Chronic Pain Solutions

The National Institutes for Health reports that 25.3 million Americans live with chronic pain, while health economists estimate that the cost of chronic pain in the United States is $635 billion annually. Current research is revealing the broad ineffectiveness of pharmaceutical strategies and strongly suggests that successfully treating the multifactorial nature of chronic pain requires an integrative, holistic approach including attention on key emotional, psychological, and behavioral factors.  Integrative approaches including rehabilitation specific Tai Chi, breath-work, sensation-based movement, mirror therapy, and mindfulness are widely recognized body-mind modalities and research supported, non-pharmacological approaches in treating chronic pain conditions.

This workshop is filled with dynamic, mind blowing lecture and cutting-edge research giving participants the latest scientific understanding of chronic pain as well as the practical hands-on lab experience to apply over a dozenintegrative practices with their clients the very next day.  The lab content will include practical uses of mindfulness, conscious breathing strategies, mirror therapy,and gentle movement techniques designed to enhanceactivities of daily living, strength, range of motion, functionalendurance, and emotional wellbeing. Leaving this training, participants will know the critical chronic pain elements that the vast majority of other rehabilitation professionals are missing. Further, participants will have the practical tools to leverage that knowledge for faster and more consistent functional and occupational patient outcomes in the treatment of chronic pain conditions.

*Hands on lab will be modified for Web based delivery formats into recorded demonstrations

Highlights

• Practice over 12 ready-to-use integrative treatment techniques for chronic pain
• Consistently improve your patient's painful symptoms, even in long standing issues
• Interpret the coupled nature of emotional, psychological, and behavioral factors in chronic pain
• Immediately apply the latest holistic treatment approaches that will turn your patients into raving fans
• Experience hands-on labs addressing spine, joint, muscle, and systemic related pain issues
• Apply the 3 foundational body-mind principles with patients dealing with multiple conditions

Target Audience: Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Athletic Trainers