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Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) 101
This course reviews the basic physiological concepts of SCI clients and prepares trainers for future modalities classes and one-on-one interaction with clients. This course will include information on bowel and bladder issues, circulatory and pulmonary concerns, skin issues, bones density, thermoregulation, medications, and neuropathic pain associated with a spinal cord injury. |
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Introduction to The Dardzinski Method®
This course introduces trainers to the theory behind The Dardzinski Method and will take them through the Five Phases of Recovery that SCI clients go through while they are in Project Walk’s exercise-based recovery program. |
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Safety
This course covers proper safety techniques and concerns when training SCI clients. Trainers will review proper safety techniques for variety of apparatuses and exercise positions. |
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Active Nervous System Recruitment I
Active Nervous System Recruitment™ (ANSR) is the most important tool used in Project Walk’s recovery program and also requires the most training to effectively learn. Trainers can use ANSR to stimulate a client’s nervous system in various positions and sequencing. ANSR can be implemented with no equipment and can allow for free flowing and easily adaptable workouts for your clients. This class will specifically address the client with a dysfunctional nervous system and how a trainer can reorganize and illicit the proper responses he/she needs in order to create voluntary muscle contraction and joint stability. |
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Total Gym I
Trainers are taught the fundamentals of incorporating the Total Gym® into their client’s workouts. The Total Gym is one of the few pieces of equipment that can be used throughout every phase of recovery and can be beneficial to clients from the first day they begin their recovery. |
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Hands and Knees
Project Walk believes that the recovery process should include developmental movement patterns in order for a client to progress through their recovery program. Hands and knees exercises will improve joint stability, core strength, and coordination for clients at all phases of recovery. The hands and knees exercises can also be applied to elbows and knees for C-level clients. |
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Phases I-V Introduction
There are five phases every client goes through during their recovery from a spinal cord injury. At the Carlsbad center, there are clients in every phase of recovery, some of which overlap. This course will give trainers an overview of each stage, what traits a client may possess during these stages, and training tips for each stage of recovery. This class will also give trainers a better understanding of how to create and adapt training programs as clients’ progress through their recovery. |
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Reducing Spasm and Tone without Medication
This course is designed by the founder of Project Walk, Ted Dardzinski. Through this course you will be given insight into the secret behind The Dardzinski Method of treating spasms and tone without medication. This treatment option could mean a life free of pain and spasm medication and allow the client to take control of their body and ultimately improve their quality of life. There is no guarantee that clients will regain function, but the vast majority of our clients who have participated in our program for over a year have reduced or eliminated all of their spasm and pain medications while increasing their muscle mass and bone density. |
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Client Evaluations
This course provides trainers with the foundation to begin their client recovery tracking. You will be trained how to conduct a client evaluation using both the Developmental Activity Scale™ (DAS™) and a muscle function test. The DAS is one of two tools used at Project Walk to aid both SCI REcovery Specialists and clients in the tracking of a client’s recovery and categorize their ability level. |
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Core Strength Training I
This course introduces the basic techniques Project Walk Recovery Specialists use with clients in phases I through III of their recovery. The workouts address core strength, endurance, range of motion, coordination, and stabilization while a client is either standing, sitting or lying down. |
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Upper Body Strength Training I
In this course trainers are introduced to upper body strength training that is similar to traditional weight training exercises but are modified for SCI clients’ special needs. |
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Wall Routine
The wall routine helps to develop correct posture which will help with advanced skills like sitting, standing, and walking. This is a very important tool that should be used consistently in all training programs and phases of recovery. |
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Kneeling I
Kneeling can be used for both T-level and C-level clients at all phases of recovery to strengthen their entire body or to specifically target the lower body. This course will give you the basic skills and knowledge to implement a kneeling routine with your clients. |
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Standing
This course emphasizes how to modify equipment in order to help a client in Phases I through III stand and possibly perform a variety of exercises. The equipment used for this class includes the standing frame, a balance bar, squat rack, and Total Gym. Areas of hip flexion, stability, coordination, core strength and upper body strength will be addressed while the client is standing. The course will also review the mental and physical benefits of standing. |
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Spin Bike
This course will introduce you to an effective form of gait training that engages clients at various levels of recovery. You will learn how someone without concentric contractions of the hips and legs can pedal a bike, benefits of this training, and who should refrain from it. |
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Phase IV- V Gait Training I
This course will train you to work with clients whose nervous system is no longer dysfunctional but still developing. These clients have the ability to move and control their legs and arms, but do not have the strength or coordination to walk on their own with an assistive device. You will be exposed to various training techniques specific to muscle coordination and function along with the suggested modalities and symptoms of a Phase IV client. |
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Active Nervous System Recruitment II
The specific focus of ANSR for clients in Phases IV and V is primarily coordination. Most clients in these phases are still dealing with a developing nervous system and need specific coordinated movements and the guidance of a trainer who has worked with clients in all phases of recovery. ANSR for these phases helps the body prepare for larger more dynamic movements in the workout. |
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Total Gym II
The Total Gym is a versatile piece of equipment that can be used in Phases III through V because of its safe and controlled nature. Trainers will be taught how to create dynamic movements on the Total Gym and proper sequencing for clients to learn coordination, balance and improving gait patterns. |
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Core Strength Training II
Core strength training in Phases IV and V mirror traditional workouts for able-bodied clients. They include more dynamic sequences with the client in a vertical position which will require the client to use both coordination and stabilization of their entire body, not just their core muscles. This class will help you target specific muscle groups in what is still a developing nervous system. |
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Kneeling II
This course is designed to teach trainers how to work with clients in Phases III through V or for clients who have exceptional upper body and core strength that allow them to stay in a kneeling position without the assistance of a trainer. Advanced balancing and coordination positions will be taught. The use of additional equipment will be presented in this course. |
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Upper Body Strength Training II
Clients in Phases IV and V require an advanced set of upper body strength training exercises because of the need to incorporate the lower body and core strength. You will learn how to incorporate the lower body during a primarily upper body workout. |
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Physioball
This course teaches trainers to use a physioball for clients in Phases III through V. Most trainers understand how to apply physioball training with able-bodied clients but this class will help you modify activities for client’s various phases of recovery. |
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Pilates Reformer
The Pilates Reformer is very versatile and will allow you to train clients in different planes of movement while in different positions (prone, supine, sitting, standing and kneeling). The course will present you with the various benefits of the reformer, safety concerns, and workout routines for a variety of clients. |
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Adductor Machine
This course will show you how this common piece of gym equipment can be used to train SCI clients. Trainers will learn to target core stability, lower body strength, and upper body strength. You will finish this course with a complete understanding of the benefits of the adductor machine and SCI along with safety concerns associated with it. |
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Seated Calf Machine
The seated calf machine aides the client in achieving and maintaining an anterior tilt in their pelvis by putting a stretch on the calves and pressure on to the hip flexors, giving nervous system feedback and closing the chain throughout the body. Exercises which may be performed in the calf machine include sit-ups over a BOSU® with the assistance of resistance cables, rows using resistance cables, seated upper body balance/coordination exercises, or any combination of the previously mentioned. |
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Phase IV-V Gait Training II
This course teaches trainers how to use a traditional weighted pulley system to create movement throughout the client’s hip and lower leg, while advanced clients can use it to control movements and stimulate the small muscles deep inside the body. Emphasis will be on what types of clients should be trained on this equipment, safety concerns and the benefits of such training. |
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