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Tai Chi for Rehabilitation: Hands-on Certification for Therapists
VYNE
Format(s): Live Seminars
Discipline(s): Physical Therapy / Occupational Therapy / Athletic Training
Contact Hours: 0
Registration Fee: $379.00
Objectives
- • Analyze the history of Tai Chi and its relevancy in the rehab clinical setting
- • Articulate the link between chronic arthritis pain and fall risk
- • Demonstrate the Chen, Yang, and Sun style of Tai Chi with application of lab
- • Define the international fall reduction statistics directly related to Tai Chi programs
- • Independently apply the basic styles of Chen, Yang, and Sun style of Tai Chi by the end of the course to strengthen clients? flexibility, core, and balance
- • Demonstrate the various Tai Chi movements into a seated position to be used for non-ambulatory patients
Target Audience
• Physical Therapist
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Athletic Trainers
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Exercise Physiologists
• Nursing Home Administrators
• Restorative Team Members
• Personal Trainers
• Activity Professionals
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Description
In this exclusive 2-day seminar, Ralph Dehner (COTA, CPT) — a Master Trainer in Tai Chi — guides you through the research, benefits, and movements of Tai Chi for Rehabilitation (TCR). Upon completion of the hands-on training, you become a certified Tai Chi for Rehabilitation instructor through Dr. Paul Lam's Tai Chi for Health Institute and join a growing community of Tai Chi instructors around the world. Mr. Dehner equips you with the relevant tools and techniques to incorporate into any patient's treatment plans. Such a plan reduces the fall risks in your clients, decreases debilitating pain, and leads to improved functional outcomes and goal achievement. Adding this reimbursable therapy to your toolbox will immediately enable you to provide an additional modality to enhance patients' stability, flexibility, posture, balance, and coordination.
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