Integrating Yoga into Pelvic Health Care - Live Online
Integrating Yoga into Pelvic Floor Health Care (Live Online)
About the Course
While the benefits of yoga have been known for years, only recently has the scientific and medical community really begun to recognize its tremendous value, particularly in the management of chronic pain and various PF/MSK conditions. This course will provide the pelvic floor therapist with the framework, as well as several yoga tools and techniques, that can be easily integrated into clinical practice in order to improve outcomes.
Important Information
The Physical Therapy Approach to Female Urinary Incontinence – Entry level (or equivalent)
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Course Objectives
- Discuss the importance of the bio-psycho-social+spiritual health model of health care
- Review the basic philosophy and different components of yoga
- Understand the value of yoga as a BPS+S approach to the Rx of the pelvic floor patient
- Review the current level of evidence for the use of yoga for the treatment of pain and PF/MSK conditions
- Learn various basic yoga tools and techniques that can easily be integrated into clinical practice (meditation, mindfulness, breathing techniques-pranayama, and poses-asanas)
- Integrate concepts and tools learnt during the course into the assessment and treatment of PF patients
- Review Case Histories
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Course Schedule
1.5 day course (10 CEU hrs)
* 3 weeks before the course you will receive pre-course reading: What is Yoga/Yoga Therapy: Science supporting yoga - pdf
Day 1: 2:00 – 6:00 pm (Montreal Time)
Day 2: 9:00 – 12:00 pm & 1:00 - 4:30 pm (Montreal Time)
Your Instructors
Diana Perez is a nationally certified sports and rehabilitation physiotherapist and Certified Yoga Therapist She completed a Masters Thesis Degree in Rehabilitation Science with a specialty in Therapeutic Exercise Prescription and Program Design in 1993 and taught for 20 years at the School of Physical & Occupational Therapy at McGill University. She is the founder and previous owner of the Medi-Club Physiotherapy and Medical Wellness Centre where she continues to practice as a clinical physiotherapist.
Diana has been practicing yoga since 2000. She is the founder and director of the Canadian Yoga Therapy Institute, a faculty member of the Integrated Health Yoga Therapy Program and Sun and Moon Yoga Teacher Training Programs, and teaches Yoga and Yoga Therapy Related Workshops throughout North America. She also teaches yoga classes and provides various yoga therapy services at several locations in the West Island of Montreal.
Helen Zhu is a licensed physiotherapist with a Masters in Physical Therapy from McGill University. She has been working with Uro Santé since 2017 as a pelvic floor physiotherapist and course assistant.
Diana Perez PT,
Professional Yoga Therapist (PYTI)
Helen Zhu, Pelvic Floor PT,
Certified Yoga Instructor
Some testimonials from past participants:
"All around excellent course! I’m very new to yoga but even I was able to follow. I left very excited to start using what I learned in my practice. I was easily able to identify clients that I immediately wanted to try some of the techniques with. Hands down, the best continuing education courses I’ve taken in my 9 years of practice!"