Seeking Balance

Cost: $50

Dates

• Wed., March 5 & 12, 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.

Time: 11:00 AM

Location: In person: On campus

With Sarah Landis, Physical Therapist & Biomechanist, & Justus Ortega, PhD, Cal Poly Humboldt Biomechanics Lab:

Do you feel like you might be losing your ability to balance? Would you like to have your balance assessed? Join Dr. Ortega and his team from the Cal Poly Humboldt Biomechanics Lab for a day of balance and fall risk assessment. During the first meeting, the lab team will use a force-sensing platform and a series of stationary and dynamic balance tests to help determine your postural stability. OLLI members will be individually assessed and given personal results. The following week, Dr. Ortega and Dr. Landis, PT, will meet with the full class to discuss the implications of reduced balance and provide strategies for improving stability and reducing the risk of falls. 

Register by February 28.

Class is full.

Sarah Landis

Sarah Landis, PT, MS, WCS is the director of the Biomechanics Lab at Cal Poly Humboldt, and works to help students and community members learn about the limits of stability and how to decrease falls. Her research is centered around rural fall risk and helping seniors stay independent for as long as possible.

Justus Ortega