Seminar: Elbow Joint Rehabilitation – A Physiotherapist's Approach

Date: 19.12.2024 - 20.12.2024

Time: 09:00 -17:00

Venue: RSU Medical Education Technology Centre, Anniņmuižas Boulevard 26A

TIP: 16 (No.TIP2024/502)

Number of places: 30

Lecturer - Val Jones, PT, PhD.  (UK)

Val Jones (PT, PhD. ) is a practitioner, researcher and internationally renowned lecturer specializing in elbow rehabilitation. She has published in peer reviewed journals, has been a representative of the British Elbow and Shoulder Council and has chaired the European Union for Shoulder and Elbow Rehabilitation (EUSSER).

Workshop content:

• Anatomy and pathology of the elbow joint
  
• Investigation
  
• Testing options based on severity of pathology, structural damage
  
• Evidence-based conservative treatment options for different pathologies:
  
• Tennis elbow
  
• Rehabilitation of post-traumatic elbow, prevention of contractures
  
• Elbow instability
  
• Osteoarthritis of the elbow joint
  
• Ulnar nerve neuropathy
  
• Olecranon bursitis
  
• Post-operative management of rehabilitation related to distal suture of the biceps muscle, ligament reconstruction, elbow joint replacement.