Finding Balance: Dual Task, Cognitive, Vestibular Exercises

Finding Balance: Dual Task, Cognitive, and Vestibular Exercises (8 hours of credits)

Learn the latest research on how best to incorporate thinking, vestibular, and dual tasks into your training programs to improve balance in with your clients, from post-concussion to sports injuries to older adults and falls prevention.

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome to Finding Balance with Physiotherapists, Tera Mezynski and Kerry Carlson
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2. Disclaimer
3. Intro to Finding Balance
4. Activity: Name and Clap, Walk and Stop, Jump and Dance
1. Systems of Model of Balance
2. Activity: 4 Walls Game
3. What Influences Balance? Aren't bears hibernating in winter?
4. Influences on Balance
5. Say What I Say, Do What I Say, Or Don't with Tera's Family! WE LOVE this fun activity!
1. Vestibular and BPPV
2. Dix Hallpike Test
3. Epley Maneuver
4. Vestibular and BPPV Continued
1. Vestibular and Visual Exercises
1. Centre of Gravity and Base of Support
2. Key Points on Center of Gravity and Base of Support
3. Building a Foundation: What Does That Mean?
1. Tera Using her "Strategies"
2. Ankle, Hip, Stepping, and Suspensory Strategies
3. Strategies You can Use on a Snowy Lake Pier
1. Static and Dynamic Balance
2. Walking Patterns, Walk, Pick Up and Carry, Star Excursion, and Square Stepping
3. Have Fun with Star Excursion Balance Test
4. Let's add Cognitive Challenge to the Star Excursion
5. All About Square Stepping and How You Can Use It Today!
1. Dual Task Defined
2. Outdoor Demo of WART test
3. Star Excursion and 4 Square with Cognitive
1. Activity and Cognition
2. Cognition and Balance Exercises
1. River Walking and Number Tapping
2. River Cognitive Pattern Exercise
3. River Exercise for All Ages
4. Safety First and Dogs are Welcome Always
5. Number Tapping Grid Exercise
6. Number Tapping for All
7. Memory Grid and more Dual Task Exercises
1. What's Next?
2. Balance Handout
3. Dual Task And Cognitive Research.pdf
4. Finding Balance Reference List
1. Finding Balance Quiz
1. Certificate
2. Congrats! Here's what's next...

About this course

$219.00
8 hours content (8 CECs)
Self paced
Content available for 1 year

Finding Balance: Dual Task, Cognitive, and Vestibular Exercises (8 hours of credits)

Course curriculum

Welcome to the course!

Module 1: What is Balance?

Module 2: Vestibular and BPPV

Module 3: Fun Vestibular and Visual Exercises for Your Clients!

Module 4: Influences on Balance

Module 5: Ankle, Hip and Stepping Strategies

Module 6: Static and Dynamic Balance Exercises

What is "Dual Task" and Why Use It?

Cognition and Balance

Cognitive Exercises: Thinking While Moving and Moving While Thinking

Exercise Handout and Reference List

Next Steps...

Certificates

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