Kinesiology Taping for Respiratory, Oral Motor, and Speech Related Issues

Kristin L. Sanders, PT, MPT, PCS

Online Course

Includes all course content in digital format

Prerequisites Required
2 hours - Provided by Summit Professional Education

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Description

Kinesiology tape has been utilized since the 1970s by many healthcare and sports medicine professionals. While often thought of as a treatment for athletes, kinesiology taping is very versatile to address the needs of a wide variety of patient populations. This modality supplements, and as needed, replaces your handling and prompting to improve the functioning of clients both during and after sessions. Augment your current treatment techniques to advance your practice and better serve your clients' needs.

This course will empower participants to integrate kinesiology tape into their practice with clients from pediatrics to older adults. After a review of the background information and principles of taping, this course will provide "tape along with the instructor" lab practices. Participants will learn to safely and effectively apply therapeutic tape to improve outcomes related to oral motor skills, respiration, and speech. Participants will leave with effective evidence-based kinesiology taping strategies to integrate into their toolbox the next day, in person or via telehealth to improve therapeutic outcomes.

The content of this program is germane to children, students and clients ages 0- 12.

Highlights

  • Kinesiology taping applications to effectively treat issues outside of the traditional including respiration, articulation, feeding, bruxism, drooling
  • Hands-on labs to practice and review taping principles which you can safely and effectively use the next day

Learning Objectives

  1. Examine kinesiology taping principles and considerations before application.
  2. Practice several kinesiology taping applications for posture, respiration, and oral motor skills to improve functional mobility, daily activities including feeding/suck/swallow, and speech/articulation.

Course Content

Kinesiology Taping for Respiratory, Oral Motor, and Speech Related Issues
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Module
  1. Kinesiology Taping Foundation
    • Indications/contraindications
    • Assessment
    • Application principles
    • Types of kinesiology tape
    • Application techniques
    • Patient education
    • Telehealth
    • Documentation/billing
  2. Kinesiology Taping Applications
    • Posture and respiration
    • Facial applications for oral motor skills including feeding and speech
      • "S-tape" for swallow
      • Jaw stability
      • Obicularis Oris
      • Mentalis
      • Therapeutic prompt/cue
Kristin L. Sanders, PT, MPT, PCS is a physical therapist practicing in pediatrics since 2001 and has integrated elastic therapeutic taping to the benefit of her patients since 2004. Mrs. Sanders achieved her Board certification as a Pediatric Certified Specialist (PCS) through the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) in 2007. She has extensive experience in multiple settings including outpatient, early intervention, school, and NICU Developmental Clinic settings. Mrs. Sanders currently works for School-based Therapy and Resources (STARs) based out of Culpeper, Virginia. She has instructed courses on kinesiology taping since 2015 for Summit Professional Education and presented for the International Pediatric Rehabilitation Collaborative, at APTA's Annual Conference, NC and VA PTA statewide conferences. Mrs. Sanders is a proud member of the APTA and the APTA's Section on Pediatrics and has been very active in the leadership of the NCPTA and recently the VPTA Pediatric Special Interest Group. She also enjoys her roles as the Mid-Atlantic Regional Clinical Advisor and a Virginia Clinical Director for FUNfitness through Special Olympics. She earned her master's degree in physical therapy from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

DISCLOSURES

FINANCIAL: Kristin L. Sanders is compensated by Summit as an instructor and by School-based Therapy and Resources (STARs) as a Physical Therapist. She teaches a Tots course for Total Motion Release (TMR) for which she is also compensated.

NONFINANCIAL: Kristin L. Sanders is the APTA Mid-Atlantic Regional Clinical Advisor and is a Virginia Clinical Director for FUNfitness through Special Olympics.

Summit receives financial support for this course from Physitrack

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