Next Level | EIM & OPTP

Are you ready to revolutionize your approach to patient care and catapult your career to new heights? Look no further! OPTP (Orthopedic Physical Therapy Products) and Evidence In Motion are joining forces to bring you exclusive monthly insights from industry leading educators with our new “Next Level” video series.

We want to send a special thank you to OPTP for help making this series possible. For those of you who don’t know, OPTP is a leading provider of innovative physical therapy, fitness and wellness products, including exclusive tools and publications developed by renowned experts. For 45 years, OPTP has built a worldwide reputation for providing quality products and exceptional customer service.

This series will center around speaking with EIM Educators about how their specialities and skillsets changed the way they treat patients, discussing how this has impacted their patients’ lives, along with some insights on how you can start your own journey. This month features Jen Uschold PT, CFMT, FPS, NBC-HWC discussing the topic of Lifestyle Medicine, and the information & perspective she shares make it worth a watch. You can find the video below!

 

Browse Our Lifestyle Medicine Courses!

Now that you’ve watched the video, take the next step in advancing your knowledge with a few of our sports PT courses below! Crafted by leading educators and clinicians in the industry, these courses are designed to help you elevate your patient care and make a difference in your clinic. Explore the learning opportunities awaiting you and embark on your journey today!

Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine

Lifestyle medicine is a term that some may not be familiar with and encompasses much of what a health care provider may need to know when empowering clients to change health behaviors. This course sets the foundation for identifying what lifestyle medicine is, the history of this area of healthcare and the importance of empowering clients to go from illness to wellness.

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Lifestyle Medicine and Emotional Health

Emotional and mental wellbeing are important factors in overall health and wellness. This course will investigate assessment and intervention strategies addressing emotional and mental health. There will also be a component that explores the importance of the practitioner’s own healthy lifestyle habits as it relates to emotional wellbeing.

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Lifestyle Nutrition

Nutrition plays a vital role in health and wellness. This course will help the learner recognize the role food plays in lifestyle-related disease. In Lifestyle Medicine, the practitioner must move beyond diets and work to change behaviors through medical nutrition counseling. A special focus will be on nutritional prescription that will inspire clients to change food consumption habits to improve the human experience.

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Lifestyle Medicine Certifications

The goal of this 4-week online course is to provide a deeper understanding of the unique characteristics and needs of the overhead throwing athlete for integration of these unique features and sports medicine knowledge base resulting in the best, evidence-based management of these athletes. This course will cover the foundational anatomical demands, common adaptations, sports biomechanics, and kinematics for integration of these principles into the evidence-based management of these athletes from injury prevention through return to competition and performance enhancement.

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