Let’s Keep Moving With APDA: Selecting the Right Walking Aide
With special guest Teresa Baker, PT, DPT, and moderated by Sara Zoeller, PT, DPT
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Join us today, October 28, at 1:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT for the continuation of the Let’s Keep Moving with APDA series, where the experts will discuss important considerations to keep in mind when selecting the right walking aide for your needs and lifestyle, and share practical information to help make walking safer, more comfortable, and less stressful.
Stay tuned and get your questions answered live during the program!
How to Watch
The embedded YouTube video above should auto-play at the start of the broadcast. Click the volume icon to unmute or adjust the volume. If you’d like to participate in the Live Chat and submit questions for the Q&A, please join us on YouTube and sign in to your Google/YouTube account to participate in the conversation. You can watch on your computer, phone, tablet, or TV using your preferred website browser or the YouTube App. Join now to get settled, adjust the volume, and say hello to the APDA staff and community members in the Live Chat.
How to Participate in the Live Chat
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About Our Guests
DR. TERESA BAKER, PRESENTER
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.
DR. SARA ZOELLER, MODERATOR
Dr. Zoeller is a physical therapist at Boston University’s Center for Neurorehabilitation where she provides clinical care to people with neurologic conditions with a focus in Parkinson disease. In her role at Boston University, she also participates in research, teaching, and mentoring within the neurologic physical therapy residency program. Before working at the Center for Neurorehabilitation, she worked for 10 years at Spaulding Rehabilitation outpatient center in Medford, where she treated patients with varied neurologic conditions and enjoyed leading exercise and adaptive sports groups. She earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Boston University in 2012, completed the Boston University Neurologic Physical Therapy Residency from 2012 to 2013, and became a board-certified neurologic clinical specialist in 2014 (recertified in 2024). Sara is currently the secretary and education coordinator of the American Physical Therapy Association’s Degenerative Diseases Special Interest Group.