Episode 1815 - Generalized workout for the hospital patient

The #PTonICE Daily Show

Dr. Julie Brauer // #GeriOnICE // www.ptonice.com

In today's episode of the PT on ICE Daily Show, join Modern Management of the Older Adult lead faculty Julie Brauer provides a comprehensive guide to creating a general workout for hospitalized patients. She emphasizes the importance of incorporating loading strategies and circuit training elements, such as EMOMs, to address the needs of sick patients. The workout focuses on key areas including gait, balance, strength, and power, while ensuring the experience remains enjoyable. Julie highlights the necessity of tailoring exercises to align with each patient’s meaningful goals, encouraging listeners to develop activities that mimic the demands of those goals. The episode features a discussion around a specific patient avatar requiring mid to moderate assistance for standing and minimal assistance for walking, demonstrating how to adapt workouts based on individual capabilities.

Take a listen to learn how to better serve this population of patients & athletes, or check out the full show notes on our blog at www.ptonice.com/blog.

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