The Balance Workshop
8.00am - 5pm
Roosters Rugby Club Hallsworth Road Eccles, Manchester M30 7LS
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Presenter Dr Simone Dorsch and Karl Schurr – The StrokeEd Collaboration, Australia
Audience:This workshop is for Physiotherapists, occupational therapists and exercise therapists who work with older people or people with neurological conditions
Cost: £400
Two Day event – to be held 24th, and 25th September at Roosters Rugby Club, Eccles
Learning Outcomes: At the completion of the workshop participants should be able to
- Define balance, postural adjustments, kinematics, kinetics, task specificity
- Discuss research about the characteristics of postural adjustments i.e. timing, task specificity
- Describe changes that occur to postural adjustments with ageing and neuropathology
- Describe the assessment and analysis of balance impairment
- Describe the risk factors and circumstances of falls
- Discuss the evidence for exercise interventions to improve balance and reduce falls
- Demonstrate how to set up effective balance training for people with impaired balance
- Plan a group class that challenges balance and provides a high intensity of practice
If you are interested in attending this course please contact karen.smith22@nca.nhs.uk as there are a couple of delegate places available