Course Description:

This course is designed as an introductory level course for rehabilitation professionals, including athletic trainers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and other similar professionals. These professionals are currently faced with patients and clients who are struggling with a combination of pain and musculoskeletal or neurological dysfunction in addition to chronic conditions like obesity, cardiometabolic disease, cardiovascular disease, and sleep issues. In fact, it is time that all healthcare professionals be equipped with the knowledge and skills to help their patients both manage their chronic disease(s), prevent, and maybe even overcome them.
In this course, they’ll learn how to address chronic disease and pain using treatments and lifestyle changes including Medical Therapeutic Yoga, Functional Medicine, Breathwork, Sound, Sleep Behavior Changes, Nutrition Modifications, Gut Health, Addressing Environmental Toxin Exposure, and physical exercise/activity. They’ll also learn how and when to refer to specialists to ensure holistic and comprehensive care for each of their patients or clients. Therapists completing this course will learn how lifestyle choices can impact therapy outcomes, how to influence and support behavior change in their patients, which will lower burden of care, improve outcomes for chronic pain and complex co-morbidities, and empower the practitioner to feel more confident in determining the root cause of disease and improved effectiveness as a provider.