Movement Pattern Restoration: Energy, Flow and Symmetry of Gait – Michel (Shelly) Denes

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When you have a patient that is just not responding to treatment, it can make you feel hopeless.

And when those patients are in a state of disuse combined with their sedentary lifestyle, the CNS adapts and they lose even more mobility.

With the boomers getting older, you’re only going to see an increase over the next few years which is why CMS has pushed so hard on fall reduction programs. Gait deviations lead to issues throughout all aspects of life.

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• Quickly pinpoint asymmetries
• Correct gait compensations
• Combine proprioception and neuroplasticity for improved outcomes

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1. Analyze gait from the perspective of its’ energy, flow and symmetry.
2. Inspect how proprioception affects movement and movement pattern restoration.
3. Integrate multiple approaches for better outcomes, including balance and gait training, and neuromuscular re-education.
4. Appraise using therapeutics that enhance proprioception, resistance, assistance and a combination of all of these to address patients with gait, balance, mobility and chronic pain issues.
5. Determine the influence of the VOR (Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex) on gait, movement and balance.
6. Assess integrating Amy Cuddy’s power poses as an effective intervention in the treatment of gait, balance and pain disorders.

The Gait Cycle & Biomechanics

• Dynamic motor control
• Drivers of gait
• Quick, natural gait data collection
• Best practices in assessment
• Gait & Fall risk assessments

Movement Gone Astray: Gait Challenges

• Proprioception’s role in gait and movement
• Pain with movement and gait
• No fluidity
• Foot drop
• Antalgic gait
• Trendelenburg gait
• Spasticity and ataxia issues
• Stair and curb negotiation
• Inconsistent stride length, cadence or path of travel
• Decreased proprioceptive feedback post-op or post-injury
• Fear of falling
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Muscle weakness

System Framework for Postural Control

• Balance strategies for ankle, hip and stepping
• Restore somatosensory input
• Remapping the brain – neuroplasticity
• Incorporate the vestibular system
• Clinical symptoms of fatigue
• Amy Cuddy’s power poses & posture

In Action: Common Conditions and Diagnoses with Gait Challenges

• TBI
• Stroke
• Chronic pain
• MS
• Lower extremity amputations and prosthetics
• Parkinson’s disease
• Spinal cord injury
• Amputees

Functional Exercise and Gait Training and Tactical Interventions

• Perturbation based training
• Footwear selection
• Orthotics
• NewGait harness
• Proprioceptive interventions