{"id":1375,"date":"2022-08-09T18:28:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T18:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthclick.com\/blog\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2022-08-09T18:28:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T18:28:35","slug":"balance-and-fall-prevention-continuing-education-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthclick.com\/blog\/balance-and-fall-prevention-continuing-education-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Balance and Fall Prevention Continuing Education Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to the CDC, there are currently over 36 million falls and 3 million emergency room visits per year. The Balance and Fall Prevention Continuing Education Course, Evidence-Based Outcome Tools for Treating Balance Dysfunction<\/a>, provides the clinician with evidence-based validity for the tools and techniques utilized to evaluate and treat the imbalanced patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Balance and Fall Prevention Continuing Education Course provides in-depth evaluation and treatment techniques to improve balance and prevent falls. The information below is from an expert from the comprehensive course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Balance?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Balance is the ability to maintain the body’s center of gravity over the base of support in a given sensory environment. We need to maintain our center of gravity, which is a point right about at L2, a little bit anterior to L2. Our base of support is the area between our legs that we’re standing on or between an assistive device, whatever is in contact with the ground. What’s important is this given sensory environment. Is it an uneven environment? Is there a lot of busy visual activity going on? But we have to maintain our balance, maintain the center of gravity over the base of support within whatever is going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contributors to Balance Dysfunction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A variety of factors can contribute to postural control and balance dysfunction; some include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motor contributors<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • decreased range of motion<\/li>
  • strength deficits<\/li>
  • motor control issues<\/li>
  • posture imbalance<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Neurologic contributors<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • problems with reflexes<\/li>
    • radicular pain<\/li>
    • spasticity<\/li>
    • altered sensation<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Sensory<\/strong> contributors<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      • inability to use visual stimuli<\/li>
      • vestibular dysfunction<\/li>
      • inability to use somatosensory information for balance.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        These factors can cause problems with any aspect of postural control and balance dysfunction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Example of a Technique for Balance Retraining and Fall Prevention<\/h2>\n\n\n\n