GI Course: The Missing Pieces
A comprehensive approach to gastrointestinal disorders including bowel and digestion dysfunction. This approach allows for the consideration of management of multiple factors including nutritional, psychosocial, medical-surgical decisions, and physical therapy examination/intervention advanced intervention for the complex patient. Physiological systems contributions to the GI system require a varied intervention approach to optimize function. A comprehensive understanding of the physiology and symptom manifestation can improve the ability to develop a comprehensive intervention strategy tailored to each patient’s needs throughout the episode of care.
Upon completion of this seminar, participants will be able to:
- Apply the updated models of examination and intervention of clients with complex gastrointestinal disorders in a case study format.
- Understand and define functional bowel disorders and bowel disease.
- Describe the latest evidence on the HPA axis and the Gut-Brain axis system to multisystem physiology in the human.
- Application of the multidisciplinary role in assessment of the patient with gastrointestinal disorders including the latest evidence on specialized testing.
- Integrate a physical therapy examination algorithm for differential diagnosis of musculoskeletal impairments and functional movement dysfunctions of individual with gastrointestinal disorders including the lower GI tract and nociplastic pain.
- Identify potential medical “red flags” that warrant referral to the appropriate physician.
- Apply the appropriate psychomotor questionnaires for the assessment of psychosocial and behavioral component as well as the expanded role of physical therapy intervention.
- Develop an updated model of intervention techniques for patients with gastrointestinal disorders based on the evidence of the autonomic nervous system, heart rate variability, nutritional optimization, and exercise balance.