OT and CRPS: Occupational Therapy CEU Course with Megan Doyle [Video]

In a massive 53 page treatment guideline on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), the authors state: “Occupational therapists are the ideal therapeutic leaders in the functional restoration process…” And, go on to devote 2 pages to what this OT care can entail.

In this one hour course, we’ll pull out important implications for OT practice from the entire guideline. As you’ll see, when it comes to treating chronic pain, like CRPS there are a lot of best practices to draw on—but also a lot of unknowns that necessitates close attention to the individual in front of you.

To help us flesh out what this means for OT practice, we’ll welcome to the podcast Megan Doyle, a program manager at an outpatient pain program and a leading voice on OT’s role in pain management.

Learn more about our guest Megan Doyle, MS, OTR/L, TPS, FPS, Cert-APHPT: https://otpotential.com/occupational-therapy-directory/megan-doyle

Join the OT Potential Club to take a quiz to earn your 1 hour occupational therapy continuing education unit (AOTA-approved): https://otpotential.com/ot-potential-club

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Episode page: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses/ot-complex-regional-pain-syndrome
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Episode article:
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Practical Diagnostic and Treatment Guidelines, 5th Edition. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35687369/

Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:37 Intent of the CRPS guidelines
00:03:05 Diagnosis of CRPS
00:04:04 Standardizing assessment of CRPS
00:04:42 Functional restoration through an interdisciplinary approach
00:06:26 OT treatment for CRPS
00:10:14 Article discussion and conclusion
00:10:45 Intro to Megan Doyle
00:13:57 How Megan became interested in pain
00:19:13 Becoming program manager at an outpatient chronic pain clinic
00:25:31 Understanding the mechanisms of CRPS
00:31:56 Client education on CRPS
00:37:40 Impressions of the treatment guideline
00:41:30 Assessments Megan uses for CRPS
00:46:48 Megan’s go-to treatment approaches
00:58:27 Advice for coordinating with other disciplines
01:01:38 How do we need to change to meet the massive global needs around pain