305: How To Overcome The Fear Of Falls Training With Naomi Casiro

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of incorporating falls training into rehabilitation for individuals at risk of falls, particularly those with Parkinson's disease.

Do you work with people who have falls? Maybe you've seen that just training fall prevention isn't quite doing enough. In this episode hosts Erin Gallardo, PT, DPT, NCS and Claire McLean, PT, DPT, NCS talk with physiotherapist Naomi Casiro, founder of NeuroFit BC and creator of the Functional Movement and Falls training paradigm about why adding falls training to an overall balance plan is imperative. We explore why traditional fall prevention—focused mainly on prevention—has not been enough, and why a two-part approach that includes both prevention and explicit "how to fall" training is crucial, especially for people with Parkinson's disease and older adults who are still falling at high rates. Naomi explains how teaching patients to roll, dissipate force, and land safely allows therapists to challenge them more intensively and functionally in rehab, while also preserving autonomy and true informed choice around mobility and assistive devices. They discuss how falls training progresses from simple, low-level skills on the mat rather than immediately falling from standing, the importance of repetition (even for those with cognitive impairment), and the central role of addressing…

People in this episode

Hosts: Erin Gallardo, Claire McLean

Guest: Naomi Casiro

Topics covered

• falls training
• balance
• Parkinson's disease
• rehabilitation
• anxiety

Keywords

• fall prevention
• functional movement
• autonomy
• cognitive impairment

Mentioned in this episode

Products: NeuroFit BC

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