This course covers the physiological challenges that people living with MS face when trying to exercise. You will learn how to manage fatigue, neuromuscular fatigue, heat sensitivity, and temporary symptom exacerbation. More importantly, this course will provide you with practical gait rehab knowledge that you can immediately incorporate into clinical practice. Providing comprehensive teaching for all mobility levels, from the minimally impaired to those only able to walk a few steps with an aide. The education is delivered via a combination of lectures, group case study work and practical demonstrations.

On completion of this 1 day practical course you will be able to:

• Provide safe exercise volumes and intensities for people living with MS throughout the disease course
• Educate and support people living with MS to proactively manage fatigue, neuromuscular fatigue and heat sensitivity
• Identify common gait impairments present in MS throughout the disease course
• Provide a range of practical treatment strategies to improve functional mobility
• Be confident in delivering rehabilitation from high functioning to assisted mobility
• Understand what causes knee hyperextension and how to treat it effectively
• Understand what causes foot drop and how to treat it effectively

While this course is centered on multiple sclerosis, the skills you acquire can be applied to treating common gait impairments in neurological rehabilitation.

1. You must hold a current health professional registration and insurance
2. This course is suitable for physiotherapists, occupational therapists and exercise physiologists
3. All participants have to complete the compulsory online webinar prior to attending the practical 1-day course.
4. It is strongly recommended to complete the MS Get a Head Start health professional course prior to attending but this is not compulsory