An Introduction to Hypermobility Related Disorders
An Introduction to Hypermobility Related Disorders
1 hour
The instructors
Overview
This webinar will describe hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS), the most common heritable connective tissue disorder.
HSD/hEDS affects many tissues in the body, leading to a variety of different systems involved. Furthermore, common comorbidities can complicate presentation and management.
Participants will learn to recognize HSD/hEDS and outline conservative evaluation and management approaches.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinars, participants will be able to:
- Describe presentation of patients with hypermobility-related disorders (aka: “hypermobility”)
- Identify common comorbidities that may impact healthcare
- Outline appropriate clinical reasoning for examination, evaluation and diagnosis of patients with hypermobility
- Describe principles of management for this patient population
Audience
This webinar is for all healthcare professionals including physiotherapists, chiropractors, occupational therapists, and kinesiologists.
Registration and Replays
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The instructors
PT, DPT, PhD, OCS
Leslie Russek, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS, is Professor Emeritus of Physical Therapy at Clarkson University. She is an Orthopaedic Certified Specialist physical therapist with over 30 years of clinical practice experience with 25 years working with patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Her research and clinical interests include hypermobile EDS, fibromyalgia, headaches and chronic pain. Prof. Russek has published and presented nationally and internationally on HSD/hEDS, headaches, and chronic pain management.
She is currently co-facilitating the Allied Health Professionals ECHO Telementoring series for EDS in North America and co-leading the Allied Health Working Group of the International Consortium of Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders; she was also a member of the 2021-2022 National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Committee on Selected Heritable Connective Tissue Disorders and Disability.
Although Prof. Russek has retired from academic teaching, she continues to treat patients and lecture to healthcare providers and patient groups.