About Course
Freezing of gait is one of the most challenging and disabling symptoms in Parkinson’s disease—often unpredictable, multifactorial, and resistant to medication.
This course is designed to equip Neuro and Rehabilitation Physiotherapists with the clinical tools and confidence to manage it effectively.
What you will learn
- Recognise freezing patterns and high-risk triggers in real time. Apply cueing strategies
- compensation, and gait training strategies tailored to specific scenarios,
- Manage dual-task interference and environmental challenges.
- Improve patient safety, mobility, and independence
Course Objectives
By the end of this session, participants will be able to
- Define freezing of gait and describe its clinical characteristics.
- Identify common triggers and phenotypes of FOG in Parkinson’s disease.
- Select appropriate assessment tools for FOG and apply evidence-informed physiotherapy strategies to manage FOG.
Who can enrol
- Physiotherapists
- Neurophysiotherapists
- Physiotherapy Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Rehabilitation therapists
- Occupational therapy
- assistants Physiotherapy students
Duration: 1hr
Dr Srishti Banerjee PT MPT ( Neurology)
Dr Srishti Banerjee is an accomplished physiotherapist with aMaster's in neurology. Her journey includes a BPT from Gujarat University and an MPT in Neurology. She's held roles as a Consultant Physiotherapist and Lecturer.
Dr Banerjee is an author of a book on peripheral nerve lesions and a chapter on aquatic therapy.
She's published original articles in various journals and explored topics like hamstring flexibility and the environmental impact of NSAIDs. Srishti is an online educator, offering MOOC courses on sustainable healthcare and shoulder dysfunction post-stroke.
She shares her insights through blogs on neuroplasticity and preoperative physiotherapy. As an author, shehas explored sleep disturbances in patients with spinal cord injury and the impact of COVID-19 on the nervous system.
She's also a one-page owner on Physiopedia. Through webinars, Srishti covers various topics, including mental health in physiotherapy and environmental sustainability. Her commitment to improving patient care and promoting sustainability in healthcare is evident in her work as an Assistant Professor L. J institute of Physiotherapy, LJ University.
Disclaimer: Our online physiotherapy CPD courses meet the criteria and guidelines for CPD (Continuing Professional Development). The CPD hours indicated on the certificate contribute towards fulfilling professional standards and requirements necessary for CPD audits conducted by the HCPC and AHPRA. These CPD hours are important for maintaining physiotherapy registration and ensuring compliance with the CPD audit and physiotherapy registration renewal processes. Our courses are recognized as valuable continuing education resources across the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and throughout Asia and the Middle East.
