102: The Upper extremity: How it Affects Hands

Overview

To help therapists gain a better understanding of the upper extremity and how issues with the entire upper extremity show up in the hand and wrist. The goal is to teach how to effectively assess and quickly create change within a single treatment session. It will do a deep dive into the upper limb tension tests and how to tweak each of them to precisely determine points of impingement in the upper extremity. This course will have multiple case studies, including a complex upper cases study, to show how you are able to make a precise problem list and diagnosis. 

Learning Objectives

In this online course, you will learn:

• A new framework of how to effectively assess, and systematically treat the upper extremity
• To understand the interaction between the anterior and posterior arm
• How to create balance and reduce pain quickly and effectively 
• To create root cause changes of the upper extremity 
• How to effectively treat imbalances within the upper extremity such as lateral epicondylitis, de quervain’s and carpal tunnel syndrome 

Audience

This course is for any healthcare practitioner that treat the upper extremity; neck to hand. It will look at the upper extremity from a non traditional but very effective lens. I hope to change how you view and treat all patients with an upper extremity injury/problem. 

FAQs

Will this only look at hand conditions/ injuries? 

No, this course will look at a number of different injuries of the upper extremity and how they affect/present in the hand. It will provide a new framework of dealing with the upper extremity and helping you to create manageable problem lists. 

How do you look differently at the upper extremity? 

I will look at the upper extremity from a root cause perspective. Sure de quervain's is in the thumb but is it really?? Or is it because it is the end on the fascial line/ where the radial nerve ends? unless you address issues along the entire chain, you will not make true, long lasting change. I will be looking at the neck down to the hand and showing the intricacy of how, a subtle change in the upper extremity makes massive changes through out the limb. 

Will we be doing a custom brace? 

No, as I will not be able to help you to fabricate a splint, I feel it is unfair to teach this in this course. In the future I hope to create a splinting course where all aspects of custom bracing will be discussed.