Patrick Bouley, PT, MS, DPT
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Treating and Preventing Complex and Common Forms of Back Pain
Patrick Bouley, PT, MS, DPT
Manager of Outpatient Physical Therapy Services Banner University Medical Center
About the Lecture
Back pain is one of our society's most common medical problems. Nearly 80 percent of Americans suffer from back pain in their lifetime. According to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - a division of the National Institutes of Health, about one-fourth of U.S. adults experience at least one day of back pain in any three-month period. While back pain can be caused by a number of factors, a major contributor to back pain can be osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Join us as Dr. Bouley discusses non-invasive ways to treat and prevent back pain.
Discover how you might be causing your own back pain and learn safe practices that may help reduce recurrences. Issues related to disc abnormalities and degeneration, spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine and sacroiliac pain will be discussed in this presentation. Dr. Bouley will also discuss the anatomical aspects of back pain, common diagnoses and the results of surgical, non-surgical and therapeutic intervention. The importance of postural, positional and activity-related education will also be a part of this enlightening presentation.
About Patrick Bouley
Working with a patient volume of more than 1,200 monthly, Dr. Bouley oversees physical and occupational therapy operations for Banner University Medical Center - Tucson. He brings nearly thirty years of experience to the University of Arizona and its physical therapy practices throughout the community; both in hospital and outpatient settings. As director of Banner's physical therapy clinics throughout the community, Dr. Bouley directs, develops, tests and implements all aspects of physical and occupational therapy practices. In addition to his service at the University of Arizona, Dr. Bouley was the Clinical Care Director of Education and a Senior Physical Therapist at the University of Colorado Hospitals where he was named as Instructor of the Year. He also led physical therapy students at the University of Colorado as a Senior Instructor where he directed classes in research and educational modalities of physical therapy.
Spanning the vast range of complex orthopaedic and neurological conditions, Dr. Bouley's education and experience bring the solution of complicated cases to the forefront. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Therapy from Northern Arizona University, a Master's Degree in Sports Medicine from Chapman University and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from A. T. Still University. A lifelong learner and educator, Dr. Bouley serves the University of Arizona College of Medicine in its physical therapy training of medical students as well as serving in the selection of medical students for admission to the UA College of Medicine. He is also a member of the College of Medicine's Diversity Committee and is recognized as a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the American Physical Therapy Association's Division of Orthopaedics.