Ann Rahmann - Older Adults, Vestibular, Aquatic Rehab

Ann is the ultimate clinical expert with decades of clinical experience and a desire to keep bettering herself time and time again. Her latest venture is in the APA Gerontology fellowship specialisation training program. She already has her PhD, a Grad Cert in Physio and is an APA Titled Gerontological Physio. She has held multiple academic university and clinical lead roles, and is on the faculty for Vestibular Education Australia. Her clinical passions are older adult, vestibular and aquatic rehabilitation and this episode does not disappoint on any of those fronts.4:01 - Career pathway8:10 - Juggling part time roles9:20 - Current role10:25 - Under-dosing exercise in older adults14:00 - Patient beliefs, anxieties and our role17:30 - Risk aversion in hospital23:10 - How Ann maximises therapy in her unit24:50 - Hydrotherapy for older adults29:10 - Registrar training for APA Fellowship36:50 - Driving clinician level research43:35 - Importance of vestibular "phone a friend"45:10 - Central vestibular dysfunction48:10 - Tips for teaching vestibular pathophysiology54:10 - Ann's vestibular coursesLinksemail: [email protected]@AnnRahmPT6 day vestibular competency course2 day introduction to vestibular courseLike our podcast and want to support us?Share the show with your friends & colleagues, give us a rating on your podcast platform or Buy us a coffee. Matt & Erin run the podcast out of their own time and resources. We'd love to update our recording equipment & cover our podcast publishing costs. Buy us a coffee if you can.

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