Balance Training For Seniors: Using Aquatics for Improving and Maintaining ADLs
June 4, 2014 from 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Presented By: Rachel McDermott, PTA, Director of Rehabilitation at Stonehill Care Center and Afton Osterberger, PT
This webcast will provide treatment ideas for seniors that suffer from balance defecits and subsequent diffculties with their activities of daily living (ADL). It will include a case study of a 76 y.o. female who has undergone several surgeries including bilateral total knee replacements and bilateral foot reconstruction. The demonstration will take place in a HydroWorx 2000 Series pool where we will utilize the underwater treadmill, aquatic jets, and varying depths of water in addition to use of external props to challenge and enhance the patient’s balance.
Webcast attendees will learn:
- Specific protocols for each level of balance training
- How to identify progression timing
- How exercises done using aquatic therapy transfer to land progression
- How advanced aquatic therapy played a key part in this patient's progress
This 1 hour webcast will be broadcast live from the HydroWorx 2000 Series pool at Stonehill Care Center in Dubuque, Iowa. Live attendees will have the opportunity to try out the HydroWorx 2000 Series pool. Make sure you bring your bathing suit and towel!
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In this webinar participants will receive an introduction to the principles of aquatic therapy, with specific applications for pediatric client populations. There will be additional focus on physical therapy care planning for children including land to water transitions, treatment considerations, and documentation.
Participants will be able take the following away from this presentation:
- The properties of water that are beneficial for pediatric therapy
- What pediatric populations can benefit from aquatic therapy
- What treatment considerations and precautions/contraindications exist for this population
- How and when to transition between water and land therapy
- How to effectively document aquatic therapy
- What equipment can be used to enhance therapy sessions
- How to make sessions fun for kids
All of this information will be supported by case studies from Cindy’s aquatic therapy program at Children’s Hospital of St. Paul.
