Full-Day (7-hour) In-Person Workshop

or 4-hour VIRTUAL PRESENTATION

Floor-based Training

for SCI & Neuro Clients

Exercise progressions for at-home and in-clinic programming

What do you do when a client pops into your schedule and you don’t have time to plan their session?

How can we make programming easy for new trainers?

Is there a way to organize exercises into an effective and progressive system?

If only there was a template or an exercise protocol to follow…

Workshop Curriculum

The motor development progression (MDP) offers us a program template that can easily be modified for each individual, saving you time and energy when programming for clients.

  • The basic exercises are tried and true: it’s the same movement progression you used as a child to learn how to walk and move!

    Participants will learn the value of MDP and floor-based exercises as they pertain to recovery after SCI. 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.

  • With equal parts lecture and lab, we’ll explore each technique and exercise with traditional presentation slides, interactive clinician movement experiences and video examples of real SCI clients.

    For in-person workshops: We’ll see the magic unfold in your arranged demo clients in the afternoon.

  • The aim of this ground-up approach is for clients to develop movement patterns, stability, mobility, and strength all proportionally, rather than over-using certain areas and neglecting others.

    Your team will finish feeling confident in the trajectory of their rehab programming and have several exercises to assign to clients for their at-home programs/HEP.

  • This workshop is offered as a

    • 4-hour remote presentation, or

    • Full-day in-person workshop

    …privately booked for your team.

  • 4-hour remote presentations come with:

    • PDF handout

    In-Person workshops come with:

    • A copy of FGTU for your staff resource library

    • ZN Squish Ball for each participant

    • Printed handouts for each participant

FAQs

Changing the paradigm on SCI rehab:

We’re all in this together.

  • Let’s do it! for all the options and pricing. Check out the hosting information webpage here for all the options and pricing. When you’re ready, submit a formal inquiry on that page.

  • Short answer, no.

    The full-day format allows enough time for concept introduction, theory, personal experience with the material and practical application with REAL demo clients. We definitely need a full day to cover all of this!

    Most often the feedback on this workshop is that people want MORE time…

  • For OPEN Workshops: no - the curriculum is set as advertised on the website so community participants know what to expect.

    For PRIVATE Workshops: Yes, we’ll work off our base curriculum to place an extra emphasis on the areas you are looking to develop. For example, if you are interested in programming specific for cervical level SCI clients, we’ll spend our time discussing this subset of your clientele and select cervical level demo clients for the lab time.

    For more information on the differences between OPEN and PRIVATE events, visit the hosting information webpage here.

  • Typically, no. This presentation is designed for LIVE interaction. Let's coordinate a time when the entire team can attend!

    *For remote presentations (Floor-Based Training Workshop only), team members can zoom in remotely.

  • Unfortunately, no. However we can provide certificates of completion for each of your staff to submit for review directly to their board.

  • Absolutely, in fact, I encourage it!

    Usually we have practical application with demo clients during the second half of the workshop.

    I request that all demo clients submit an intake/application. Learn more about demo clients here.

  • Your team will receive a PDF handout outlining the main concepts of the workshop.

  • For Floor-Based Training Workshop only.

    Over Zoom! Since 2020, I’ve been coaching individuals with SCI and practitioners remotely with surprising success.

    I include A LOT of video of examples of my clients for deeper analysis and practical application.

    I recommend broadcasting the presentation from a large screen with an additional pass-around microphone to ask individual questions.

    Upon booking, I'll send over a guide to help you prepare your space and tech.