Professional development / career
Working as a nurse 1973 – 1974 (Orthopaedics, Hagen, Germany)
Physiotherapist 1977 – 1978 (Rheumatology, Bad Abbach, Germany)
Physiotherapist 1978 – 1982 (Neuro-Rehabilitation of Children and Adolescents, Schömberg, Germany
CP, Brain –Injury, Encephalitis, Tumor, etc.)
Superintendent Physiotherapist 1982 – 1985 ( Neurology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy
Calw-Hirsau, Germany)
Superintendent Physiotherapist 1986 – 2000 (Neurorehabilitation, Kliniken Schmieder
Allensbach/Gailingen, Germany
Leader of the Postgraduate Education Centre in Kliniken - Schmieder, ZENITH since 1990 --- 2010, (see above --- same clinic)
Physiotherapist, Lecturer and Clinical Supervisor for Physiotherapists Occupational therapists, Nursing Stuff 2000 – 2010 (see above --- same clinic)
Owner and leader of Feldenkrais- Studio “Therapie und Lernen” www.therapie-und-lernen.de since April 2004 -2011 in Öhningen , Germany
Self imployed Physiotherapy and Feldenkrais Work in own private praxis
“Therapie - und - Lernen” Haan, Germany since January 2011( till now)
Postgraduate Education (Neurology)
1979/80 Bobath children course (12 weeks)
1985 Basic Bobath Course (3 weeks) with Berta and Karel Bobath
1986 Advanced Bobath Course (1 week) Pat Davies
1990 Bobath-Instructor Training IBITA
Qualification: Jan.1990 Bangor, North-Wales/England by Mary Lynch
1987 – 1998 taking or co tutoring Advanced Courses with international instructors
(about 20)
1998 Qualification as Advanced Bobath-Instructor IBITA
1990 - 1995 Feldenkrais – Seminars, Germany
1996 – 1999 Professional Feldenkrais Training, USA, Hawaii
Sept 2003 Qualification as Senior Bobath-Instructor IBITA
Clinical Lecturing and Lecturing Courses:
Basic Bobath Courses since 1991 about 60 in Germany, England, Portugal, Canada, South Korea, New Zealand, Indonesia
---Lecturing with German and International Instructors
Advanced Bobath Courses and other Neuro- Courses:
since 1999 about 95 in Germany, Switzerland, England, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Canada, New Zealand, Australia,
Japan, South Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brasil
---Lecturing with German and International Instructors
other Courses and Seminars regarding Movement analysis, Clinical Reasoning, and Neurophysiology since1991
Publications:
Brock K; Haase G; Rothacher G ; Cotton S. Does physiotherapy based on the Bobath concept, in conjunction with a task practice, achieve greater improvement in walking ability in people with stroke compared to physiotherapy focussed on structured task practice alone? A pilot randomized controlled trial. Clin Rehabil. 2011, 25:903-12
Eckhardt G, Haase G; Brock K; Hummelsheim H. The Interactive-Dialogue approach in the Bobath concept: a mixed methods study with triangulation. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation .Febr..2016.
Eckhardt G, Haase G; Brock K; Hummelsheim H. Model of Bobath conceptual framework (MBCF): positioning partial aspects within a holistic therapeutic concept. 2016, in process
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