Breathing Essentials: Sleep Apnea and the Consequences
What you'll learn
- Be able to demonstrate the tongue and airway dilator exercises with comfort and ease.
- Understand the process behind sleep apnea and recognize the symptoms
- Understand the three levels of the Apnea-hyponea index (AHI)
- Understand the treatments for sleep apnea
Requirements
- The student should be able to follow a video and understand basic exericses for the tongue and airway.
Description
20% of males, 10% of females in first world countries are now being diagnosed with sleep apnea. Studies in other countries are lacking. Menopausal women have the same incidence as males at 20%.
Are you waking frequently at night to use the restroom?
Are you experiencing daytime sleepiness, morning headache?
Are you aware that sleep apnea and cardiovascular incidents have a higher mortality rate?
Sleep apnea is disordered breathing and needs to be treated if it is present. Many people are not aware of the signs and symptoms of sleep apnea and the consequences. This course will explain the types of sleep apnea, causes, signs, and symptoms in an easy to understand format.
Learn the different types of sleep apnea. Gain knowledge of the risk factors and symptoms that exist with sleep apnea and understand the importance of getting the correct treatment. Practice basic exercises that can be done to improve the strength of the tongue and airway dilators. This course is evidence-based and will provide the latest research that is available on the statistics, risks, symptoms and treatments for sleep apnea.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who is sufferiing with or has been diagnosed with sleep apnea.
- Anyone who is experiencing fatigue during the day.
Course content
- Preview01:26
- Preview01:23
- Preview01:44
- Preview06:41
- 19:43Central Sleep Apnea
- 15:53Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- 06:15Treatment Concepts and Exercises
- 02:24Blowing Up a Balloon
- 03:22Breathing Practice Demonstration
- 4 questionsSleep Apnea Quiz
- 00:27Thank you
- 02:12References for the Evidence
- 00:19Bonus Lecture
Instructor
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- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 65 Reviews
- 1,055 Students
- 5 Courses
Debra Dent is a Physical Therapist with 40 plus years of experience specializing in manual therapy of the spine. She is a graduate of the University of Manitoba, Canada where she received her Diploma of Physiotherapy in 1977 and her Bachelors of Physical Therapy in 1979. She was certified as a Part A Manual Physical Therapist from the Canadian Physiotherapy Association Orthopaedic Division in 1989 and received her Advanced Diploma of Manual and Manipulative Physiotherapy in 1994, and was a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manual Physical Therapist (FCAMPT) until retiring 2019. APTA Orthopedic Certified Specialist (OCS) designation was completed in 1996 and recertified in 2006 and Emeritus status was received in 2016. She has been teaching Physiotherapists since 1989.
Debra was an instructor for the Canadian Physiotherapy Association Orthopaedic Division prior to moving to the USA in 1993. She was a guest clinical instructor at the University of South Florida from 2003-05, teaching the Spinal Manual Therapy Program for the MscPT undergraduate program. She has taught many manual therapy courses in the US and Canada through Cross Border Seminars, Cross Country Education/VYNE Seminars and TLC Physical Therapy and Rehab. She wrote the Segmental Stabilization of the Lumbar Spine for Northeast Seminars Online programs. She has also written Proximal Imposters, a four-part series with LiveConferences for Occupational Certified Hand Specialists in 2017, Differential Diagnosis of the Spine with Home CEU Connections in 2016. She has also written and published Differential Diagnosis of the Spine soft cover and kindle editions in 2016 and this is available on Amazon.
She owns Cross Border Seminars and presently works as a consultant and contract PT in Florida. Her primary case load is Rheumatology and spine.