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Fall Prevention and Balance Restoration for Seniors
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4.00 contact hours*
Price: $100
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Course Description
Stephen Barbuto's Fall Prevention and Balance Restoration for Seniors Course will teach you how to rehabilitate your patient after falls, and prevent falls from happening. This course will change your thinking about fall prevention and balance by delving into fall statistics and the startling cost of falls. You will also learn the best evaluation tests for your patients struggling with balance, and you will be lead through balance progressions and strategies, tests and techniques to help your patients succeed and regain their balance.
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Stephen Barbuto, DPT, OCS, COMT, ATC, CSCS- Works with people from ages 2 to 102 helping them improve their balance, increase their function, and reach their potential.
- Physical Therapist at Swedish Medical Center in Redmond, WA.
- Earned his doctor of physical therapy (DPT) from the University of Washington and has a Master's of Arts degree in Applied Physiology from Columbia University.
- Stephen is an active member of APTA, a level III manual therapist with NAIOMT, a certified athletic trainer through NATA and certified strength specialist through NSCA.
Physical Therapy State Approval Information
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State Approval statement (See approval hours by state)
All MedBridge Education courses are approved for athletic trainers through the BOC
Course Chapters & Learning Objectives
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1. Introduction
Change the way you think about fall prevention and balance by delving into fall statistics and the startling cost of falls.
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2. Basic Balance Progressions
These basic balance progressions address proactive and reactive balance. Learn to advance your patients through exercises beginning in a sitting position and progressing through kneeling and standing exercises.
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3. Balance Strategies
Learn strategies to control and improve patient balance through stepping, ankle and hip strategies.
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4. Balance Tests Part I
Advance your patients into more difficult and detailed balance exercises. Introduction of the best evaluation tests for your patients struggling with balance including the Dynamic Gait Index, Timed-up and Go Test and the Standing/Functional Reach.
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5. Balance Tests Part II and Fall Prevention
Enhance your knowledge of balance with the BBT, Tinetti, and Four-Square Step Test. Learn how to assess mobility, balance, and gait in order to better treat your patients. Teach your patients how to properly get-up off the floor and how to go up/down the stairs.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Do I have to take the course in one sitting?
No, you may take the course at your own pace. Our modular format allows you to easily watch a 30 minute video and complete a module, so you can easily watch a module when you have a spare minute, such as on your lunch break. When you pause your course, our system will save where you left off. You may continue the course from that point the next time you login.
Why choose MedBridge courses?
MedBridge is dedicated to providing the highest-quality online courses for physical therapy professionals. MedBridge Education offers a convenient way to earn your CEUs. Save time and money by taking courses online, without sacrificing quality.
What is a chapter?
MedBridge courses are separated into chapters to make for an optimized online learning experience. Each chapter consists of a video and a learning assessment. The video in each chapter is approximately 30 minutes, but varies by chapter and course. You may pause the video in the middle of a chapter at any time, and will be taken to that point in the video when you return. At the end of each chapter, you will be prompted to take a quiz on the content which has just been presented.
* Contact hours may vary slightly by state. To see a full listing of contact hours by state please see our course accreditation document.
