the learner will be challenged to recognize patterns of multimorbidity and pharmacotherapy, discuss the role of the physical therapist within the multidisciplinary team and in patient communication, and optimize patient outcomes. The Beers List of potentially inappropriate medications to be avoided in older adults will be incorporated, and a schema will be provided to integrate advanced clinical reasoning into the care of complex patients.

Deconditioning After Hospitalization or Illness: Tips and Tricks for the PT and OT Provider
Presented by Andrea Salzman, PT, MS
Live WebinarWed, Oct 21, 2026 at 3:00 pm EDT
Course: #5466Level: Introductory2 Hours
A patient may survive an illness or hospitalization and still come home unable to do the ordinary things that made up daily life before admission. Walking to the bathroom, getting off the toilet, showering, dressing, preparing a meal, climbing steps, carrying objects, and tolerating a normal morning routine may suddenly require substantial effort or assistance.This course gives PT and OT practitioners a highly functional approach to hospital- and illness-associated deconditioning. Rather than treating weakness and endurance as isolated impairments, participants will learn to connect strength, power, balance, mobility, cognition, fatigue, and cardiopulmonary tolerance directly to meaningful daily tasks. Practical cases will demonstrate how to identify the functional bottleneck, choose the right starting dose, build activity into real-life tasks, progress without overwhelming the patient, and translate clinic gains into independence at home. Emphasis is placed on immediately usable strategies for transfers, ADLs, household mobility, stairs, pacing, task modification, home programs, and return to everyday routines. This course is designed for an interprofessional audience.

Building a Part B Caseload in Long Term Care
Presented by Kevin Cezat, PT, DPT, GCS, RAC-CT
Live WebinarWed, Nov 4, 2026 at 3:00 pm EST
Course: #5477Level: Introductory2 Hours
Building an appropriate Medicare Part B caseload in long-term care requires more than identifying residents who may benefit from therapy. This course provides physical therapists with a practical framework for recognizing changes in function, mobility, safety, and participation that may indicate a need for skilled therapy services. Participants will explore strategies for proactive screening, interdisciplinary collaboration, and clinical decision-making while considering Medicare coverage requirements, documentation expectations, and the distinction between skilled therapy and routine maintenance or wellness services. Current Medicare guidance and relevant evidence will be incorporated to help clinicians identify appropriate referrals and support medically necessary, person-centered therapy services.

Integrating Pool and Land-Based Therapy: Bridging the Gap
Presented by Andrea Salzman, PT, MS
Live WebinarWed, Nov 18, 2026 at 3:00 pm EST
Course: #5467Level: Intermediate2 Hours
This course focuses on clinical decision-making for combining aquatic and land-based rehabilitation within a coordinated plan of care. Participants will examine how the properties and demands of each environment can be used strategically to support progression, manage treatment intensity, improve activity tolerance, and promote carryover into functional tasks. Emphasis will be placed on selecting the most appropriate environment for a given therapeutic goal, transitioning activities between water and land, and developing hybrid treatment approaches that maintain continuity while advancing patient function and safety. Rather than viewing aquatic and land-based therapy as separate treatment tracks, the course presents them as complementary environments that can be sequenced according to what the patient needs to accomplish next. Practical examples will illustrate how an activity may be introduced, practiced, progressed, or challenged differently in water and on land, and how clinicians can deliberately build the bridge from improved performance in the pool to meaningful function outside of it. This course is designed for an interprofessional audience.

Obesity-Related Mobility Limitations: Tips and Tricks for the PT and OT Provider
Presented by Andrea Salzman, PT, MS
Recorded Webinar
Course: #5443Level: Introductory2 Hours
This 2-hour introductory webinar equips physical and occupational therapy providers with evidence-based strategies to effectively address mobility limitations in patients with obesity. Participants will learn practical, immediately applicable techniques for exercise prescription, environmental modifications, and patient-centered care approaches. The course covers the biomechanical and physiological factors affecting mobility in this population, evidence-based rehabilitation interventions, and clinical tips for creating safe, supportive treatment environments. Ideal for clinicians seeking to enhance their confidence and competence in treating patients with obesity-related functional limitations.

Clinical Applications of Durable Medical Equipment for Activities of Daily Living
Presented by Michelle Lange, OTR/L, ATP/SMS
Recorded Webinar
Course: #5460Level: Introductory1 Hour
Clients who use wheelchair seating and mobility equipment often have other durable medical equipment (DME) needs, as well. Durable medical equipment is typically used to assist activities of daily living and so clinicians are an active participant in selecting the appropriate equipment for a client’s needs. This course will address bath/shower equipment, toileting equipment, patient lifts, and adaptive car seats.

Primary Care for Rehabilitation Providers: The Facts on Aging, Sleep, Physical Activity, Nutrition, Social Connection and More!
Presented by Mike Studer, PT, DPT, MHS, NCS, CEEAA, CWT, CSST, CBFP, CSRP, FAPTA
Recorded Webinar
Course: #5431Level: Advanced3 Hours
Science continues to ask the question about aging, “Is aging due to nature (our genes) or nurture (our lifestyle)?” A related question is now directed at our healthspan – how long can we live without disability or illness? In this course, Dr. Mike Studer brings the science and scope of practice-sensitivity to rehabilitation providers aspiring to improve comprehensive health and wellness for their patients, their loved ones, and themselves. This course provides applications in healthspan and lifespan that we can apply now as a primary care provider – but also - choose for ourselves, across five categories of life: physical activity, sleep, nutrition, social connection, and the health benefits of extreme experiences or “outside of your comfort zone”. It is time for rehabilitation providers to truly know, understand, educate-on and deliver the science of health and wellness. This course will elevate practitioners’ capacities with theory, science and applications – all while empowering their patients with the most valuable tool of all – evidence based options from which to exercise the element of choice.

The Salzman Matrix: Combining Cognitive & Motor Tasks with Purpose
Presented by Andrea Salzman, PT, MS
Recorded Webinar
Course: #5381Level: Introductory2 Hours
Cognition and movement are tightly linked in functional activity, yet integrating them in rehabilitation can be challenging. While dual-task training is commonly used, poorly matched cognitive demands can interfere with motor performance and learning. This introductory course introduces the Salzman Matrix, an evidence-aligned clinical reasoning framework designed to guide purposeful cognitive–motor integration while minimizing interference. Participants will learn how to distinguish cognitive processes that support movement from cognitive demands that commonly compete with motor goals, and how to apply this framework to functional treatment planning and documentation across rehabilitation settings.

Treat Them Like Athletes: Performance-Based Rehab for Non-Athletes
Presented by Andrea Salzman, PT, MS
Recorded Webinar
Course: #5379Level: Introductory2 Hours
This training equips physical and occupational therapy providers with tools to maximize client outcomes by blending athletic principles with innovative rehabilitation strategies. Participants will learn how to adapt techniques like plyometric training, dynamic warm-ups, motor imagery, motivational interviewing, Tabata training, and performance-based feedback for non-athlete clients.