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1. Examine the benefits of blood flow restriction (BFR) training.
2. Identify indications and contraindications for BFR training.
3. Demonstrate safe and effective placement of BFR cuffs.
4. Compare various uses of BFR on the spectrum of rehabilitation and performance.
5. Analyze the utility of BFR in the rehabilitation setting.
6. Develop a training program for a potential patient or client.

Implications for Clinical Settings

• Physiological mechanisms
  • Effects on strength, hypertrophy, and cardiovascular function
  • Arterial vs venous occlusion
• Mechanical vs metabolic hypertrophy
• Current evidence in research
• Broader implications
  • Avoid muscle loss after surgery
  • Lower intensity effort that results in improvement

Differences in Stimulus: The Various Tools of BFR

• Occlusion applications
  • Compression wraps and BFR bands
  • Cuffs and tourniquet systems
• Application zones

What Are the Magic Numbers?

• Modifiable Variables
  • Load vs Reps vs Occlusion
• Compression scale
  • Relative vs absolute pressure
  • Limb circumference and occlusive pressure

Practical Applications

• Considerations for exercise stimulus
• Upper extremity exercises
• Lower extremity exercises
• Elderly and post-surgery
• Healthy and athletic populations
• Increasing aerobic capacity
  • VO₂ Max

Treating Your Patients

• Which diagnoses respond best to treatment?
• Atrophy, sarcopenia
• Limitations, safety, and contraindications

Paul Colosky, Jr., PT, LAT, CSCS, has been changing his patients’ lives with a wide range of innovative and personalized treatment techniques to speed the body’s national healing process for 20 years. Paul is an entrepreneur, physical therapist, and instructor in the physical therapy, wellness, and fitness industries and is the owner of Valeo Human Performance, LLC. Paul believes strongly in both patient and physical therapist education, and that the PT-client partnership is critical to effectively getting past pain and back to function.

After completing enlistment in the US Air Force, Paul graduated from Colorado State University with undergraduate and graduate degrees in Exercise and Sport Science with an Athletic Training concentration and was focused on working with elite athletes. Soon after, he moved to Houston and completed his Masters of Physical Therapy degree in 2006 at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He opened Valeo Physical Therapy in 2007, an outpatient physical therapy, wellness, and fitness clinic that served his community until the fall of 2018 before relocating to the Washington, DC area with his wife and daughter for a new adventure.

Paul’s background in exercise science, cryogenic healing, nutrition, athletic training, strength and conditioning, and even NASA microgravity research keeps him looking for new and innovative techniques to help his clients get better faster. He enjoys teaching and speaking to the physical therapy community as a way to share evidence-based revolutionary techniques with the greatest reach. His specialties include Sports Medicine, Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM), Injury Prevention, Orthopedic Rehab, Shoulder, Knee and Spine Rehab, Kinesiology Taping, Multifunctional Movement Specialist (MFMS), Functional Movement Systems, ML830 Laser Certified Clinician, Whelton Myofascial Referral Technique Trained, Whole Body Cryotherapy Techniques, Trigger Point Dry Needling (TDN), and Blood Flow Restriction Training (BFRT). Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Paul Colosky is the owner of Valeo Human Performance, LLC/DBA Valeo Physical Therapy. He has employment relationships with Virginia Luna Physical Therapy and Smart Tools Plus. Paul Colosky receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Paul Colosky has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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