Our neuro rehab professional education courses & workshops teach you to
think different.
See below for upcoming events & curriculum options
UPCOMING COURSES & WORKSHOPS
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Looking to bring ZN Education to your team?
3-Day In-Person COURSE:
ZN Framework for SCI Rehab:
Exercise Selection & Execution
Learn the ZN Framework for Recovery, a new movement analysis system that quickly highlights disconnects and how fascial lines and floor-based exercises progressively build trunk stability, hip stability, and efficient gait patterns. This highly dynamic 3-day course offers the most comprehensive learning of my approach to SCI recovery.
This course is approved for 22 CEU’s through:
WORKSHOPS: bite-sized learning
Floor-based Training for
SCI & Neuro
Exercise progressions for at-home
& in-clinic programming
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Return to the foundations on the floor, facilitating the development of movement, strength, skill, and coordination in your SCI clients from the ground up.
We'll review positions, drills, transitions, and travels inspired by the motor development progression (MDP) and explore how to use this model as a template for building session plans while understanding a system for progression, regression, and customization to each client's needs.
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VIRTUAL Presentation: 4-hour
»Delivered over ZOOM, moving between PowerPoint/lecture and interactive movement experiences for the clinicians. I include A LOT of video of examples of my clients for deeper analysis and practical application.
In-Person Workshop: 4-hour OR Full Day/7-hour
»Bring me in for a highly dynamic in-person experience, moving between lecture, interactive movement experiences for the clinicians, and practical application/lab time with pre-arranged demo clients.
Working with High Tone in SCI & Neuro Clients
A Holistic Approach to Tone & Spasticity
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High neurological tone (also known as hypertonicity) is a frustrating side effect of spinal cord injury, both for the individual and for trainers to work with. Trainers are often stuck on how to “lift” this tone to expose true motor abilities and progress in function.
Traditional strategies for tone management are “band-aid solutions,” minimizing tone for a short period before it returns in (sometimes larger) full force. Is there a better way to address neurological tone at its roots for more lasting results?
This presentation explores the impact of trauma and the role of the autonomic nervous system in chronic neurological tone. Staff will experience for themselves the effects of Stephanie's curated “central nervous system soothers” and exercises she has found to mitigate and decrease global neurological tone for the long term.
inspired by the motor development progression (MDP) and explore how to use this model as a template for building session plans while understanding a system for progression, regression, and customization to each client's needs.
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In-Person Workshop: Full Day/7-hour
»Bring me in for a highly dynamic in-person experience, moving between lecture, interactive movement experiences for the clinicians, and practical application/lab time with pre-arranged demo clients.
Optimizing your Pilates Equipment
Equipment demonstrations & exercises for SCI
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Pilates equipment can be a game-changer for supporting your client’s movement discovery and development - if you know how to use it.
If you’re using your reformer as a glorified leg press machine or your trapeze table is just a staging area for other equipment, it’s time to learn more about how these pieces can value to your program.
This presentation teaches you about the features of pilates equipment, explores which clients are best suited for the different pieces and several exercises to build your confidence in actually using the equipment in real client sessions. Stephanie will guide staff in Pilates exercises for themselves on and off the equipment so they have a better understanding of what it feels like for their clients.
inspired by the motor development progression (MDP) and explore how to use this model as a template for building session plans while understanding a system for progression, regression, and customization to each client's needs.
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In-Person Workshop: Full Day/7-hour
»Bring me in for a highly dynamic in-person experience, moving between lecture, interactive movement experiences for the clinicians, and practical application/lab time with pre-arranged demo clients.
Self-paced Learning in
Online Courses & Workshops
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Understanding spinal cord injury
& getting started with SCI clientsWith a comprehensive exploration of potential motor and sensory abilities you may encounter, with video examples of REAL individuals with SCI, you’ll
know what to expect
when your new client with a [C5 ASIA B] SCI comes through the door.
Between an analysis of SCI-specific compensation patterns and a breakdown of common SCI client goals (how does someone drive with no leg movement?!), you’llfeel confidentsupporting your clients wherever they are in their movement journey.
We’ll also cover important safety considerations & secondary challenges unique to SCI so you are ready to address them if they ever come up. And if you’re hesitant about helping someone transfer out of their wheelchair onto your table, we’ve got that covered too.
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Learn more about this course here.
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Strategies to facilitate
deeper & lasting connectionsGain insight into best practices for programming, the neuroscience of motor learning & retention, effective cueing, and an introduction to fascial communication as it relates to integrating the body after a paralyzing injury.
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Learn more about this workshop here.
