Yoga Therapy for Pain Rehabilitation: University of Saskatchewan

Yoga Therapy for Pain Rehabilitation: Saskatoon, SK

This workshop provides in-depth integration of pain science, innovative pain self management techniques, yoga philosophy and yoga practices. Participants will gain a solid foundation in pain science, and in yoga related to pain and pain management. Daily yoga practices and pain self-management skills acquisition will ready teachers and practitioners to begin integration of Pain Care Yoga into their clinical practices and yoga classes, leading to improved benefits and outcomes.

Prerequisites: For Health Care Professionals, Yoga Therapists/Teachers that have an interest in how pain science and therapeutic yoga can assist people in pain.

Learning Objectives

1. The participant will gain the ability to describe basic pain neurophysiology as well as eight key neuroplastic changes related to chronic pain.
2. The participant be able to demonstrate instructing a client in the guidelines for how to move in the face of pain, including the five key questions that increase success of recovery of function.
3. The participant will be able to list four benefits of breathing and body awareness techniques, and nine benefits of practising yoga postures, specifically related to the lived experience of pain.

Presenters:

Neil Pearson & Shelly Prosko

Register through University of Saskatchewan, Continuing Physical Therapy Education Program:  HERE