View the AI-PAMI Health Care Provider Presentation: Integrative Medicine for Osteoarthritis Management Clinical Pearls, presented by Megan Weigel, DNP, APRN-c, Advanced Practice Holistic Nurse, Board Certified. Dr. Weigel gives an overview of integrative medicine and reviews osteoarthritis along with traditional treatment options. She then uses the case example of Jimmy, a 50-year-old male with knee osteoarthritis to discuss potential applications for integrative modalities for treating his pain. In addition to providing a synopsis of the research, she gives ways to approach a conversation with the patient and best options based on your medical setting.
Learning Objectives
- Define integrative medicine
- Define osteoarthritis, etiology and burden
- Review conventional approach to management of OA
- Discuss integrative approach to management of OA via case study:
- Lifestyle changes
- Supplements/botanicals
- Manual and complementary therapies
- Exercise therapies
- Mindfulness
- Discuss areas of concern related to integrative approach and safe use