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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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