2211 – Balance: Decreasing Fall Risk

Intermediate / Symposium 2-hour Pool Workshop

Sanibel, FL / Thursday, July 1, 2010 – 7:00-9:20 am – 2.0 credit hours equal to 2.0 CECs/.2 CEUs

(Pool: 7:00-8:00 am / Classroom: 8:20-9:20 am)

Faculty: Beth Scalone, PT, DPT, OCS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

It was estimated that in 2002 the Medicare population sustained over 3 million falls with 2.2 million leading to injury. Falls among the aging population is a growing problem. Obtain the tools to screen a client and determine fall risk. Correlating land-based testing with aquatic exercise programming will allow participants to objectively document risk for falls and implement an effective aquatic exercise. Components to postural control including visual, somatosensory and vestibular systems are presented to assist the participant in assessment and treatment planning. Evidence-based material is combined with practical application techniques.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1) Discuss the subsystems that contribute to postural control.

2) Describe and perform five standardized balance tests.

3) Design an effective aquatic exercise and treatment strategies to address the deficits found during testing.

FACULTY: Beth Scalone, PT, DPT, OCS, is a licensed physical therapist with over 18 years of experience in orthopedic and aquatic therapy. As the owner of North County Water and Sports Therapy Center in San Diego (www.waterpt.com), she continues with hands-on clinical care in addition to her role as educator. Since graduating from the University of Connecticut in 1991, Beth has belonged to the American Physical Therapy Association and has achieved certification as a Clinical Specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy. In January 2006, she graduated from Boston University with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. Additional certifications include Certified STOTT Pilates™ instructor and Master Instructor for the Burdenko Method.

Beth not only provides continuing education for health care professionals, she is an adjunct faculty in the San Diego Mesa College PTA program, teaching Orthopedic Rehabilitation and Introduction to Pathology courses. She also provides the learning module/instruction on aquatic therapy to the University of St. Augustine San Diego Campus DPT program.