Balance Bingo! with Dr. Naseem Chatiwala (Online)

Maintaining balance (whether stationary or moving) is a skill that incorporates interaction between many systems of our human body. Because balance is so complex, a multidimensional tailored exercise program is needed to address and improve it. When you feel balanced and steady it empowers you to do more throughout the day and reduces your fear of falls. The class includes domains of sensory system, posture, strength, flexibility, coordination, dual task (like walking and talking), vestibular, aerobic capacity, anticipatory, reactive and adaptive forms of balance to fulfill needs of older adults without any neurological deficits and those who may have neurological deficits like Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke, Parkinson’s, Concussion/ Traumatic Brain Injury and Vestibular Disorders. Participants move at their own pace while slowly trying to progress to challenging exercises.

Location

Online Class
Streamed to your computer


instructor

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Naseem Chatiwala

Naseem Chatiwala is founder and owner of Rehab Health360. As a board-certified neuro clinical specialist and a certified vestibular clinical specialist with over 20 years of experience as a physical therapist treating a variety of complex neuro diagnosis, she was instrumental in developing the neuro and concussion program at The Clough Family Center for Rehabilitative and Sports Therapies and helped develop guidelines for its balance clinic, vestibular screening, baseline testing, return to play, and graded exercise protocols. Ms. Chatiwala is an adjunct faculty at the MGH Institute of Health Professions and the UMass Lowell physical therapy program and a course developer and instructor through Summit Professional Education, where she teaches continuing education courses on stroke and vestibular rehabilitation. Ms. Chatiwala has presented at various conferences and was awarded the 2019 Excellence in Education at the Emerson Rehab annual awards. She is the co-author of "Utilization of Physical Therapy Process of Care and Psychosocial Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Therapist" that was recently published in the prestigious Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal.