Body in Balance – Proprioceptive Training and Assessment for Rehab Professionals

Course Description

This comprehensive course is designed for rehabilitative healthcare professionals seeking to enhance patient care through advanced proprioceptive techniques. Participants will learn to define and assess proprioceptive function, identify deficits, and implement evidence-based interventions aimed at improving balance, coordination, and overall functional performance. The course integrates cutting-edge research with practical methods, including unstable surface training, neuromuscular exercises, and advanced treatment strategies, to address diverse patient needs across various conditions and age groups. This training empowers clinicians to optimize rehabilitation outcomes and promote patient compliance effectively.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

• Describe what proprioception is and what it is not
• Assess a patient’s proprioceptive sense
• Identify risk factors for developing proprioceptive deficits
• Construct and prescribe evidence-based interventions for the treatment of proprioceptive deficits in order to improve balance and decrease fall risk allowing for increased participation in ADLs.
• Utilize a variety of evidence-based methods for maximizing patients’ compliance with the prescribed interventions

• Prerequisites

  None

• Educational Level

  Intermediate

• Other

  Satisfactory completion of this course will require the participant to respond to polling questions asked throughout the webinar & to be logged on during the entire webinar.