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As more states legalize medicinal marijuana, rehabilitation therapists are seeing cannabis as a viable alternative for managing chronic pain. How will cannabis impact patients’ clinical presentation and plan of care? How do they know what type to use, and how much? In this episode, Ellen Anderson, PT, PhD, and Lori Zucker, PT, DPT, MA, discuss clinical cases where a patient participating in rehabilitation therapy used cannabis to therapeutically manage chronic pain.
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(03:44) Key Takeaways from Today’s Discussion (05:24) Pharmacokinetics of Cannabis (09:23) The Endocannabinoid System (15:11) Dosing Guidelines Overview (26:35) Case Example: Chronic Low Back Pain (35:16) Balancing Education and Recommendations (37:14) Case Example: Multiple Sclerosis Neuropathic Pain (43:50) Case Example: Neuropathy Secondary to Chemotherapy (51:47) Considerations and Red Flags: Using Clinical Judgment (57:44) Conclusion
The content for this course was created by Ellen Anderson, PT, PhD.
The content for this course was created by Lori Zucker, PT, DPT, MA.
The content for this course was created by Tiffany Shubert, PT, PhD.
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Resources
Consensus Recommendations on Dosing and Administration: https://jcannabisresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s42238-021-00073-1
PTcannabisinfo.com: https://www.ptcannabisinfo.com/
State Medical Cannabis Laws: https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-medical-marijuana-laws.aspx
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: The Health Effects of Cannabis ad Cannabinoids: https://www.nationalacademies.org/ocga/briefings-to-congress/the-health-effects-of-cannabis-and-cannabinoids-the-current-state-of-evidence-and-recommendations-for-research
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