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Join us for Part I of the podcast series on Rehabilitation After a Diagnosis of Myelitis (including Transverse Myelitis/Acute Flaccid Myelitis, Neuromyelitis Optica, Optic Neuritis and Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis) on how to develop a home cardio and strength training program.
How should I develop a program that will work for me? Who can help me design such a program? How soon can I start? Are there any special considerations? Can exercise cause a relapse? Are there overall guidelines we can follow? What is the latest research? Will I recover function with continued activity?
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About Our Guest Speakers
Karen McCain, PT, DPT, NCS
Associate Professor in the School of Health Professions
Associate Director of the David M. Crowley Research and Rehabilitation Laboratory at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX
Karen McCain, PT, DPT, NCS, is an Associate Professor in the School of Health Professions as well as the Associate Director of the David M. Crowley Research and Rehabilitation Laboratory at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas (UT Southwestern). In addition, she is the Director of the Neurologic Residency program at UT Southwestern. She received her bachelor’s in physical therapy from UT Southwestern in 1992 and a doctorate in physical therapy from Regis University in 2006. Dr. McCain is board certified by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) as a Neurologic Clinical Specialist. She has been teaching at the university level since 1998 and currently teaches in a DPT program.
Dr. McCain maintains a clinical practice with a focus on gait recovery in persons with neurologic injuries. In addition, she actively conducts research in the areas of gait recovery after stroke as well as the impact of orthoses on gait in persons with neurologic diagnoses. Dr. McCain is the principal investigator of an ongoing clinical trial of early standardized task-specific training (ESTT) in persons recovering from stroke and has published several papers related to this research. She has presented her findings at local as well as national meetings, including American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and Combined Sections Meeting of the APTA. Due to her abundant research and clinical experience, Dr. McCain has shared her knowledge in continuing education courses across the United States and is a frequent reviewer for scientific publications including Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Melanie Farrar, PT, DPT, NCS
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, School of Health Professions and Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Dr. Farrar graduated from physical therapy school with a doctor of physical therapy degree at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She spent the following year as the neurologic physical therapy resident at UT Southwestern where she specialized in treating gait disorders in individuals with neurologic injuries and disease. Since completion of the residency, she has earned her clinical specialty in neurology and serves as the physical therapist in the Total Life Care Clinic at the UT Southwestern MS Center and in the Demyelinating Disease Clinic at Children’s Medical Center, both in Dallas, Texas. Her research focus is on the impact of lower extremity bracing in individuals with MS. She is also on faculty as a clinical instructor at the UT Southwestern Physical Therapy Program in the School of Health Professions.
