Earn 1 hour of continuing education by joining OT Potential after taking this course.

Live Webinar on February 11th, 2025, at 7pm Central.
(This course will be available as our standard podcast course on or before February 20th.)

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome affects quality of life in 1-5% of people.

The first step in treatment of carpal tunnel should be non-surgical treatment, which includes education, often a steroid injection, and therapy.

But what should that therapy look like?

In today’s live webinar, we will discuss carpal tunnel education, assessment and treatment with Rachel Egan, OTR/L, MS, CHT, COMT-UE. Rachel is a Certified Hand Therapist, a Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist, and currently manages operations for 13 NovaCare clinics across Minnesota.

Participants in this course will have access to our full clinical decision support page for carpal tunnel treatment that will be updated on an ongoing basis.

Primary Journal Article Explored

Carpal tunnel syndrome: Updated evidence and new questions.

Supporting Research and Journal Articles

Learning Objectives

You will recognize occupational therapy assessments for carpal tunnel supported by research.
You will be able to identify occupational therapy treatment approaches for carpal tunnel supported by research.

Agenda

Intro (5 minutes)

Discussion on practical implications for OTs (45 minutes)

How many people are seeking help for carpal tunnel syndrome?
Why choose conservative treatment?
Incorporating core OT metrics into treatment
Evidence-backed options for assessment
Patient education
Evidence-backed options for treatment
Red flags to watch for
Discharge considerations
Keep our clinical decision support up to date

Live Q&A (10 minutes)

Join to Earn A CEU

Contact Hours

1 hour (0.1 AOTA CEUs). Released online from Aurora, NE.

Instructional Methods/Registration/Special Needs Requests/Cancellation Policy

This course is an independent/self-study course delivered via podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play & more.

If you need accommodations to take this course, please contact us and we will address your needs on an individual basis.

If we cancel a promoted course, event, live stream, or any other paid CEU offering prior to release, and you subscribe explicitly for said offering, you are eligible for a full refund if you did not complete and earn any other CEU quizzes or certificates during your subscription.

If a live webinar is cancelled that you signed up for, our system will automatically generate an email to you and if possible, we will inform you of the rescheduled date. Our most current webinar schedule will be found at: otpotential.com/live-ot-ceu-webinars.

Course Completion Requirements

In order to receive a certificate for this course, you must first participate in the podcast/webinar in its entirety. Then, you will need to take the quiz that will accompany the course and earn 75% or higher. If you pass, a certificate will be automatically generated and sent to your email. Quizzes for live (distance learning–interactive) webinars must be completed within 3 days of completing the webinar.

Target Audience/Educational Level

Our target audience is occupational therapy practitioners who are looking to learn about OT and carpal tunnel. The educational level is introductory.

Financial and Non-financial Disclosures

It is the policy of OT Potential to disclose any financial and non-financial interest the provider or instructor may have in a product or service mentioned during an activity. This is to ensure that the audience is made aware of any bias of the speaker.

We here at OT Potential have no financial stake in this topic.

Speakers

Rachel Egan, OTR/L, MS, CHT, COMT-UE

Rachel is a graduate from the occupational therapy program at NYU, and her background in studio arts continues to inspire her creative approach to rehabilitation. Specializing in the upper extremity, Rachel is a Certified Hand Therapist as well as a Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist. In addition to caring for patients, Rachel is honored to support her peers in an operational leadership role at NovaCare where she is responsible for 13 clinics across the Minnesota Metro Area.

Sarah Lyon, OTR/L

Sarah’s passion is helping fellow OT practitioners translate evidence into daily practice. Sarah earned her BA in religion from St. Olaf College, then earned her master’s degree in occupational therapy from New York University in 2011.

Since then, she’s worked in numerous facilities, including a critical access hospital, an acute trauma hospital, and a state inpatient psychiatric hospital. Sarah is the founder/owner of OT Potential. Read more about OT Potential here.

Alan Linic

Alan Linic is an LA-based writer and performer. He is an alumnus of the Second City resident stages in Chicago, and earned an Emmy nomination while writing for Saturday Night Live. He’s got a dog and some really good hot sauce recipes.

This course was designed to meet your continuing education requirements

We designed the courses in the Club to meet the requirements for “online” and “independent/self-study” courses. To verify the requirements from your specific state (within the US), check out our post, OT Continuing Education Requirements. If you are outside of the United States and have questions, please contact us.

We are proud to be an AOTA Approved Provider and to meet the requirements for your NBCOT renewal.