Medical Therapeutic Yoga in America: Module 5 - Respiration for Optimal Patient Outcomes

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Presentation:

Medical Therapeutic Yoga in America: Module 5 - Respiration for Optimal Patient Outcomes

CEUs Awarded:

1

Date:

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Time:

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Central (Noon Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific)

Abstract:

Professional Yoga Therapy leads the way in medical yoga today by providing post-graduate application of medical therapeutic yoga through an evidence based lens.  Our programs cover every system in the human body and treat the whole person by providing a standardized methodology for evaluation, prevention, and management of pathophysiology through education in evidence based CAM modalities, specifically medical therapeutic yoga. 

Module 5 provides immediate clinical application in respiratory medical therapeutic yoga methods through teaching breathing techniques applicable for all patient populations.  Integration of the evidence base in the physiology of respiration and pathophysiological states of breathing, as well as integration of the PYT conceptual model, will allow the clinician to implement immediate care and rehabilitation methods for stress management, improved athletic performance, pulmonary function, and overall improved quality of life and patient outcomes.  

Through the use of PYT principles in medical therapeutic yoga, health care professionals can create and oversee yoga and yoga therapy classes within their own facility, conducted and closely supervised by their own professionally trained staff. Module 5 builds on Modules 1-4, however the clinician has the option of taking the modules out of order.


Presenter:

Ginger Garner, MPT, ATC

Presenter Ginger Garner

Ginger Garner MPT, ATC, is a licensed physical therapist, athletic trainer, and professional yoga therapist specializing in women’s health and chronic pain management. As a published author, she also pens the popular blog for women and mothers, Breathing In This Life . Ginger has been featured and quoted on National Association of Mothers’ Centers, The Holistic Health Show with Dr. Carl Helves, in IDEA Fit, International Journal of Yoga Therapy, USA Today, World News, and in local print and radio interviews throughout the US. Ginger has a private practice, Elemental Renewal, where she practices holistic physical therapy and conducts lifestyle counseling through medical yoga & Ayurveda. She is currently writing a book on Prenatal, Labor & Delivery, and Postpartum Mindful Fitness.

Ginger is the founder of Professional Yoga Therapy Studies, a CME program for holistic therapies. In addition, Ginger is a performing artist and founder of Musicians 4 Missions, which is currently working to build a Haitian orphanage and school. You can reach Ginger at her website, www.gingergarner.com and download free Pilates videos and other workouts on Ginger Garner TV at www.youtube.com/gingergarner and at her blog, www.gingergarner.blogspot.com.

Learning Objectives:

By the completion of Module Five, participants will be able to:

  • Evaluate the physiology of respiration at rest.
  • Recognize pathophysiological states of breathing.
  • Apply the PYT conceptual model to affect change in pathophysiological states of respiration.
  • Explain the unique diaphragmatic breathing method used in PYT to improve safety and efficacy of yoga.

Athletic Training Domain:

Prevention
Clinical Evaluation and Assessment
Immediate Care
Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Conditioning

Course Level:

Essential and Advanced

Attendance Capacity:

75

 
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