Description
Deanna Lesmeister – Three Core Components for Geriatric Rehab — Yoga, Pilates & Strength Training
- Faculty:
- Deanna Lesmeister
- Duration:
- 5 Hours 43 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- May 18, 2018
Description
Keeping Seniors Healthy, Happy, and Mobile
Strength training, yoga, and Pilates are great ways to build muscles and enhance endurance. How effective are they for older adults? Many experts agree that these are among the best methods for older adults to stay fit during the aging process. Now, some are even using this method as an effective option for rehabilitation and post rehabilitation. From joint replacements to osteoporosis to TBI – these therapeutic techniques can improve core stabilization, neuromuscular re-education, and postural correction, which in turn leads to improved carryover after discharge.
Enable your patients to address and overcome a wide range of challenges they face with strength training techniques, yoga, and Pilates exercises tailor-made for the aging population. Let Deanna Lesmeister, PT, DPT, CWT, STS, CPI, CYI, a seasoned Physical Therapist and Pilates and yoga instructor for 25 years, will guide you through the hands-on labs geared toward those with weakened core strength, reduced musculature, and other unique limitations and/or injuries. Active demonstrations and case studies will provide you with a unique toolbox that can improve quality of life and increase independence for older clients.
Handouts
| Manual – Three Core Components for Geriatric Rehab (6.16 MB) | 156 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Outline
AGING – THE AFFECTS ON MIND AND BODY
- Distinction between functional, chronological, and biological age
- Unique physiological changes associated with older adults
- Distinctive and atypical injuries in older adults
YOGA AS A THERAPEUTIC TOOL
- Balance and breathing: The benefits of yoga for older adults
- Choosing correct yoga exercises for particular dysfunctions
- Determining effective rehabilitation programs for unique injuries
- Identifying varying levels of function and choosing appropriate modifications
- Tips for teaching older adults yoga: experiences from the field
THERAPEUTIC PILATES: EXERCISE AND INDEPENDENT-CARE FOR THE OLDER ADULT
- The Benefits
- How Pilates fits into standardized assessments
- Geriatric core training
- Gentle and progressive Pilates
- Identifying suitable Pilates exercises for specific injuries
- Modifications of standard Pilates exercises for various levels of function
- The challenge of training
- How to teach to an older audience
- Lab
STRENGTH TRAINING AND THE OLDER ADULT
- The benefits
- Functional strength
- Assessment techniques to establish strength levels
- Identifying dysfunction and designing appropriate strength training exercises
- Injuries in older adults
- Identify effective strength training exercises for specific injuries
- Strength training and the older adult
- Successful strategies for teaching
- Lab
MIND-BODY AND STRENGTH PROGRAMS: COMBINING STRATEGIES FOR A WINNING PROGRAM
- Identifying injuries or possible injuries
- Pre/post-surgery assessment – The start to a successful program
DOCUMENTATION AND CASE STUDIES: THE CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT
- The benefits of utilizing Pilates, yoga, and strength training
- Case studies
- Discovering nominal research and documentation
- Case study examples and YOUR interpretation
Faculty
Deanna Lesmeister, PT, DPT, CWT, STS, CPI, CYI Related seminars and products: 1
DEANNA LESMEISTER, PT, DPT, CWT, STS, CPI, CYI, has been a practicing licensed physical therapist and clinical educator for the past 25 years. Dr. Lesmeister holds numerous national certifications in Pilates, strength training, and yoga, including being a certified Pilates instructor and a national presenter in the areas of Pilates and Physical Therapy. She is also the owner of D’Pilates Yoga and Physical Therapy in Plano, Texas, which she founded in 2005.
In conjunction with her practice, she also presides as the President of D’Pilates Physical Therapy and Education, a continuing education business providing certifications to physical and occupational therapists and various other healthcare professionals. With a Doctorate in physical therapy from Boston University and a Masters in Gerontology from Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas, Dr. Lesmeister is a senior geriatric clinician and senior strength training specialist.
She integrates her extensive knowledge of the relationship between body and mind with their effects on the complete health and mobility picture throughout the aging process. Dr. Lesmeister is an accomplished speaker who has developed and taught Pilates and yoga courses on a local and national scale
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