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Course Overview:
Join this interactive half-day webinar exploring multidisciplinary approaches to the assessment and management of complex respiratory presentations.
Topics include: Dysfunctional Breathing & Hyperventilation Syndrome, Long COVID and Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT).
Designed for physiotherapists and SLTs, this session offers practical tools, current evidence and opportunities for discussion.
Speaker Bio:
Dr Rachel Garrod PhD. MSc. MCSP
Rachel graduated from Guys School of Physiotherapy in 1991 and then worked in several teaching hospitals in London. She has an M.Sc. in Health Sciences, a PhD in Pulmonary Rehabilitation and is trained in The Bradcliff Breathing approach. As Assistant Professor Physiotherapy, St George’s University she led on undergraduate and post graduate respiratory teaching and research. With over 100 peer reviewed publications, book chapters and as editor of “Pulmonary Rehabilitation: An interdisciplinary approach”, she is an international expert on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Rachel, in conjunction with a late-stage COPD patient published “The Secret to Thriving with COPD” – a unique book written for people with COPD which advocates for pulmonary rehabilitation using the patient perspective and that of a health professional. She has an online video-based course, “A Guide to Better Breathing for Life” which is available on Udemy.com and runs an online Pulmonary rehabilitation membership programme.
Rachel moved to Spain in 2014, where she provides domiciliary and online respiratory physiotherapy in conjunction with several hospitals and clinics in Marbella. Rachel’s area of expertise is in the delivery of exercise for people with chronic health problems, such as diabetes, COPD and cardiovascular disease. She teaches breathing re-training, Inspiratory Muscle Training and provides physical activity therapies for people with cardio-respiratory conditions, as well as offering a unique smoking cessation programme.
Rachel continues to be active in lecturing, speaking for the British Thoracic Society, Greek Physiotherapy Society and the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists. She recently provided online teaching for Physiotherapists, “Dysfunctional Breathing” on behalf of SBK Events which was rated as “excellent and informative”. She is module lead for Galway University´s MSc in Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
Schedule:
13.00 – 13.05 Introduction and Welcome
13.05 – 14.50 Dysfunctional Breathing assessment and management
This session introduces dysfunctional breathing as a condition. We review assessment and screening tools and consider both SLT and PT strategies for management.
Objectives:
14.50 – 15.00 Q and A
15.00 – 15.10 Screen break
15.10- 16.00 Long Covid – and its management
In this session we will be focusing on what Long COVID is, presentation and prevalence as well as considering PT and SLT management strategies.
Objectives:
16.00 – 16.10 Q and A
16.10- 16.30 Interactive Session, Break Out Group Discussion
16.30 – 17.20 Inspiratory Muscle Training in people with respiratory disease
In this session we will look at Inspiratory muscle training as a treatment option for people with respiratory disease, including oropharyngeal training for sleep apnea.
Objectives:
17.20 – 17.30 Q and A and review of day
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