Living Well Institute

Description*

Chronic disease and pain are now epidemic public health problems in the United States. Rapidly evolving technology is allowing us to diagnose disease in an unprecedented way, but our current high tech system has for too long targeted sickcare, rather than healthcare. In 1948 the World Health Organization defined health as “being more than merely an absence of disease,” and yet the vast majority of our healthcare dollars are spent on chronic disease and pain, specifically multi-morbidities. This means more people than not are suffering from multiple diagnoses, and it is past time to mobilize all healthcare providers, as the WHO has charged, to tackle chronic disease and pain. 

Rehabilitation professionals are ideally suited to address chronic pain and disease. We generally have more time with patients and see them for longer, which enables us to develop the necessary trust relationship required to improve patient self-efficacy and confidence. The focus of Module 1 is to discuss the evidence-base which supports use of Lifestyle Medicine in rehab practice, and to teach you how to mobilize Integrative Medicine (through Medical Therapeutic Yoga methodology) and Functional Medicine as part of its practical application. 

The evidence-base which supports the philosophy of Yoga to impact pain, function, and health is ever-growing, and Medical Therapeutic Yoga methodology describes a means for safe, effective implementation through streamlining clinical decision-making and operationalizing the biopsychosocial model. The model works both in pathophysiological and health promotion practice, and helps tackle not just patient assessment, diagnostics, and prescription, but also discusses the steps necessary to impact system wide change through established, evidence-informed chronic care pathways. 

*We strongly recommend you take this course prior to any of the other modules in the integrative lifestyle medicine program (Three Diaphragms, Nutrition & Orthopaedic Health, and Sleep and Sound Science).

NOTE:  This 5 hour course is contained in the Integrative Lifestyle Medicine course. If you have purchased the ILM Certificate Course or the Level 1 Bundle, you do not need this version.

This first, 5 hour course in the 24 hour Integrative Lifestyle Medicine Certificate program will change your practice. It will:

• Increase your effectiveness as a therapist and improve patient outcomes and satisfaction.
• Give you a comprehensive skillset to use Integrative Lifestyle Medicine in practice. 
• Lower burden of care on you as the practitioner and empower the patient to be a partner in their healthcare. 
• Help you determine root causes of disease, pain, and disability which helps patients heal faster and with long-lasting results. 
• Tackle persistent pain and complex comorbidities that are hindering your therapy outcomes.

Should you choose to take the entire program, the Six-Part, 24 Hour Program provides you with skills to address:

• Nutrition to impact neuromuscular & musculoskeletal outcomes,
• Sleep science,
• Pain science,
• Stress management,
• Behavioral change and lifestyle coaching,
• Medical therapeutic yoga as an evidence-based method to deliver Integrative Medicine
• As well as specific interventions to affect change based on the health of the gut microbiome & the influence of epigenetics and genetics.

Course Overview in Brief

Module 1 

Clinical Objectives

Part 1 

1. Discuss the common factors responsible for general therapeutic effects across psychotherapy and rehabilitation sciences.

2. Describe the yogic biopsychosocial model of assessment guidelines to practice. 

3. Define Lifestyle Medicine and its role in rehabilitation and health promotion. 

4. List the clinical components of Lifestyle Medicine and their impact on preventing and managing chronic (noncommunicable) disease and pain. 

5. Compare Lifestyle Medicine with Functional Medicine and Integrative Medicine. 

6. Compare yoga, yoga therapy, and medical therapeutic yoga. 

7. Identify the 10 Precepts to best evidence use of yoga in healthcare and health promotion.

Part 2

1. Describe how medical therapeutic yoga can be used to impact acute and persistent pain and population health. 

2. Discuss the evidence base which connects poor lifestyle behaviors to chronic pain and noncommunicable disease.

3. List the components of patient intake and interview to screen for high risk lifestyle behaviors. 

4. Identify models that help gauge patient readiness to change. 

5. List the components of motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, and positive psychology.

Part 3

6. Discuss strategies for nurturing behavior change and maintenance of healthy behaviors. 

7. Explain how use of non-dogmatic yogic philosophy can affect behavioral change.

8. Identify the 5 A’s and how they are used in patient care.

9. Describe methods for establishing effective relationship and communication with patients. 

10. Evaluate the key phases of lifestyle coaching in order to impact behavior change.

11. Identify coaching questions that can be used at each stage of change. 

Part 4

12. List the screening tools and diagnostic tests relevant to lifestyle-driven disease and pain. 

13. Interpret the diagnostic tests and screening tools per national guidelines. 

14. Identify when it is appropriate to refer to other healthcare providers in order to function as a multi-disciplinary team. 

15. Describe when group therapy visits are indicated. 

16. Discuss how to impact change in the 5 biopsychosocial categories that guide the lifestyle medicine in licensed practice

17. List national resources available to support healthy lifestyle change. 

Part 5

18. Cite chronic care models and evidence-based components.

19. Define the PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) cycle. 

20. Describe how doctor/therapist behavior influences change in patients. 

21. List models for implementing health promotion into your practice. 

22. Identify the ways in which yoga can be personalized for evidence-based clinical practice through medical therapeutic yoga methodology. 

What's Included:

• 5 hours of Powerpoint, lecture, video, and audio lessons
• Workbooks that you can download to easily follow lectures and take notes.
• Scaffolded sessions broken down into short mini subjects so you can easily complete the training in a self-paced way without losing your place.
• Powerpoint, lecture, videos and audios of medical therapeutic yoga practices you can use with patients.
  Comprehensive training that will prepare you to immediately apply Integrative Lifestyle Medicine & Functional Medicine.
• A private forum classroom where you can clinically troubleshoot with Ginger and build your network with other graduates.
• Lifetime access for the life of the course, which is typically 3-5 years. You can return to this course at any time during the life of the course.
• ILM Certification is awarded upon completion of all four ILM Modules and Electives (24 hours total)
• There is no start date or completion date. You can complete the course at your own pace.
• Quizzes at the end of each module (6 total for ILM Certificate)  help you master and assimilate the knowledge.
  

Who is this Course for?

Physiotherapists, occupational therapists, athletic trainers, and related professions. This course serves as a prerequisite for the Professional Yoga Therapist Program.

Before taking Level I Certification, please complete online Modules 1.1-1.2, 2.1-2.3

Before taking Level II Certification, please complete online Modules 1-3

Before taking Level III Certification, please complete Modules 1-4

Please see learn.integrativelifestylemed.com for more courses in the ILM and PYT Programs.

Can I Share A Course With A Friend Or Colleague? How Does The Group Discount Work?

Each course purchase is for a single viewer only, and may not be shared. If you are interested in group/staff viewing, please contact us at [email protected] to arrange a group discount code specifically for your group. The larger the group, the larger the discount.

Each individual must purchase separately with the discount code, and agree to the terms and conditions (legal). This provides each participant with their own copy to review at their pace, in addition to the opportunity to interact with colleagues as you all work collectively through the material.

Questions?

Contact us at [email protected] and we will respond to your request within 2 business days.

**This course is not intended to act as medical advice. Please seek guidance and treatment from your health professional in your area for any unmanaged conditions.**