Active Aging - Tools for Evaluating and Optimizing Yourself

Active Aging - Tools for Evaluating and Optimizing Yourself

Winter (4 - 8.5 hours) | This course is completed

10 Hilton Field Road Hanover, NH 03755 United States

Pond Room

New

1/17/2018-2/7/2018

12:00 PM-2:00 PM EDT on Wed

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$40.00

What does “normal aging” mean for you?

What are tests that you can use to assess your balance, walking, flexibility, and range of motion (ROM)? Which of these are most important for you?

What is good posture and is it really important?

Did you know there are “patterns” to pain and mobility?

If any of these questions are of interest to you, then you will find this course helpful.

We will use a combination of lecture, discussion, visual aides, and self-assessment using standardized tests to have each participant decide for themselves answers to these questions.

This course is NOT intended to offer individual treatment of a specific musculoskeletal problem.

Participants will independently try movement oriented tests, positions, and functional activities that will help each person turn the knowledge learned in this course into individual guidelines. These insights will create more comfort and confidence in progressing exercise for benefit and also when to be more cautious. This information can be used for individual goals in daily activities and recreational sports.

There is no required reading for this course. Handouts will be provided for participants to take notes. You should come in comfortable shoes and clothes that allow for easy movement.

  • There are no required texts for this course.

LOIS DONELSON, P.T., M.B.A., practiced physical therapy for 40 years in a variety of settings, but primarily in spine care. She has been fortunate to study and collaborate with many colleagues in the U.S., as well as in New Zealand and Australia, who specialize in Mechanical Diagnosis and Treatment. She is a P.S.I.A. Level 1 Adaptive Ski Instructor and primarily guides visually impaired skiers. This will be her first experience teaching an OSHER@Dartmouth course.