Today we’re talking to one of our NeuroSpark members, Joy Cochran.  Joy founded JOY Explorations in 2021 to help bridge the gap between discharge from the mainstream healthcare system and integration back into the community.  Her vision is to empower clients, specifically adults with neurologic co...

Claire shares insights from an educational session held at Rogue on trekking poles.  She shares why clients may want to use trekking poles, who they are good for, how they can be used to optimize fitness and wellness, how they help improve coordination and posture, and more.

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We’re growing the support inside NeuroSpark!  We are niching down our support for members who work with people with Parkinson’s.  This summer we will start providing a Parkinson’s specific group for professionals to attend for ideas, biz tips, support and more!  Listen while we talk about our brai...

In today’s show we talk about our favorite way to learn and the exciting topics to come up over the next quadrimester in NeuroSpark Membership.  We’ll be exploring deeper into the ever-challenging topic of spasticity, movement analysis, circuit and HIIT exercises for clients, patient cases, vestib...

On today’s show we interview Carol-Ann Nelson, founder of Destination Rehab (501c3) in 2016 to address the isolation and lack of outdoor recreation for adults with neurologic conditions. Carol-Ann talks about the gap that she saw for patients after they finished rehab and found themselves rarely l...

Group classes are different since COVID.  We’re excited people are able to start returning to in person groups but creative ideas are needed to do circuit classes to keep everyone safe.  We’re also noticing the levels people are at after a year of exercising virtually on Zoom, which is interesting...

Why are we doing this? What’s it all for? Do we look like we are doing EVERYTHING? Why does NeuroCollaborative exist and how do we know when we are successful?  

In today’s episode we talk about our mission and vision, what we are against in healthcare culture, and what we value.  We also discuss...

Sarrisa Curry is founder, president and head coach of the Parkinson’s Exercise and Wellness Center, a 501c3 organization dedicated to the Parkinson’s community of the Kansas City area. Learn the story of how being involved in the fitness world led Sarrisa to follow an intuitive nudge of working wi...

Today we continue our nonprofit highlights with Rebecca Bliss and Susan Saenger.  We will learn more about their unique nonprofit business model and set up. They offer free PD exercise classes in Durham, NC through the Parkinson’s Movement Initiative, which operates under the American Dance Festiv...

Today we talk to Tiffany Piquillioud, PT, DPT, NCS who runs the Challenge Center, a non-profit that helps seniors and individuals with disabilities get skilled therapy and adaptive fitness services in the San Diego, CA area.

She joined the Challenge Center 18 years ago. It started as a fitness ce...

In today’s show we talk about what you need to know about documenting wellness as well as what to say in that difficult conversation with your clients so they can understand the difference between wellness and therapy.  We’ll also let you know what you need to know in order to start a wellness pro...

In today’s show we discuss why neuro wellness is a critical component of your client’s health journey and how to really differentiate it from therapy.  We discuss the most confusing components of wellness vs therapy to help bring you some clarity on the topic so you can move forward with providing...