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Explore and master more than 100 exercises for optimizing balance and stability of the kinetic chain! You’ll learn how to assess balance and in the process discover how to build and implement balance-training progressions into integrated programs for elite athletes and personal-training clients alike.

Specializing in sports performance training with NASM will help enhance not only your clients’ performance but also your earning potential. With NASM’s Performance Enhancement Specialization (NASM-PES), you’ll learn how to provide cutting-edge strength and conditioning training for your clients. You’ll gain the advanced knowledge, insight, and skills needed to help clients of all levels reach their peak performance potential. The 16 modules in this program will also help you meet the demands necessary of a Sports Performance Professional at all levels of sport by providing you the tools you need to improve your clients’ speed, agility, quickness, lifting, and more.

Geriatric Care Course Aims to This course describes the physiological aspects of balance and how the aging process affects balance. Risk factors for falls in the aging population are discussed. The normal components of balance are identified, and a description of how the aging process alters these components over time is discussed. The instructor presents evidence-based, reliable methods of balance examinations. Interventions including exercise and functional activities to promote balance and reduce falls are described. A discussion of current evidence indicates the effectiveness of the interventions presented, with recommendations for program design to achieve functional outcomes with balance rehabilitation. Learning Objectives Describe the physiological components of balance Describe balance strategies used to correct the deviation of the center of gravity from the base of support. Describe evidence-based balance tests to determine falls risk in elderly persons. Design interventions to reduce the risk of falls in elderly populations based on current evidence. Who Should Enroll Physiotherapist Geriatric Care giver Nurses Occupational Therapist ICU Allied Health Worker Course Agenda: BALANCE DEFINITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND STRATEGIES (15 mins) EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS FOR FALLS (25 mins) THE AGING PROCESS: NEUROMUSCULAR AND MEDICAL CHALLENGES OF AGING (25 mins) RISK FACTORS IN AGING, MEDICATIONS, MEDICAL CONDITIONS, DEGENERATIVE PROCESSES (25 mins) BALANCE EXAMINATION TOOLS DISCUSSION (20 mins) RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF BALANCE EXAM TOOLS (20 mins) INTERVENTIONS TO PROMOTE BALANCE AND REDUCE FALLS: DISCUSSION (35 mins) Q&A (15 mins) CPD Credit Hours 3 Hours Resources 1-Month Access to Learning Resources Downloadable Course Material CPD Certificate Presenter Speaker Bio:  Theresa A. Schmidt, DPT,MS,OCS,LMT,CEAS,CHy.,DD is the founder of Educise Resources Inc, a professional continuing education and health enhancement company. Dr. Schmidt is the president of Flex Physical Therapy in Long Island, NY. She is Board-certified in Orthopedic Physical Therapy by ABPTS since 1994. Dr. Schmidt graduated Long Island University’s Masters Program in Physical Therapy with Highest Honors. She served as Chair of the Physical Therapist Assistant Program and faculty of the Masters Program at Touro College Physical Therapy Programs in New York, NY, at Nassau Community College and CUNY Queens College. She completed extensive studies in Orthopedic manual therapies including Myofascial Release, Craniosacral Therapy, Muscle Energy, Counterstrain, Joint Mobilization, high velocity thrust, visceral manipulation, Functional Technique, acupressure Amma therapy, and therapeutic touch. Theresa is a Certified Hypnotherapist,and a certified personal trainer. She has presented internationally for APTA, AOTA/IA AMTA/NY, IDEA, ACE, New York College for Wholistic Health Education and Research, Council of Licensed Physiotherapists, Cross Country Education, MotivationsCEU, HomeCEUconnection, Allied Health Education and private hospitals and clinics. Theresa is a graduate of the Doctorate of Physical Therapy Program at University of New England. 

Help golf athletes improve their game with the NASM Golf Fitness Specialization (NASM-GFS). Learn about the biomechanics of a golf swing, physiological demands, the components of an integrated training program, golf-specific fitness assessments, and more. NASM Golf Fitness Specialists: Teach clients how to lower scores and prevent golf-related injuries Boost their reputation, career, and client base as the go-to experts on golf conditioning for amateurs and pros alike Perform both golf-specific and health-related fitness assessments Show clients how to improve head speed, bolster driving distance, and reduce the chance of lower-back injuries Implement integrated training approaches Invest in their client’s lives and futures . . . and their own!

For over 30 years, the National Academy of Sports Medicine has developed the most successful personal trainers in the fitness industry. The NCCA-accredited personal trainer certification provides you with the most scientifically accurate information, all delivered in a revolutionary digital learning platform. If you want to become one of the best, most respected, and highest-paid fitness trainers, it’s as simple as getting certified online with NASM.

In the United States, the number of teenagers affected by obesity has nearly tripled since the 1970s. From lack of exercise to lack of motivation, online gaming to minimal school resources, there are several reasons why today’s youth has fallen behind the curve when it comes to staying active. That’s why we’ve created a specialization for trainers who want to help reverse the problems facing today’s youth and face their challenges head-on. Through hands-on exercises and expert programming, you’ll understand how to help keep kids motivated and engaged in sports, weightlifting, running, and more. With this fully digital program, you’ll learn about exercise variables and modifications for nutritional needs, cardiorespiratory, core, balance, plyometrics, and resistance training all geared towards younger populations. Plus, get everything you need to know about fitness assessments, psychological considerations, and how to grow your business by working with today’s youth.

Based on the principles of human movement science (i.e., biomechanics, kinesiology, exercise physiology) Uses an integrated approach to program design (i.e., combines all forms of exercise into one systematic and progressive system) Flexibility training Cardiorespiratory training Core training Balance training Plyometric training Speed, agility, and quickness training Resistance training