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Working with & Challenging Older Clients $59.00 USD Register Now $39.00 USD Forever Members enjoy early access, special pricing, and no expiration dates! If you’d like to take advantage of this special price, please add Forever Access here and then come back to this page to make your purchase. (If you have Forever Access - make sure you are logged in to make this pricing available.) NPCP CECS 3 until 11/10/2023


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Description

Confused about how to best serve your older clients? Not after this workshop! Join Erica Bell and her client of 7 years as they show you how to effectively work with and challenge older clients.

Working with older clients can be one of the most rewarding experiences a teacher can have - but it can also be overwhelming if you don’t have a lot of experience with this population. They have special needs to consider (like arthritic joints or joint replacements), and their goals will likely be much different than younger clients (they are going to care more about being able to get up and down from the floor to play with their grandchildren vs. acquiring chiseled abs). Once you understand more about the aging process and how this affects exercise, you’ll be able to see why our approach to working with these clients should be more nuanced and tailored specifically to helping counteract age-related changes such as loss of muscle mass & joint cushioning.

Erica offers straightforward, actionable, and simple tips for addressing age-related changes via the Pilates method in conjunction with the integration of functional movement and specific exercises to address issues such as balance, neuropathy, and joint pain. This workshop is also great for increasing your understanding of how to work with injuries presenting in clients of any age.

Objectives

  • Learn the physiological changes that occur in the aging process and how those can affect exercise
  • Learn the limitations/injuries/issues you might encounter and appropriate modifications
  • Understand the focus points/programming objectives for this population
  • Comprehend how the limitations & programming objectives inform workout structure & exercise selection


Concepts & Techniques

  • How to adapt traditional Pilates exercises to an older population
  • How to program workouts that are safe and effective while still being challenging

Props & Equipment Used

  • Balls
  • Chair
  • Mat
  • Reformer
  • Trap/Cad
  • Bosu (not required)
  • Naboso Mat (not required)
  • Massage Gun (not required)

Workshop Level

  • Beginner


Duration & Access

This workshop is  approximately 2.5 hours  long and you have 30 days of access.
(No expiration for Forever Access Members)
 
 

About Erica Bell

Erica is the owner of an at capacity & wait-listed home studio in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. In her past 9 years of teaching, she’s worked with clients of all backgrounds from the sup... Find Out More Other Workshops by Erica Bell

Feedback on Working with & Challenging Older Clients by Erica Bell

" This workshop was so helpful! I too have aging clients with hip, knee and shoulder issues as well as balance issues. I will be incorporating many of the moves that were introduced in this workshop. Thank you! "

Nancy S

" Great comprehensive workshop. I think this would be a great workshop for all new Pilates instructors. "

Heather R

" Excellent workshop! Organized and well presented "

Courtney J

" This was great. Thank you for the ideas. "

Natalie W

" Great. amazing ideas.Thanks very much. "

Lucy H

" Thank you Erica for this great workshop. I specially apreciate the pdf notes and all the deverse ideas to practise. It going to be very useful for me and my older clients. "

Patricia G

" very informative and useful tips for working with older adults "

Barbara S

" very helpful and i have more exercises to put in my \"toolbox\" "

Barbara S

" Wonderful workshop. Some really helpful exercises and modifications for my aging clients. "

Caitlin H

   

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