Therapeutic Yoga
Yoga is a vast system of Integrated Exercise with potential for both positive and negative outcomes; some people benefit greatly while others are susceptible to injury. Whether helping someone return to a public yoga class or using yoga as a rehab tool in your facility, you can assist your patient in recognizing what specific types of poses to target and which to avoid or modify. In this course you will learn to identify movement or postural patterns, both... [Read More]
Tai Chi as Rehabilitative Exercise
Tai Chi is more than a martial art or a moving meditation; it is a sophisticated movement system that has great potential for application to a rehab setting. In this fun and interactive course we will break down and simplify tai chi movements into stances, steps and arm movements, then put everything together in ways that integrate and optimize relationships between the upper and lower body. You will experience movement, as well as observe and analyze tai chi modifications, then discuss.. [Read More]
Defining, Optimizing & Teaching Integrated Movement
What is Integrated Movement and why is it poised to supplant Therapeutic Exercise and core stabilization as our movement training modality of choice? What does Optimal Movement entail besides strength, flexibility, cardio-vascular fitness and other measurable criteria? How can we make our exercise more informative and more functionally relevant; combining into one activity strength/flexibility work, proprioceptive self-awareness training, ergonomics/body mechanics instructions, postural practice... [Read More]