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Digital Seminar

Trismus Management Following Head and Neck Cancer

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More common than you may realize - radiation associated dysphagia occurs in 30-50% of head and neck cancer patients! In this session, you'll learn how to assess and evaluate trismus alongside strategies for individualized exercise management.  With a better understanding of how to work with/around pain coupled with exercise progressions and self-monitoring strategies, you will help patients enhance and regain function.

Here's What You'll Learn


  • Trismus
    • Assessment
    • Evaluation
    • Timing of trismus
  • Management of Trismus
    • Exercise physiology principles
    • Devices utilized in clinic
    • Considerations for Specific Diagnoses
    • Individualized exercise management
    • Progressing exercises
    • Long term self-patient monitoring
    • Risk factors of osteoradionecrosis/ORN

Everything You're Getting


  • 2 hours of video content
  • Up to 2.0 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts


Lauren Meffen, MA CCC/SLP, CLT

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Lauren Meffen, MA CCC/SLP, CLT, is a speech-language pathologist with a passion for working with voice and swallow disorders. She has remained local to Gainesville after receiving her schooling with bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Florida. Lauren has worked in a variety of settings including hospital, skilled nursing, home health and has now found her heart belongs in the outpatient setting. Here she can provide a high level of individualized and quality care for each patient and family. Over the years, she has developed a love and specialization in working with the oncology population. She has advanced training in management of lymphedema of the head and neck, muscle tension dysphonia, trismus and myofascial release techniques. She strongly champions a comprehensive approach toward treating the whole patient, with the involvement of a skilled, multidisciplinary team.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lauren Meffen owner and founder of Wildflower Therapy and the owner of Head Neck Rehab LLC. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Lauren Meffen is a member of the American Speech and Hearing Association.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS065260
Brochure Code:
88603SUM
Duration:
2 hours
Copyright:
Mar 29, 2023
Format:
Audio and Video

ADA Needs


We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at 1-800-844-8260.

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