Principles of Feldenkrais® for Geriatrics

Presented by Rehab Connections

Description

This course presents the Feldenkrais Method® as an approach to help rehab professionals refine their clinical skills, create more opportunities for movement, and impact the nervous system to facilitate immediate, powerful results. Sequences of small movements can be applied immediately to patients in all rehab settings to address impairments in ROM, flexibility, and posture to improve breathing and balance, and to facilitate transfers.

Topics

• Introduction and background of Moshe Feldenkrais
• Definition of Awareness Through Movement® (ATM) and Functional Integration® (FI) lessons
• Guidelines for performing ATM® lessons
• ATM® lesson for transfers and bed mobility
• ATM® lesson for balance, standing and walking
• Introduction to Functional Integration®
• Handling skills and hands-on techniques to facilitate better responses in patients
• ATM® lesson for improving control of the abdomen
• Additional clinical applications of the Feldenkrais Method® for your geriatric patients

Instruction level: Basic

Intended audience: PTs, PTAs, OTs, OTAs, ATs, SLPs, LMTs

7.0 CE Contact Hours

Presenter

Judy Polkow, PT, CFP

Judy has been a licensed Physical Therapist since 1980. She received a Masters in Health Science in 1989. Judy has worked in various outpatient orthopedic settings, including owning her own clinic. She became a certified Feldenkrais practitioner in 2000, which changed the way she views rehabilitation and positively affected the way she treats patients. Judy believes functional improvements are tremendous through an exciting and progressive thought process that creates a higher level of thinking for the practitioner and patient (student). The Feldenkrais Method® has also helped her to complete a few triathlons despite three knee surgeries.

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Location

Location

Rehab Connections
Physical Therapy
and
Education and Training Center
14901 S. Founders Crossing, Homer Glen, IL 60491
Phone: (708) 301-9933

Registration: 8:00 am - 8:30 am
Course: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

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Lunch is on your own

Tuition: $199

Seating is limited. Please register early!

Rehab Connections reserves the right to modify the content and the scheduled speakers when circumstances are beyond our control.

Rehab Connections is an approved continuing education sponsor through the State of Illinois; PT License No: 216-000101

Cancellations:
Registration fee, less a $50 administration fee per session, is refunded if notice of cancellation is received more than 10 days in advance of the CE event. Cancellations made less than 10 days in advance of the CE event date forfeit the entire tuition fee. Tuition can be transferred to another individual or another CE event, one time only. No transfer, refund or credit will be given for cancellation 3 days or less before the CE event, or when handouts or other CE event materials are available electronically, including but not limited to emailed or downloadable pdf documents.
All unapplied transfers and credits will expire September 26, 2026.

Rehab Connections reserves the right to cancel the CE event up to one week prior to the CE event. Rehab Connections will not be responsible for any charges incurred by the registrant due to the cancellation of the CE event, other than the CE event tuition.

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