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Apr 16-17, 2025    Tokyo, Japan
4th International Conference on

Physical medicine and Rehabilitation

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A multidisciplinary approach to pelvic health: Prenatal, acute and postpartum care

2024-10-04 - 2024-10

The goal of peripartum pelvic physical therapy and occupational therapy is to reduce the long-term sequelae associated with postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction and to optimize and expedite return to function. To do this effectively, Nikki J. Ron, P.T., D.P.T., WCS-ABPTS, a physical therapist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, urges clinicians to be mindful of the significant body changes that patients have experienced during pregnancy and childbirth. "From a musculoskeletal perspective, women who have gone through pregnancy and childbirth are athletes," says Dr. Ron. "Daily tasks for parents include lifting, squatting, carrying wiggly 20-pound toddlers, and they need care specific to the muscles that were torn, stretched and disrupted during pregnancy and delivery in order to perform those athletic endeavors appropriately."

Evaluating the efficacy of physical therapy to treat symptomatic thoracic radiculopathy

2024-05-30 - 2024-05

Radiculopathy is a relatively common condition that arises from injury or damage to the nerve root in the spine. Although it can occur within any segment of the spine, cervical and lumbar radiculopathy are more common than thoracic radiculopathy (TR). Symptoms of TR can include any of the following, all of which can be exacerbated by movement: pain, paresthesia, allodynia or numbness affecting the abdomen, flank, chest, back or even breast. Because TR is less common, physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians may be less familiar with the treatment options available for this specific diagnosis and how they differ from the treatments for cervical and lumbar radiculopathy. To address this knowledge gap, Mayo Clinic researchers conducted a systematic review analysis evaluating the impact of physical therapy (PT), without invasive procedures, to alleviate symptomatic TR. The results of the study were published in the Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine in 2024.

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