Dr. Jenna Gourlay, PT, DPT, SCS, joins Phil Plisky to share practical strategies for treating patients with hypermobility who don’t respond to typical interventions. You’ll hear Jenna’s experiences working with athletes and how she’s adapted her approach to achieve faster, more effective outcomes. Learn how to better assess joint hypermobility, tackle proprioception issues, and choose the right exercises to help your patients thrive.

Learning Objectives

• Interpret the evidence around choosing the best treatment path for individuals with increased mobility

• Apply evidence-based, practical strategies to actionably address the challenges related to creating independence for our patients with atypical mobility

• Solve patient case scenarios involving joint hypermbolity and treatment classification

Timestamps

• (00:00:00) Welcome
• (00:00:59) Introduction to guest
• (00:05:25) Why this clinical question?
• (00:16:12) What’s the evidence and application?
• (00:48:36) Three main takeaways

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