(Pool: 5:40-6:40 pm / Classroom:
7:00-8:00 pm)
Faculty: Lexie Cox, MPT, ATRIC
COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
The goal of gait correction is to maximize mobility as
efficiently as possible while minimizing pain or additional damage. This course
will include a review of normal gait, common gait deviations and treatment
techniques to minimize or correct abnormalities. Water is excellent medium for
gait retraining because of “unweighting” in water, slower movements, decreased
risk of falls or injury, allowing more repetitions for practice.
COURSE
OBJECTIVES:
1) Review major components of “normal” gait providing basis for assessment of patient/client ambulation.
2) Become
proficient in identifying gait deviations.
3)
Explore treatment techniques to address gait deviations in
aquatic setting.
FACULTY:
Lexie Cox, MPT, ATRIC, has been an
aquatic therapist for 10 years, working with children-to-geriatrics,
neurological-to-orthopedic diagnoses. She has received awards for outstanding
patient care and was nominated as Caregiver of Year. She is an
instructor/trainer for the Arthritis Foundation, and a certified AEA Instructor.