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1. Plan strategies for protecting articular cartilage from further damage, keeping the original equipment, and avoiding total joint replacement.
2. Analyze comprehensive strategies that ensure repairs of meniscal and labral tears are successful.
3. Implement superior techniques for treating first-time muscle strains so they don’t recur.
4. Evaluate treatment protocols for patients who already have had many muscle strain recurrences so that they have no additional recurrences.
5. Select interventions to protect tendon pulley mechanisms from tensile stress, compressive stress, and frictional abrasion.
6. Implement effective strategies for rehabilitating chronic tendinosis and acute tendinitis.

OSTEOARTHRITIS

• Composition of articular cartilage
• Mechanical properties of articular cartilage
• The 3 main destroyers of articular cartilage
• Exercise parameters that protect articular cartilage from frictional abrasion
• Protecting your patient from impact loading
• Strategies to alter contact pressures
• Conservative and invasive repair attempts and how to manage them
• The interplay between running shoes and foot strike pattern
• So, you thought you knew what hand to use with a cane for knee varus/valgus?

MENISCAL/LABRAL LESIONS

• Changing your thinking about post-scope meniscectomy
• Improving meniscus repair response
• Detecting SLAP lesions – what will be the patient’s story?
• Detecting SLAP lesions – the best special tests
• Basics of SLAP lesion rehab based on lesion type/repair of the lesion
• Detecting hip labral lesions
• Rehabilitation of hip labral lesions
• Joint instability models and effect on meniscus
• Improving the repair response
• Meniscus transplantation

MUSCLE/TENDON STRAINS

• Why the weekend warrior is prone to muscle-tendon juncture injuries - at the microscopic level
• The Jarvinen Approach to treating muscle strain injuries
• Factors that explain why patients have
• recurrent muscle strains – how to end the vicious cycle
• Dealing with compartment injuries
• Apophyseal injuries in the young
• Avulsion injuries among older adults

TENDINITIS

• Tendon structure in healthy tendon and in tendon with chronic tendinosis
• Treating acute tendinitis versus chronic tendinosis
• Tendon pulley mechanisms – the triple whammy
• Strategies to decrease compressive stress in tendon pulley mechanisms
• Strategies to decrease frictional abrasion in tendon pulley mechanisms
• Application of tendon pulley mechanisms to the shoulder, wrist, and ankle
• The “Wringing Out Effect” of Rathbun and McNab and its applications

Michael T. Gross, PhD, PT, FAPTA, has 37 years of experience as a licensed physical therapist, specializing in the areas of biomechanics and orthopaedic assessment and treatment. He is a professor in the PhD program in human movement science and the DPT program in physical therapy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he has taught for 30 years. In addition to his academic responsibilities, he is also active in the faculty’s clinical practice, seeing patients two days per week.

Dr. Gross has 70 refereed journal publications in such journals as the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy, and the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy. He is a reviewer for the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy and several other journals. Dr. Gross was elected as a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association, and has been presented a Teaching Excellence Award from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine as well as the Margaret L. Moore Award for Outstanding New Academic Faculty by the American Physical Therapy Association. He has given well over 300 regional, national, and international presentations and continues to maintain an active clinical practice. Dr. Gross’ experience helps make him a very knowledgeable and skilled instructor.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Michael Gross is a Professor, Division of Physical Therapy, at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Nonfinancial: Michael Gross has no relevant nonfinancial relationship to disclose.

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Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 6/21/2020
No CE available for this board.

California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

Iowa Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 6.3 self-study contact hours.

Copies of the evaluation may be sent to the IBON. You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

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Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants
No CE available for this board.

Florida Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistant: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Occupational Therapy. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 6.3 continuing education credits.

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Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants
This self-study course consists of 6.25 clock hours of instruction that is applicable for physical therapists. CE requirements for physical therapists vary by state/jurisdiction. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.

California Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: PESI, Inc. is recognized by the Physical Therapy Board of California as an approval agency to approve providers. This self-study lecture qualifies for 6.25 continuing competency hours.

Illinois Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: PESI, Inc. is a Registered Physical Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor through the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 216.000270. This self-study course qualifies for 6.0 CE credit hours.

New York Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department, State Board for Physical Therapy as an approved provider for physical therapy and physical therapy assistant continuing education. This self-study course qualifies for 7.6 contact hours.

Texas Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: This self-study activity is provided by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners Accredited Provider #2106032TX and meets continuing competence requirements for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant licensure renewal in Texas. This activity will provide 6.25 CCUs. The assignment of Texas PT CCUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by TPTA or TBPTE. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.

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