Courses for Kinesiologists
Self Paced, Virtual Workshops
Learn at the pace and the time that works for you!
Optimizing Foot and Ankle Function: The Foot Core
(12 hours of Continuing Ed Credits)
Optimizing our foot and ankle function is ESSENTIAL to alignment, stability and propulsion. Find out how to activate the "foot core" and all about foot intrinsics. Help your clients reduce lower extremity injuries, improve gait and overall athletic performance. Feet at the foundation of the kinetic chain. Who knew there was SO much to learn about our feet?
Optimizing the Older Adult
(16 hours of Continuing Ed Credits)
Do you want to feel confident when working with the 55+ population? Learn about what influences aging and how increasing age affects a person physically, cognitively and mentally. This course covers a variety of chronic health conditions (respiratory, cardiac, neurological, diabetes, dementia, cancer). Discover key components for exercise programs for the healthy older adult and the older adult with multiple health concerns. We need to work "upstream" to help this client population to stay out of the hospital and THRIVE! Become an expert in the older adult population, expand your clientele reach and help them to lead their best lives.
Optimizing the Kinetic Chain
(8 hours of Continuing Education credits)
Learn about the kinetic chain which starts at our feet and moves upward. When alignment is optimized, this translates into improved function and injury prevention. Whether you are looking to learn about common postural ailments or hoping to discover ways to enhance your client's dynamic stability and strength for sport, this course is for you. In this self paced, 8 hour course, discover how the kinetic chain is dynamic and active!
Optimizing Shoulder Function
(7 hours of continuing education credits)
Covers shoulder anatomy, function, and critical role of the scapula. Learn the most effective exercises for shoulder injuries (impingement, rotator cuff tear, bursitis, adhesive subluxations, dislocations) and how to prevent them! Become the expert on the most mobile joint in the human body!
Part 1: Optimizing Hip and Knee Function: Fresh Ideas for Management of Osteoarthritis and Hip/Knee Joint Replacements"
(8 hours of continuing education credits)
Feeling uncertain about how to best train clients with hip or knee replacements or osteoarthritis? Learn the latest total joint surgical procedures and the most effective prehab/posthab exercises. Correct common muscle imbalances, prevent dislocations, and improve gait in your clients with osteoarthritis or hip/knee replacements. With 1 in 5 people living with osteoarthritis, find out how the right neuromuscular exercises can help this condition and even prevent surgery! Learn about the new core stability
"wrap around your glut" technique!
Part 2: Optimizing Hip and Knee Function: Taking it to the next level.
*must complete Part 1 to attend Part 2
(7 hours of continuing education credits)
Learn how to help your clients' achieve their life goals and effectively return to sport and work post joint replacement. Many in the younger population are undergoing joint replacement surgery and they have ambitious goals to live life to the fullest. This workshop covers post op musculoskeletal complications, return to work and sport exercises, targeted stretching and gait analysis and tips relevant to this active population.
Finding Balance: Dual Task,Cognition and Vestibular Exercise Workshop
(8 hours of continuing education credits)
Learn the latest research on how best to incorporate thinking, vestibular, and dual tasks into your exercises to improve balance
and selective attention. What is vertigo and how can you recognize it? Help your clients reduce risk of falling and improve
function in the real world. All participants leave with a toolbox full of activities they can implement immediately into their
practice (1:1, small group, and larger classes).
Gait: The Crucial Step
(4 hours of continuing education credits)
Gait analysis is a step we often skip with clients but it is the key to full functional recovery from injury or surgery. Learn how to quickly assess gait errors and correct in one session! Watch your clients return to their active lives!
Outcome Measures
(3 continuing education credits)
Learn about evidence based tools in order to track your client's progress and help to design individualized programs. Keep your client's engaged and motivated as they see objective improvements. A few outcome measures reviewed in this workshop include: TUG, Oxford Hip and Knee, Dynamic Gait Index... and many many more.
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Cancellation Policy - For live in person or virtual workshops
Full refund (- 5% administration fee) more than 8 weeks prior to workshop, 75% refund 6 -8 weeks before workshop, 50% refund 2-6 weeks prior and no refund 2 weeks or less but substitutions allowed without extra cost. You may also choose to receive a credit for an upcoming workshop.
Self Paced, Virtual Course - No refunds
