This course provides a detailed overview of the latest research and therapeutic approaches to exercise in the management of patients with lymphedema. This information is essential for any practicing lymphedema therapist because it challenges what many were taught about the presumed need to limit exercise for patients with lymphedema. Jodi Winicour, PT, CLT-LANA, whom many of you know from our Breast Cancer Rehabilitation and Lymphedema Therapy Certification courses, presents the material in an easy-to-follow, engaging manner.
This course is an advanced level class. Students should be Certified Lymphedema Therapists or have other specialized training in lymphedema. Students can be physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, occupational therapist assistants, medical doctors, physician assistants, speech therapists, nurses, nurse practitioners, licensed practical nurses, or massage therapists with sufficient prior training.
By engaging with the course, you will:
Course access is NOT immediate due to the need to ensure that the prerequisites are met and to allow for hand processing of the order. Upon registration and payment of the course fee, you will be emailed a Student Agreement within 3 business days. Once the Agreement is electronically signed by you and emailed back to Klose Training, a username and password for accessing the online course will be emailed to you within 3 business days. You will have 3 MONTHS of access to the online course from the time the access information is emailed to you.
This course is an advanced level class. Students should be Certified Lymphedema Therapists or have other specialized training in lymphedema. Students can be physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, occupational therapist assistants, medical doctors, physician assistants, speech therapists, nurses, nurse practitioners, licensed practical nurses, or massage therapists with sufficient prior training.
NOTE: It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the skills acquired in this class are within their scope of practice.
Tuition: $70. Full amount is due upon registration. For our refund and cancellation policy, please refer to the Student Agreement.
This course totals 2.5 contact hours and has been approved for CEUs for Physical and Occupational Therapists by the organizations and states listed here. Online course hours are also approved for Lymphology Association of North America (LANA) re-certification.
To receive a Certificate of Completion, the student must be a licensed health care professional and watch all video portions of the course, pass an online quiz with a score of 80% or better, and return the required documents specified in the course. The Certificate will then be emailed to the student.
Klose Training is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID# 12996. This distance learning- independent activity is offered at .25 CEUs, intermediate, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.
