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Restoring Functional Movement Patterns in Active Aging $59.00 USD Register Now $39.00 USD Forever Members enjoy early access, special pricing, and no expiration dates! If you’d like to take advantage of this special price, please add Forever Access here and then come back to this page to make your purchase. (If you have Forever Access - make sure you are logged in to make this pricing available.) NPCP CECS Not offered

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Description

As we age, gravity takes its toll on our posture, which affects our ability to do certain movements or perform tasks of daily living. In this online Pilates workshop, Jean Sullivan shares a variety of exercises that can be used with older clients to help restore functional movement patterns needed for tasks like getting in and out of a chair, getting down to the floor, reaching overhead, and carrying groceries in one arm.

Jean provides tips on how to observe and assess functional movement patterns. She then demonstrates over 40 exercises designed to improve mobility in the thoracic spine, rib cage, and shoulder girdle; strengthen the feet and side body; practice hip hinges (squats) and lunges on and off the equipment; and work on pushing and pulling motions, all while taking into account common issues to consider in an older population.

This workshop will give you the tools needed to help restore functional movement patterns in your active aging clients so they can continue doing the things they love.

Objectives

  • Observe & assess common functional movement patterns
  • Recognize typical age-related postural changes
  • Improve mobility and alignment in the upper body
  • Practice movements integral to squatting and lunging
  • Strengthen areas of the body where older clients are often deconditioned
  • Restore movement patterns necessary for daily activities


Concepts & Techniques

  • Learning movement patterns off the equipment to improve exercises done on the equipment
  • Translating exercises learned in the studio to activities done outside the studio
  • Helpful cueing for common age-related postural patterns
  • Improving strength/ mobility in the appropriate areas of the body to support functional movement

Props & Equipment Used

  • Chair
  • Mat
  • Reformer
  • Small Props
  • Trap/Cad
  • Theraband
  • Foam roller
  • Stool/ chair
  • Long dowel
  • 6lb weight, yoga strap, wall

Workshop Level

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate


Duration & Access

This workshop is approximately 1.8 hours long and you have 30 days of access
(No expiration for Forever Access Members)
 
 
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About Jean Sullivan

Jean Sullivan, Studio Director and Founder of ITT Pilates is known internationally as a Master Pilates instructor and movement educator. Jean has been teaching since 1994 and certifying Pilates instru... Find Out More Other Workshops by Jean Sullivan

Feedback on Restoring Functional Movement Patterns in Active Aging by Jean Sullivan

" great functional movement ideas and reinforcement for my older clients "

Linda Z

" Great video and resources to add to my toolbox of working of functional movement patterns. Thanks! "

Katie B

" Very helpful to revisit the details necessary for healthy functional movements. Excellent cuing and demonstration. Thank you Jean! "

Tess W

" Best course I’ve taken here yet! "

Marita D

" I work with many elderly clients and I hoped to have some new ideas for exercises. This series did not disappoint! Thanks for some new practical exercises to enhance their functional movements. "

Lynn M

" Wonderful lecture that I will certainly incorporate into my teaching sessions with older clients. "

Regina S

" A fine, functional assortment of exercises and a clear, well-paced presentation. Thank you. "

HOLLY K

" Thank you Jean! Your insights and cues while working with your client were such great reminders and such beneficial visualizations. The presented exercises are very helpful. "

Amy E

" Loved this workshop, Jean! Wonderful content that I can incorporate into sessions with clients and into their home programs. Thank you! "

Elizabeth B

" I love this workshop very useful tips. Thank you! "

Marie-Josée P

" Loved the detail of anatomy "

Jamey P

" Good course to make you think! "

Kathleen J

" GREAT COURSE "

Teresa J

" Love! This has given me new ways to cue the movement patterns I see with my older students. "

Elizabeth L

" I love this course it is filling in my understanding of progression of aging as well as progression of injury and scoliosis. So helpful to be able to pause and hear the anatomy and have time to research my understanding "

Sofias G

" I found this workshop to be extremely valuable. I especially appreciated the explanation of what weaknesses were being addressed and how they would appear in a typical body, then the exercises to correct that weakness. I will definitely use this information with my clients. Thank you. "

Charlotte S

" Loved this workshop, gave me lots of new ideas, as I work on these exact things with many of my older clients. Thank you Jean. "

Jaci M

" Very informative, great suggestions for cueing and modifying postures as necessary. I really enjoyed Jean's teaching style "

Margaret H

" Loved the variety of equipment used during demonstrations of exercises for aging clients. "

Eve S

" Great info, wonderful teaching cues, very relevant. Thank you, Jean! "

Rosie L

" Thank you for this course. It is a great reminder of how cueing & reference points can aid our clients for improved posture as well as their success in extending & understanding the movement. "

Lynne C

" Excellent workshop with much material I can use with my clients who fall into the older age group. I especially liked having the handout notes which I printed and was able to add comments on for later review. This is a workshop I will definitely come back to and I look forward to taking other courses with Jean Sullivan . "

Jacqueline N

" Helped to reinforce my knowledge of functional movement patten. Very helpful cues, being able to watch her work with a active aging body and see the patterns that were being worked on was very helpful... "

Julia K

" I work with older clients and fully appreciated this workshop. "

Hilary F

   

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