Fall Prevention Strategies

Brian Trzaskos PT, LMT, CSCS, CMP, MI-C

Online Course

Includes all course content in digital format

Prerequisites Required
6 hours - Provided by Summit Professional Education

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Description

The CDC, government programs, and major medical systems believe that fall risk is a growing epidemic with more than one third of adults over 65 years old falling annually and 30% of those people suffering moderate to severe injuries. In 2012, the total cost for fall related injuries in older adults alone was 30 billion dollars. Integrative fall prevention strategies are multidimensional, simultaneously addressing multiple fall risk factors and leading to more effective, cost reducing and sustainable patient outcomes. Over 127 million Americans seek complementary and integrative health care services annually and the most successful clinicians know that meeting this growing need offers a huge advantage in providing superior quality care.

Integrative rehabilitation professionals realize that the body and mind function inseparably in all human activity. This insightful and innovative program will transform traditional fall prevention thinking into a more holistic concept of care by outlining a simple set of integrative rehabilitation principles. Throughout the day, participants will practice research supported integrative movement and manual strategies that can be immediately applied in diverse clinical settings resulting in lower cost and highly effective balance enhancement outcomes.

Highlights

  • Immediately apply integrative thought, movement, and manual strategies that prevent falls in diverse clinical settings
  • Master the four pillars of integrative neuromuscular balance
  • Experience hands-on movement labs throughout the day to stimulate natural balance mechanisms
  • Quickly employ simple and effective rehabilitative Tai Chi movements into practice
  • The secrets to successful, sustainable, and cost saving home exercise programs that prevent falls and re- hospitalization
  • Become a more mindful and perceptive rehabilitation professional

Learning Objectives

  1. Examine integrative balance enhancement and fall risk factors for multidimensional treatment planning.
  2. Integrate fall risk assessment with functional performance to streamline treatment goals.
  3. Demonstrate specific neuromuscular re-education techniques to naturally stimulate balance mechanisms.
  4. Analyze research supported benefits of integrative balance strategies for effective patient education.
  5. Employ the scientific principles of Rehabilitative Tai Chi with diverse patient populations.
  6. Design simple, effective, and sustainable home exercise programs to maximize patient outcomes.

Course Content

Fall Prevention Strategies
SCORM Package
Next Steps
Module
  1. Effectively Enhancing Balance in Adult Populations
    1. Balance components
    2. Reducing re-hospitalizations
    3. Neuromuscular re-education approach
  2. Identifying Intrinsic and Extrinsic Risk Factors for Falls
    1. Red flags for intrinsic risk factors
    2. Mental/emotional (pain, fear)
    3. Bio-energetic aspects
    4. Red flags for extrinsic risk factors - Trip hazards, adaptive equipment, footwear, etc.
  3. Best Use of Standardized Assessment Tools for Fall Risk
    1. Rehabilitation tools for immediate use
    2. Berg
    3. Tinetti
    4. Timed Up and Go
    5. ADL assessment tools
    6. Additional tools
    7. Lab
  4. Neuromuscular Re-education Interventions to Reduce Fall Risk
    1. Biomechanical Alignment
    2. Pulmonary Effects on fall risk
    3. Overcoming issues with vision
    4. Strengthening functional vision systems
    5. Improving core function
    6. Dynamic Control
    7. Lab
  5. The Latest Research for Fall Risk Reduction
    1. Multidimensional Fall Prevention
    2. Tai Chi
    3. Case Studies
    4. Lab
  6. Using Tai Chi for Rehabilitation and Balance
    1. Principles and Fundamentals
    2. Seated
    3. Standing
    4. Stepping/Walking
    5. Lab
Brian Trzaskos, PT, LMT, CSCS, CMP, MI-C, is a body-mind rehabilitation expert and co-creator of the Sensation-Based Mindset method. He believes that education is powerful medicine that allows people to access their greatest healing potentials and has extensive experience in diverse clinical settings ranging from working at the world- renowned Craig Hospital for TBI and SCI Rehabilitation, to operating his own holistic center in Upstate New York. Mr. Trzaskos is well known for making even the most difficult concepts easy to understand and immediately applicable to clinical practice. He is the president of NEW Health Inc. and director of the Institute for Rehabilitative Qigong & Tai Chi, which specializes in the integration of western body-mind science and the ancient healing arts of Qigong & Tai Chi. As a practicing physical therapist and student of eastern movement and meditation practices for over two decades, Mr. Trzaskos holds advanced certifications in both Western and Eastern healing arts truly bringing together the best of both worlds in modern rehabilitative care. He earned his degree in Physical Therapy from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

DISCLOSURES

FINANCIAL: Brian Trzaskos is compensated as the owner of NEW Health Inc. and by Summit as an instructor.

NONFINANCIAL: Brian Trzaskos has no nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

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