FITTREKsenior (CPD) Specialization

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FITTREKsenior (CPD) Specialization

Urban Walking

Format: online

Spanish Language

Hourly Load: 50 h

Aimed at: Specialized medical staff, physiotherapists, nursing staff, senior center staff, home caregivers, People affected by pathologies with motor disorders, Nordic Walking Instructors, Therapeutic fitness trainers.

Requirements: Have approved FITTREKpro Nordic Walking Instructor

Professional occupation: This certificate recognizes knowledge of auxiliary techniques in the prevention of falls and elderly people and aspects of rehabilitation in neurodegenerative diseases.

FITTREKsenior

This is a specialization course aimed at preventing falls in older people and helping with neurodegenerative processes or where there are problems with ambulation.

It is a course where we will specifically address what are the best techniques and elements (in this case, different types of canes) to improve walking, making it, above all, safer and more efficient.

Course content:

Goal walk

People

Age-related muscle loss

The disease factor

Gait pattern effects

The material

Methods of using canes

Specific circumstances

Fall Prevention

Exercises with canes in Parkinson's disease

Canes for wheelchair users

The use of canes in amputees

Life puts obstacles, not limits

Studies related to the use of canes

Test to assess mobility

...And other very interesting complementary materials.

The content is 4 basic modules, plus other complementary ones aimed at exercises to prevent falls or specifically in Parkinson's. As well as complementary videos.