Registration and more information: https://australian.physio/pd/pd-product?id=13486
The Balance workshop aims to assist clinicians to develop evidence-based solutions for people with balance difficulties.
Target audience: Physiotherapists and occupational therapists and exercise physiologists who are working with older people and/or people with neurological conditions, in inpatient, outpatient or community settings and in private or public settings.
Presenters: Dr. Simone Dorsch and Sarah Fitzhenry
Dates: 5th & 6th December 2026
Learning objectives: Participants will learn how to:
- Define balance, postural adjustments, kinematics, kinetics, task specificity
- Discuss research about the characteristics of postural adjustments i.e. timing, task specificity
- Describe changes that occur to postural adjustments with aging and neuropathology
- Describe the assessment and analysis of balance impairment
- Describe the risk factors and circumstances of falls
- Discuss the evidence for exercise interventions to improve balance and reduce falls
- Demonstrate how to to set up effective balance training for people with impaired balance
- Plan a group class that challenges balance and provides a high intensity of practice
Pre-requisites: This course is only available to qualified and AHPRA registered physiotherapists.
Pre-work: Therapists are asked to start preparing 2 weeks before the event. Allow 2 hours for the homework particularly if English is not your primary language.
Workshop manual including PowerPoint slides and worksheets will be provided in electronic form.
Venue: Team Rehab Solutions – B1, 354 Mons Road Acacia Building, Forest Glen QLD 4556
Registration link: https://australian.physio/pd/pd-product?id=13486
Enquiries: Jenny Willsmore – Jenny.Willsmore@australian.physio