Meeting | Topic: Skin Integrity & Skin Care with Parkinson’s Disease | Speaker: Will Harmon, DPT, Trek Physical Therapy and Assistive Applied Sciences
This presentation will cover a very important topic: preventing skin infections and cellulitis. Abrasions, cuts, or other trauma to the skin can lead to infections, cellulitis, and even sepsis. It is important to understand proper care when this occurs so that infections can be avoided.
People with movement disorders like Parkinson’s Disease are at risk of falling and their skin being cut or scraped, these injuries can become infected. There are ways to easily mitigate the chance of infection from skin pathology, which we will cover today.
When you have a chronic or progressive illness, being admitted to a healthcare facility, a hospital or rehabilitation facility, isn’t unusual. This puts you at risk for developing healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), most frequently, infections such as MRSA and C. difficile.
Will Harmon is a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), and a graduate of the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina. He has been practicing physical therapy for 25 years. He and his son Kirk, also a DPT, own and operate Trek Physical Therapy & Assistive Applied Sciences in Irmo, SC. In his spare time, he is a car and truck enthusiast, a nature lover, and resides in Lexington County with his faithful companion, Cap, an Australian Cattle Dog. Will is a member of the Board of Directors of the Columbia Parkinson’s Support Group.
After seeing the challenges faced by a family member diagnosed with Parkinson’s, Will and his son Kirk, upon opening their own treatment facility, made the decision to specialize in providing physical therapy treatment to persons diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease and other neuromuscular conditions. There are many treatments and techniques available today to make living with Parkinson’s disease easier for both the persons diagnosed, and their caregivers. Will feels it is of vital importance that this information gets to those who need it, and efforts through vocation and volunteerism are two ways to do just that, and to serve those who have such needs.
Contact: Trek Physical Therapy and Assistive Applied Sciences
1036 Kinley Road
Irmo, SC 29036
Tel. # (803) 764-6488
www.trekphysicaltherapy.com