6/3/21 -SIS Virtual Event - Manual Therapy and Occupational Therapy

Non-Members - $20

6/3/21 Virtual Meeting 6:30 pm

Please note - These sessions are not recorded for future viewing.

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Number of Contact Hours: 1.0

Speaker: Qarib Ahmed, MS OTR/L, Myofascial practitioner, COMT-UE, CNS, LSVT-Big, FMT

Qarib has 13 years of experience in occupational therapy, initially as a COTA and more recently as an OT. His clinical practices have included working with both the adult and geriatric populations in subacute, long term care, outpatient and home care settings, as well as providing skilled services to medically complex patients. Qarib has supported occupational therapy students in the role of adjunct clinical instructor at Sacred Heart’s graduate occupational therapy program over the past four years. Recently Qarib started his own private practice, Holistic Healing Manual Therapy. He has a strong passion for treating patients using a holistic approach and is driven to partner with his patients in a client centered manner to support optimal progress and functional outcomes.

Learning Objectives Attendees Should Achieve:

1. Attendees will be able to describe manual therapy as a modality used by occupational therapists.
2. Attendees will be able to describe how and why manual therapy interventions are client centered.
3. Attendees will learn where and how they can become trained in manual therapy.
4. Attendees will become familiar with how palpation skills are utilized to treat a variety of conditions within the adult population.

Summary of Event: 

Education will be provided on the term “manual therapy” along with an introduction to the variety of practitioners who use manual therapy and how they use this intervention. The significance of incorporating manual therapy into occupational therapy practice will be shared. In addition, Qarib will speak to occupational therapists’ perceptions of manual therapy interventions, why and how this treatment is client centered and advise participants on how using manual therapy interventions can promote referrals to occupational therapy caseloads. General use of palpation skills will be reviewed and education will be provided on its benefits as it relates to treating a variety of conditions. Lastly, Qarib will provide resources specific to manual therapy practitioner training that occupational therapists can participate in towards supporting their own patient populations.