Ross LaBossiere – Effective Mindfulness Interventions for Rehab: Improving Outcomes with Relaxation, Breath, & Movement Awareness
- Faculty:
- Ross LaBossiere
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 1 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Apr 19, 2018
Description
Outline
THE MIND-BODY CONNECTION
- What is mindfulness?
- Define the mind-body connection
- Integration into physical rehabilitation
- Misconceptions about yoga and meditation
- Evidence-based research
RELAXATION THROUGH BREATH AWARENESS
- Relationship between stress, tension, and breath
- Quieting the mind and body
- Developing a relaxed, rhythmic and diaphragmatic breath
- Strategies for clinical integration
THE RELAXATION RESPONSE TO REDUCE MUSCLE TENSION AND PAIN
- Deeper relaxation via the “body scan” technique
- Improving proprioceptive sensory awareness
- Identifying and releasing tension
- Holding patterns of muscles and breath
- Clinical strategies for pain management
- Applications to passive manual techniques
MOVEMENT AWARENESS TO IMPROVE THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE
- Understand the patient’s pain and apprehension
- Relaxation, posture, and body mechanics
- Basic concepts of myofascial release and the neuromyofascial web
MINDFUL MOVEMENT TO IMPROVE HEP AND SELF-TREATMENT
- Synchronizing mind, body, and breath
- Difference between stretching and releasing
- Mindful movement routines for the neck and back
- Examples for a variety of standard therapeutic exercises
- Adaptive strategies for difficult patients
- Proprioceptive acupressure/trigger point self-release
IMPROVING COMPLIANCE & OUTCOMES
- Mindfulness in AROM, strength, flexibility, return to activity, and recreation
- Strategies for self-treatment between visits
- Taking the “chore” out of Home Exercise Programs
- Create a supportive space for mind/body integration
Faculty
Ross LaBossiere, BS, LPTA, LMT, CYT Related seminars and products: 2
Ross LaBossiere, BS, LPTA, LMT, CYT, is a licensed physical therapist assistant, licensed massage therapist, and certified yoga instructor/therapist with over 35 years of experience in both clinical and non-clinical settings. Along with his work in clinical outpatient physical therapy, he is the owner/operator of Lifewaves Integrated Therapy (est.1982), a private practice in Rhode Island offering Mind-Body Health Maintenance and Rehabilitation. Ross graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Science in Health/Adapted Physical Education and completed all course work in the graduate program for Exercise Science, with a concentration in Musculo-Skeletal Physiology/Rehabilitation. In conjunction with his 35 years of conducting various workshops and classes in the clinical setting, he also spent over a decade as an independent contractor with BCBSRI/Health and Wellness Institute, providing his mindfulness-based relaxation, stress management, and integrated yoga programs to corporate/worksite settings. He has produced an instructional audio program, Lifewaves Breath Awareness. He is a former member of the American College of Sports Medicine and is a current member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
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