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Balance Training and Fall Prevention for the Active Geriatric Population

presented by John O’Halloran, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC (Retired), CSCS (Retired), Cert MDT, Certified SCTM-1 Practitioner

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Financial: John O’Halloran receives compensation from MedBridge for this course. There is no financial interest beyond the production of this course.

Non-Financial: John O’Halloran has no competing non-financial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.

Satisfactory completion requirements: All disciplines must complete learning assessments to be awarded credit, no minimum score required unless otherwise specified within the course.

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As the population ages, there is a decline in balance and postural control and thus the increase in falls. To address this, the traditional approach is to practice balance exercises on various surfaces and with rehab tasks that involve perturbation activities to stimulate and facilitate the human body's systems of balance: vestibular, vision, and mechanoreceptors. This course will enhance the attendee's knowledge base by providing evidence-based research on balance to augment what is currently mostly done anecdotally. This course is also designed to excite the attendee in first knowing "what's inside the box" before they can look "outside the box;" to help them get out of the common rut of clinical practice of habit and routine, and jazz up their geriatric population's balance training programs for fall prevention.

Meet Your Instructor

John O’Halloran, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC (Retired), CSCS (Retired), Cert MDT, Certified SCTM-1 Practitioner

John O'Halloran is an American Physical Therapy Association board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist with more than 30 years of experience in the field of orthopedics. He earned his postprofessional Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Temple University and has studied orthopedic and sports therapy abroad in Australia and New Zealand. Dr. O'Halloran is the sole owner…

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1. Balance Training and Fall Prevention for the Active Geriatric Population

This chapter will review the literature on the implications of balance training. The chapter will discuss the various components of balance and how they relate to fall risk and prevention.

2. Review of Literature: Balance and Common Orthopedic Conditions

This chapter will discuss the wide ranges of interventions of balance training and fall prevention. Interventions ranging from Tai Chi to Pilates will be discussed and critiqued.

3. Lab and Clinical Demonstrations

This chapter will take the review of literature into practical clinical application. Detailed lab demonstrations and case studies will be discussed and performed.

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