Welcome to The Occupational Therapy Practitioner's Guide to Posture!

I am so happy you are taking this course! We have a posture crisis in our society that is affecting our health, function, and safety. I am confident you will learn so much as you move through this course that will apply to you, your family, your friends and your clients!

Learning objectives:

• Critically evaluate current evidence linking posture with overall health and functional performance in occupational therapy practice.
• Implement objective methodologies for posture assessment, enhancing clinical documentation, goal setting, and intervention planning.

Here's what you'll learn in this course:

• How to differentiate between posture and body alignment.
• Understand how posture influences health, safety, and function.
• Complete a self-assessment of your current posture and body alignment to help you be a great role model for your patients and sharpen your assessment skills.
• How to assess and adjust environmental influences on posture.
• How to help your patients develop a positive mindset about posture.
• How to incorporate movement into daily life that improves posture.
• Create a plan for improving any posture or body alignment issue.

I have been working diligently for the past decade on improving my posture and mobility. I consider this effort an investment in having a long functional health span!