Live: July 15, 2026 @ 7:00 pm CST / 8:00 pm EST

Recording available after event

Webinar Description

Falls in older adults are complex—and preventing them requires more than isolated balance exercises. This webinar offers a practical, movement-based approach to fall prevention that helps physical therapists identify meaningful risk factors, design functional challenges, and build patient confidence in real-world situations.

Through video analysis and case examples, participants will learn how to assess fall risk by looking at movement quality, task demands, and the environment together. Simple, easy-to-reference checklists will be provided to support clinical decision-making related to fall risk and balance challenge, with guidance on how to integrate these tools into everyday treatment sessions.

This session emphasizes actionable strategies that can be applied immediately across settings, using functional tasks that matter to patients and support safe, confident mobility beyond the clinic.

Learning Objectives

  • Analyze fall risk in older adults by integrating movement patterns, task demands, and environmental influences.

  • Design functional, task-specific balance interventions that reflect real-world fall scenarios.

  • Integrate environmental strategies to safely increase challenge while maintaining patient safety.

  • Prioritize confidence-building strategies within balance and mobility training to support carryover to home and community settings.

Presenter

J.J. Mowder-Tinney

PT, PhD, NCS, CSRS, CEEAA

Dr. J.J. Mowder-Tinney, PT, PhD, NCS, CSRS, CEEAA is a neurologic physical therapist, educator, and international speaker with over 30 years of clinical experience and more than two decades in academic and professional education. She is board-certified as a Neurologic Clinical Specialist and holds advanced certifications in stroke rehabilitation and aging adult exercise. In 2017, she received the Award for Excellence in Neurologic Education from the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association. Dr. Mowder-Tinney is a MedBridge instructor and host of the NeuroNavigators podcast, where she supports clinicians in translating neurorehabilitation research into practical, real-world treatment strategies. Through her consulting company, Mowder Consulting, she provides continuing education, mentoring, and on-site training for rehabilitation teams, with a focus on balance, gait, postural control, and functional mobility across the continuum of care.