Course Topics
Hosting facilities may receive up to 3 free course registrations (a $1950 value).
Suggested Hosting Facility Provisions:
· Be located within 45 minutes of a major airport
· List of 3-4
nearby hotels (with facility contracted discounted room rate if applicable)
· Provide meeting space for up to 40 persons (classroom
style)
· Nearby kitchen & supplies
(i.e. ice, refrigerator, coffee pot, knives, 1-3 large snack/fruit
bowls, plastic cups, Styrofoam coffee cups etc.
· Provide LCD projector / screen
· Provide patient volunteers if possible for lab
sessions
· Provide volunteer to assist with continental breakfast and afternoon break set ups each day (this may be a course participant)
If interested,
please contact us by phone or email. We look forward to partnering with you!
When hosting R3 Programs to provide a lecture, continuing education course, or seminar; your group, organization, or facility is encouraged to develop program content from this list of topics:
Cancer Information
Cancer Statistics
Cancer demographics and trends
Cancer pathophysiology
Cancer Diagnosis
Cancer screening procedures
Cancer diagnosis procedures
Lymph node biopsy/sentinel node biopsy
Cancer Treatments
Cancer surgery
Chemotherapy drugs & their mechanism of action
Radiation mechanism of action
Hormonal/biological therapies mechanism of action
Pathophysiology of Cancer Treatments & Anatomical Considerations
(broken down individually for surgery, lymph node dissection, chemo, radiation)
Normal blood chemistry
Blood chemistry effects
Physical effects
Muskoskeletal effects
Cardiovascular effects
Functional effects
Exercise effects
The Lymphatic System
Surgical and radiation effects on the lymph system
Understanding infection risk after lymph node dissection
Lymphedema definition & pathopysiology
Lymphedem risk reduction
Return to exercise after lymph node dissection (arm, leg, trunk,breast)
Returning to exercise with lymphedema
Treatment options for lymphedema (vasopneumatic compression, compression bandaging, manual lymph therapy, exercise)
Common muskoskeletal problems post cancer treatment
(stiffness, ROM, strength, osteopenia, fucntional status, pain syndromes, fatigue , postural syndromes, lymphedema, lymphatic cording, thoracic outlet compression, soft tissue dysfunctions, radiation fibrosis, pathological fractures, myopathesis, neuropathies, bone flair)
Physical therapy differential diagnosis of arm swelling
Physical therapy differential diagnosis of pain syndromes
Muskoskeletal effects of breast reconstruction
(TRAM flap, submuscular exapnder & implant, lat flap, pec flap, gluteal flap)
Cardiovascular Exercise
Benefits of cardiovascular exercise during and after chemotherapy/radiation
Cardiovascular exercise during chemo and radiation
Indications and contraindications for exercise during cancer treatment
Developing and progressing exercise prescriptions for cancer patients and survivors
Physical Therapy After Cancer
Physical therapy assessment for the cancer patient
ROM / tissue length testing
Assessing functional limitations
Goal setting
Physical therapy rehabilitation after breast cancer surgery
Rehabilitation after cancer surgery
Post-op stretching and ROM
Safe progressive resistive exercise
Physical therapy treatment of the cancer patient (lecture and/or lab)
Soft tissue manipulation
Stretching / ROM
Strengthening
Patient education
Developing home exercise programs
Developing a Cancer Rehabilitation Program in your facility
Marketing
Billing concerns
