CyberPT Physical Therapy Forum : client with cerebellar ataxia http://www.cyberpt.com/ptforum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 03 May 2026 05:24:07 +0000 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:39:59 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.03 360 www.cyberpt.com/ptforum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=981 <![CDATA[CyberPT Physical Therapy Forum]]> http://www.cyberpt.com/ptforum/forum_images/pt_logo.gif http://www.cyberpt.com/ptforum/ <![CDATA[client with cerebellar ataxia : Our user asked: &#034;I am a personal...]]> http://www.cyberpt.com/ptforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=981&PID=1350&title=client-with-cerebellar-ataxia#1350 Author: Ask a PT
Subject: 981
Posted: Apr 25 2012 at 10:39pm

Our user asked: "I am a personal trainer and I have a client with cerebellar ataxia. She has some trouble with balance. Currently I am strengthening her gluteus, hamstrings, quads, core and back and working on balance and proprioception splitting her session to do a half hour of each. Is there anything else I should be focusing on with her. Do you have any other suggestions?"

Ask a PT Response: "It sounds like you are doing the right things. For patients with this condition, I would determine the functional deficits he or she may be experiencing and break up that task into parts in the beginning and progress to the entire task once the patient is able to (ie. hip flex/marching -> step up/down fwd on 1 step with support -> step up/down without support on 1 step -> step up/down multiple steps with step to pattern with support -> step up/down multiple steps with reciprocal pattern with support, etc."
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