Note to Know Stroke Subscribers: I announced on my Believe in Balance Podcast last week I’m launching a new balance course and am offering a free workshop in October to tell you all about it! If you don’t follow my balance podcast, I wanted to share the news with my stroke community as well so you can reserve a seat if interested.
Why I Built This Course and About My Upcoming Balance Workshop
The 100 billion dollar rehab question is, how does someone who has had a fall and has lost mobility confidence believe in their balance again?
It’s a great question and one that I have quite frankly become obsessed with since a stroke robbed me of my balance years ago. Luckily I had my physical therapy training and knowledge of how the brain works in health and disease states to fall back upon.
Yes, that knowledge was the foundation and was helpful for the ‘why’ but I backed it up with a lot of hard work, determination +trial and error ‘hacking’ my own recovery, and YES during that process had many FALLS while trying to BELIEVE in my own balance again!
What I am sharing with you now on this workshop and in my course is the ‘how’ I did it and I’m showing you my balance assessments and the evidence based conditioning exercise pathway I used to build better balance.
I was fortunate I know because with a disturbance to your balance, and especially with a fall comes the paralyzing fear of another and with it the loss of mobility, strength, energy, and independence. It’s a downward spiral that often that leads to long term disability (read more on this page just how costly falls are in the US and why it is truly becoming a billion dollar rehab question what to do about them).
‘Since I returned to private practice I’ve spent the last 8+ years refining my balance program with my physical therapy clients. Many of them initially also used the same adjective ‘paralyzing’ to describe the anxiety and fear they had of falling. I also took additional balance courses and neuro based certifications, worked in industry in consulting roles with rehab technologies for balance and interviewed leaders to learn about the best evidence-based balance programs and adopted several of the mobility assessments into my own balance program pathway-Believe in Balance”. -David Dansereau,MSPT,CAPS physical therapist and certified aging in place specialist. (See my full work bio-sketch at SmartMovesPT)
Ready for some good news?
Now for the good news, it doesn’t have to end with a downward spiral after a fall!
In my upcoming Believe in Balance workshop I’ll show you there is another pathway forward and I’ll provide you with the balance roadmap I use with my clients so you can take charge of your balance too! Reserve your seat, and I’ll share the top strategies and exercises to help you regain control over your balance using research-driven insights, evidence based programs and advice from industry leaders in aging wellness and longevity.
I’ll also share a funny story when you join me on the workshop when I knew I was on to ‘something’ with the balance pathway program I was building…
Here’s a brief primer:
A few years back when our office secretary kept pulling me aside to ask, ‘One of X’s (other therapist) patients wants to know if they can get on your schedule. They’d like to switch PTs’ and work with you as they are watching you work with your clients, they’ve watched their progress and the fun you seem to be having with them and feel they would be better off working with you.’ (PT Sidebar: This is the best compliment you can pay to a PT by the way!)
This happened many times over a 3 year period in my last clinic consulting role and I knew I needed to share this program beyond my one-one patient contact capability as my schedule was full already and I couldn’t work with all the requests I received despite trying to accommodate everyone that had asked.
Why Register? Whether you've already suffered a fall or had a few close calls and know you need to take charge and become more proactive about your balance health, this workshop is for you.
Let's get started!
MORE BALANCE COURSE BACKGROUND:
IN THE UNITES STATES, THE OTAGO EXERCISE PROGRAM IS BEING PROMOTED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDC), THE PATIENT CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (PCORI) AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING IN 18+ STATES TO HELP REDUCE THE BURDEN OF FALLS THROUGH PREVENTION AND EXERCISE EDUCATION. THE CDC HAS IDENTIFIED FOUR KEY FACTORS YOU CAN MODIFY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FALLS, AND TOP ON THAT LIST IS TO BEGIN AN EXERCISE PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES BOTH STRENGTH AND BALANCE TRAINING.
MY NEW BELIEVE IN BALANCE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED WITH OTAGO PRINCIPLES IN MIND AS I’M BOTH AN EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND A CERTIFIED OTAGO BALANCE PROGRAM PROVIDER. JOIN ME IN THE WORKSHOP TO LEARN HOW TO MEASURE YOUR FALL RISK, AND HOW YOU CAN GET STARTED BELIEVING YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR BALANCE AT ANY AGE!
Did you know about these fall stats? Falls in the US are becoming an epidemic!
The bad news> Falls are the leading cause of injury in the US and are becoming an epidemic with 1 in 4 adults over 65 years falling at a cost of over $80 Billion dollars a year. With an aging population this figure is expected to climb to over $100 Billion in the next 5 years!
50% of those experiencing falls lose mobility and ability to live independently and 25% of those that suffer hip fractures die within 6 months.
The good news> You can improve your balance at any age by learning how to assess your fall risk and adopt an evidence-based proactive balance program now !
On this live workshop you'll learn:
The key strength and balance exercises that reduced falls between 35 and 40% for sedentary older adults using the proven Otago research-based balance assessment and treatment pathway. Learn the secrets to performing these quick mobility assessments and exercises!
Which functional measurements are used to quickly screen for your current balance, lower body mobility and strength levels-and what they may reveal about your balance ‘check-engine light!’
My SmartMovesPT home mobility / fall prevention and STEADI safety checklist to use before you get started on any balance conditioning program
Nutrition? Yes, your diet plays a role in your balance performance for sure and we'll be talking about it!
New tech tools to remotely assess and engage you in your balance training
Case Studies- share spotlights using the program from successful clients
How you can get started with free access to our balance training course before the official launch and connect with our PTs for premium access to coach you through the program to jump-start your success!
If you’ve already registered, here’s what to do next:
If you missed it:
Here’s the Believe in Balance Launch-Podcast Episode
About this free workshop: By checking the box at registration you are giving David Dansereau and SmartMovesPT,LLC consent to use your information you provide on this form to not only invite you to the webinar but follow up with you once the webinar is over to notify you of the next event in this series. Your registration and consent here also confirm your have read our course disclaimer and liability release.
Disclaimer: SmartMovesPT,LLC courses and workshops taught by David Dansereau are for educational purposes only and are not to be used in place of medical advice which you should always receive from your own health professional team.
