Continuing Education for Health Professionals

Prevent, Treat and Manage Osteoporosis

As our population ages, the number of people with Osteoporosis increases significantly each day. These people are looking for trained and knowledegable Professionals who can develop and guide them through a safe and effective exercise program that strengthens bone, reduces fracture risk and builds confidence.

A well designed exercise program, that is both safe and effective, will play an important role preventing, treating and managing osteoporosis and reducing the risk of fracture through falls.

That is where MelioGuide comes in. It is the resource for continuing education and professional development for Health Care Professionals who treat clients with osteoporosis, osteopenia and low bone density – regardless of age.

Online Courses | Live Courses | MelioGuide Pro

At MelioGuide, we train Health Care Professionals – Physical Therapists/Physiotherapists, PTAs/Physiotherapy Assistants, Kinesiologists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners – to play a key role in delivering safe and effective exercise programs for clients with osteoporosis, osteopenia and low bone mass.

How do we accomplish this?

First, we offer Health Care Professionals continuing professional development courses that are comprehensive, evidence-based and practical.

Our flagship professional development course, Building Better Bones – Osteoporosis Prevention, Treatment and Management – is available as an online course and as a live course. The online course option provides you 15 hours of stimulating instruction – when it is convenient to you, where you want and at your pace. The live course option includes both a one day practical workshop and online eLearning modules.

"The MelioGuide Building Better Bones is an excellent course and is relevant to any Physiotherapist working with the elderly - with or without a diagnosis of bone loss." - Esther Dykeman Smith, Physiotherapist, L & A County Hospital, Napanee, Ontario

"The MelioGuide Building Better Bones course was exceptional - both for me as someone with Osteoporosis and as a Health Care Professional who treats clients with Osteoporosis." - Alison Krausen, Occupational Therapist, Genesis Rehab Services, Pennsylvania

Second, we also offer an online subscription service for Professionals called MelioGuide Pro. This is an annual online subscription service that provides Health Professionals, such as you, access to the tools you need to address the needs of your client with low bone density, osteopenia and osteoporosis.

When you become a  MelioGuide Pro, you receive the following:

• You have one year online access to the MelioGuide Exercise for Better Bones exercise programs for all client levels.
• You can access summaries of current research in the area of exercise and osteoporosis.
• You can use our patient assessment and treatment tools.
• You have the right to print and distribute MelioGuide Exercise for Better Bones osteoporosis exercise programs to your clients.

"MelioGuide™ Pro provides an up to date, user friendly, comprehensive and informative resource to health care professionals and is easy to access.  I would encourage you to add it to your professional resource list." - Shelagh Baker, Physiotherapist, The Sports Medicine Specialists, Toronto, Ontario

"MelioGuide™ Pro is a great resource that I find simplifies my approach to providing safe and appropriate exercises for the variety of patients that I treat." - Justin Mathew, Physiotherapist, Bronte Physiotherapy, Oakville, Ontario

How You and Your Clients Benefit

As a Health Care Professional, you will enjoy significant benefits from our workshop training and online content. Our material is:

• Comprehensive: Our emphasis is exercise and bone health but we make sure that you are comfortable with other health areas associated with bone health.  We cover bone health and nutrition, pharmaceuticals for osteoporosis and many other areas associated with client management.
• Evidenced Based: All of our workshop and online material is based on published research on exercise and bone health, nutrition, pharmaceuticals, balance, core exercises, fracture management, senior fitness, special populations, posture, therapeutic considerations, and more.
• Current and Up-to-Date: Our online content and workshop material is based on the latest research and developments in the area of exercise and bone health.  We make a point of keeping you current on new treatment options and effective ways to work with your clients.
• Practical: Our Professional staff is active in the treatment and management of clients with osteoporosis and we make sure that the material that we present to you is practical and useful for you and your clients.

There is no better way than the Building Better Bones course offering to develop the skills to treat clients with osteoporosis and to keep up-to-date on new treatment options and developments on safe and effective exercise programs for osteoporosis.

Register for our online courses or one of our live courses.

The MelioGuide Pro account provides you access to the tools and materials you need to economically deliver high quality care to your clients.

Join us online as a MelioGuide Pro.

We look forward to seeing you!