Date: Saturday, October 25th and Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Check-In Time(s): 7:30am-8:00am
Class Time(s): Day One, 8:00am-4:00pm; Day Two, 8:00am-12:00pm
Location: Ridges Education Center; Willow B

Speaker(s):
Elizabeth Smith, PT, ATC, ACSM Health Fitness Instructor, CSCS She brings more than 17 years of physical therapy experience in outpatient orthopedic and sports medicine rehabilitation with specializations in spine care, running injuries, core training and obstetric-gynecologic physical therapy. A certified Stott Pilates mat/Reformer instructor, Smith is president of Body in Balance, Inc., which offers personal training, consulting and Pilates-based continuing education courses for health care professionals. She is a fitness instructor at Lifetime Fitness and brings seven years of experience teaching fitness classes including Pilates, Reebok Core Board, and fitness yoga. She is co-author numerous book chapters, publications on the topics of aging and sport and co-author of the book, Pilates for Rehab.
Kristin Smith, CFT, ACSM Health Fitness Instructor, MAT Specialist Kristin specializes in post-rehabilitation, sports performance and core stabilization, and is a certified Muscle Activation Technique specialist. She is a frequent lecturer for Pilates-based continuing education courses for health professionals. As president of KAS Fitness Training, she is a certified STOTT Pilates instructor in mat and reformer and teaches wide-ranging fitness classes that include Reebok Core Board, BOSU, Pilates and resistance training. Smith is a frequent lecturer on Pilates, mind body, and fitness topics and has authored numerous articles on the same. She is co-author of the book, Pilates for Rehab.

Course Description:
Increasingly, rehabilitation therapists and assistants are turning to Pilates to enhance their patient outcomes. Pilates exercise strengthens the "powerhouse" of the body: abdomen, low-back, gluteals and hamstrings, and promotes balance and extremity stabilization through dynamic exercises that focus on scapular control, neutral cervical spine, pelvic alignment, rib cage placement and breathing. In this interactive, movement-oriented course, participants will learn patient-appropriate Pilates mat exercises that help to increase proprioceptive skills, enhance functional rehabilitation, improve neuromuscular re-education, correct compensatory strategies effecting lumbo-pelvic stabilization, and develop patient education skills that include use of visual imagery to correct faulty muscle patterns. Class participants will complete 12 hours of Pilates mat training and instruction, and learn techniques that are applicable in any physical therapy setting. Coursework includes homework, case studies, and exercise variations and modifications using equipment.
*This course is eligible for AOTA and APTA Approved Provider credit. The assignment of AOTA or APTA CEU's does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products or clinical procedures by AOTA or APTA.*

Course Objectives:
On completion of course the participants will be able to:
1. Understand basic Pilates methodology and Pilates principles to enhance clinical applications in functional rehabilitation and injury.
2. Learn selected Pilates mat exercises, including breakdown of exercises and modifications. Learn to use equipment in application with Pilates principles and exercises to improve neuromuscular re-education.
3. Identify pelvic position, muscular/spinal movement sequencing, and describe type of muscle contractions occurring during selected mat exercises.
4. Identify muscle imbalances associated with faulty postures and identify compensatory strategies effecting lumbo-pelvic stabilization.
5. Design a mat program for patients based on postural assessment-identified muscle imbalances.
6. Develop teaching skills, including visual imagery, cueing to correct faulty movement and muscle recruitment patterns, and effective communication with patient.
7. Understand the fundamentals of primary and secondary muscle stabilization and core strength, and how stabilization impacts overall movement.

Course Agenda:
Day One 
7:30-8:00 Registration
8:00-8:30 Self Introductions, introductions, and course overview
8:30-9:15 Introduction to Pilates Methodology and Principles to enhance clinical application in functional rehabilitation and injury
9:15-10:00 Skills Lab: Practice Pilates Principles/Warm up in pairs and identify faulty movement and muscle recruitment patterns
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:00 Teach Essential Exercises
11:00-11:30 Skills Lab: Practice exercises in pairs; use visual imagery and identify faulty movement and muscle recruitment patterns
11:30-12:00 Exercises: Spine Flexion
12:00-12:30 Skills Lab: Practice exercises in pairs; use visual imagery and identify faulty movement and muscle recruitment patterns
12:30-1:15 Lunch
1:15-1:45 Instructor warm-up, review principles/mat exercises through experiential movement and visual imagery
1:45-2:15 Identifying Postural Imbalances Functional Assessments
2:15-2:45 Skills Lab: Identification of faulty postures and muscle imbalances with postural assessment on partners
2:45-3:15 Exercises: Spine Extension
3:15-3:45 Skills Lab: Practice exercises in pairs
3:45-4:00 Homework, case studies, review of next day 
Day Two 
8:00-8:30 Instructor Warm-up
8:30-9:15 Case Studies: Application of Pilates Principles and Exercises into Rehabilitation Programs: Small group discussion
9:15 -9:45 Exercises: Hip
9:45 -10:15 Skills Lab: Practice exercises in pairs; use visual imagery and identify faulty movement and muscle recruitment patterns
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 Exercises: Shoulder Girdle
11:00 -11:30 Skills Lab: Practice exercises in pairs; use visual imagery and identify faulty movement and muscle recruitment patterns
11:30-11:50 Review homework and case studies
11:50-Noon Q and A, Resources, Evaluation