Your Parkinson's patient feels like a prisoner inside their own body.
They’re dealing with tremors every day, leaving them defeated, overwhelmed and feeling helpless – and they know there’s no cure.
Seeing that look of discouragement isn’t easy for you as their therapist either.
Let a seasoned OTD, Robyn Otty, show you how cognitive rehabilitation, movement-based and non-traditional interventions that fit together to influence a client’s posture, dynamic balance, initial movement, and ADLs. Plus gain exercise routines for the mind and body from Kara Doctor, and learn how to use Tai Chi with Dr. John Burns in the FREE BONUS you get when you enroll.
Begin exercising your Parkinson’s patients in a way that will benefit their brain, their cognition and potentially slow the progression of the disease – while using cutting-edge methods to incorporate their visual, auditory, and cognitive systems. Providing proper assessment and management makes a difference to your patient, and your skills are the key to them living a more fulfilled life. When you enroll in this exclusive online course you can slow your patient's decline and deliver the interventions they need to function everyday.
Your work makes a difference to them. Let us give you more tools that will help you with that.
Limited Time Only $329.99
Treating the unpredictable neurological progression that is Parkinson’s disease (PD) can seem random, complex, and overall difficult to manage. Changes in motor control and posture, onset of tremors, inability to initiate purposeful movement, and the mimicking of the disease from prescription drugs.
In this video session, Dr. Robyn Otty will show you how cognitive rehabilitation, movement-based and non-traditional interventions fit together to influence a client’s posture, dynamic balance, initial movement, and ADLs. Get the most up-to-date literature and medical management to form successful outcomes.
Show your patient how to begin exercising in a way that will benefit their brain, their cognition and potentially slow the progression of the disease. Through this lab-intensive course, you will discover effective strategies to teach your patients that they can use in their day-to-day struggle with Parkinson's. Mrs. Kara Doctor covers:
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Exercise benefits, therapeutic techniques and medications for Parkinson's.
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Tools and an understanding of deep brain stimulation.
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Common symptoms, interventions to help Parkinson's and much more.
Plus this FREE Bonus - A $59 Value!
Gain an understanding of the unique benefits of Tai Chi when you watch this session. Dr. John Burns reviews the history, philosophy, principles and evidence to utilize Tai Chi in a variety of clinical settings.
Discover how Tai Chi F.I.T. (Fifteen Important Transitions) can help you embrace the biopsychosocial model of health and rehab.
In this free bonus video you'll learn:
- The benefits of Tai Chi in physical therapy and how it relates to the biopsychosocial model of health.
- Exercises on Tai Chi F.I.T. and the related exercises of qigong to improve functional fitness, and enhance physical and emotional performance.
- The evidence to support the use of Tai Chi.
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Dr. Robyn Otty, OTD, MEd, OTR/L, BCPR is a pioneer in the rehab field with research on using evidence-supported cognitive approaches to improve motor control, and metacognition to improve occupational performance.
Dr. Otty has almost three decades of experience, a Board Certification in Physical Rehabilitation in 2012 from AOTA, a clinical doctorate (OTD) from Loma Linda University in 2010, a Master of Education from Touro University Nevada in 2007, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from San Jose State University in 1994.
Kara Doctor, MS, PT is nationally certified in Allied Team Treatment for Parkinson's disease, and has been treating patients with movement disorders, primarily Parkinson's.
Mrs. Doctor has been on the board of directors for the Capital Area Parkinson Society (CAPS) for nearly a decade. She's a spokesperson and lead presenter on deep brain stimulation for support groups in Austin.
Limited Time Only $329.99