Let’s Keep Moving with APDA: Balance 101: Understanding Unsteadiness
Join us on April 7 for the first episode of a three-part series that will explore balance in Parkinson’s disease. In this interactive webinar, you’ll learn more about how PD impacts balance. This session will explore:
• Why balance changes occur
• What contributes to feelings of unsteadiness
• What specific aspects of balance are affected by Parkinson’s disease
This episode will give you a better understanding of balance, and prepare you to jump into future Let’s Keep Moving with APDA episodes about balance and fall risk interventions.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS
Timothy Nordahl, PT, DPT
Clinical Research Physical Therapist
Dr. Nordahl is a physical therapist at the Boston University Center for Neurorehabilitation, where he provides patient care and participates in research and education activities with persons with Parkinson disease and related movement disorders. Prior to joining the Center for Neurorehabilitation, he was a senior physical therapist at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, where he provided physical therapy to patients with vestibular and balance disorders, musculoskeletal conditions, and a variety of other neurologic conditions. Tim has completed the American Physical Therapy Association’s Vestibular Rehabilitation competency course and is a board-certified specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy. He is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy. He received his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Boston University in 2011 and has served as a lab instructor of the Doctorate of Physical Therapy programs at Boston University and the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions.
Teresa Baker PT, DPT
Dr. Baker is a physical therapist at the Center for Neurorehabilitation where she provides clinical care and participates in research and educational activities with persons with Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders. She was previously an Advanced Physical Therapist at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital’s Outpatient Center in Medford, MA, an outpatient center within the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital network. She has worked in the Spaulding system as a Physical Therapist since 2007, providing clinical care to outpatients treating a variety of diagnoses. She specializes in neurology with a special interest in vestibular rehab. Teresa has completed the American Physical Therapy Association Vestibular Rehabilitation competency course. Teresa is a lab instructor at MGH Institute of Health Professions for courses Clinical Management of Neuromuscular Disorders I and II. Teresa received her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from MGH Institute of Health Professions in 2007. She is also a board certified specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy and a member of the American Physical Therapy Association. Teresa enjoys traveling and yoga.