Strength & conditioning in rehab part 1 with Dr Claire Minshull

When our patients come in with back pain, shoulder pain, or a knee injury, we want to help settle their symptoms and build strength so they can cope with work, running around and having a good time. Are your exercises helping your patients get stronger and build load capacity to get the treatment results you want? If you want to help your patients build strength, what’s the best way to go about it?

In this webinar with Dr Claire Minshull, you’ll explore strength & conditioning, and how to incorporate strength training with your patients. You’ll discover:

• Muscle strength, power and endurance - what each of these are, and how to target these with your exercises
• Why targeting muscle strength is vital in rehab
• Do we need to use lower weights or intensities with patients than the general population?
• How function, sporting capacity & performance is affected by strength
• Which muscle strength factors are influenced by our rehab eg hypertrophy, motor unit recruitment, neuromuscular inhibition?
• How to measure strength & power
• How to develop a resistance training program
• How to progress strength in rehab
• How long does it take to improve strength?
• How can you prescribe a specific weight for rehab
• Which exercises DON’T improve muscle strength
• How different rep ranges affect muscle strength, power, hypertrophy and endurance i.e. what are the effects of 5 rep sets compared to 10-12 rep sets?
• How many sets are required to improve strength?
• What factors do you need to include in a strength program?
• How to make rehab & training specific to your patients needs and goals
• Current evidence on strength training
• The effect of aging on strength, and how to significantly improve strength in older adults