10.1 - Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Practice: Evaluating the Athlete Using Yoga

Webinar Series Title:
Medical Therapeutic Yoga in America

Presentation:
10.1 - Complementary & Alternative Medicine in Practice: Using Evidence Based Yoga to Evaluate the Athlete

CEUs Awarded: 1

Abstract:
Medical (professional) therapeutic yoga can be an effective modality for assessment and management of injury and dysfunction.  Using the systems approach evaluative model can also help prevent injury and assist in shifting from a pathology based to a holistically based health care model.  Learn how yoga, when it is applied with evidence based medicine, can be used to optimize patient outcomes, maximize performance, and create effective rehabilitation programs.  You will learn how yoga can be used to help evaluate and treat the athlete, understand a new therapeutic evaluative paradigm for use in the athlete, apply evidence based methodology for incorporating yoga in your clinical practice, and learn how to evaluate existing yoga programs for content, safety, and validity.

Presenter:
Ginger Garner, MPT, ATC
 
Clinical Objectives:

1. Verbalize how medical yoga can be used to help evaluate and treat the athlete.
2.  Understand a new therapeutic evaluative paradigm.
3.  Apply evidence based methodology for incorporating medical yoga into current rehabilitation programs.
4. Evaluate existing yoga programs for content, safety, and validity.

Clinical Categories:

• Injury/Illness Prevention and Wellness
• Clinical Evaluation and Diagnosis
• Treatment and Rehabilitation
• Organizational and Professional Health and Well‐being

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