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Finding Peace in the Cancer Storm

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

 

 

I'm excited to share that the Wellness Community of Arizona has designated me as the fourth and final speaker in their Spirit of Science Lecture Series. The last speaker in the series was Chris Carmichael, who helped the seven-time Tour de France winner recover from advanced testicular cancer is the author of seven books, including The New York Times bestseller, “Chris Carmichael’s Food for Fitness.” 

My lecture/interactive presentation will emphasize the importance of awareness and stability of mind/heart through the harrowing experience of oncology care and life post treatment. I'll expand on many of the creative approaches both patients and their caregivers can employ moment-to-moment in their journey. EmbodiWorks - Whole MattersThese ideas were described on Jeannine Walston's Embodiworks.org site last year here. 

Cancer invites/demands that we respond. So much of rehabilitation in cancer care is about striving, winning, overcoming and fight the war on cancer. These are good and honorable responses, but too little value and opportunity is given the other equally valuable response….that is surrender, acceptance and presence. Herein lies the paradox of "both" …neither the right answer, but each holding the transformative healing potential the diagnosis of cancer brings forward in those with the diagnosis and their communities.

Please forward and share this notice with those you think might benefit from a pleasant evening on Thursday, February 23rd at The Wellness Community of Arizona, 6-8 pm. See the contact info to the right to RSVP as seating is limited. For those that can't attend that evening, the program is being videotaped and will be posted on the The Wellness Community site in the future. I'll post details. 

Here is a flyer to print, post or share: Flyer

Hope to see you there!  We're creating the future of rehabilitation ….today!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Yoga and Stroke Rehabilitation

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Here's your opportunity to learn how to incorporate yoga into stroke rehabilitation!

Dr. Arlene Schmid, PhD, OTR

I'll be teaching "Yoga for Stroke Rehabilitation: The DSR Method" a 2-day continuing education course in Scottsdale AZ on Sept 24-25, 2011. Details at www.dsrseminars.com .  

 

There was quite a buzz re: the new study my colleague and lead researcher Arlene A. Schmid, OTR, PhD presented this week. Her bio is here. The summary is below beneath the APTA banner. The study made the news on the EIM Daily Dose, Twitter and weekly APTA News Now. 

After teaching the techniques and value of bringing Yoga principles and technologies into rehabilitation since 1998, it is gratifying to see the clinical evidence begin to emerge. One of my first students, Julie Bastille, PT in 1998 went on to break ground by having the first yoga-based stroke rehab study in the PTJ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now today, as Dr. Schmid is quoted this week, the research around Yoga is "really taking off" and no better evidenced than at the 2011 Symposiums on Yoga Therapy and Research I helped launch in 2007 as then vice-president of the International Association of Yoga Therapy, and later president 2008-2009.   

Please spread the word about this exciting course offering coming up in September. The course is designed for rehab professionals and Yoga therapists. I presented it last year for past AZAPTA's president Kay Wing, PT's company, SWAN Rehab, the spring 2011 AZAOTA Conference, and at the 2009 APTA Annual conference. Pruitt Rehabilitation out of North Carolina also sponsored me in GA in February of 2011.

Here's some feedback from those courses:

 

“The hands-on with actual patients. At first we  all looked at each other like “what do we do”?  But then it just started flowing…Matt was very approachable and the small class size was a big plus” … “I didn’t expect this to be such an emotional experience, but I think it will help me have closer relationships with my patients.” - Jocelyn Unger, DPT Tucson

 “The amazing work and energy that Matt has put into this development…what an honor!”…
“I will tell as many people as possible about your course.” - Betsy Shandalov, OTR   Owner, www.YogaOT.com

“The simplicity.  Less is more!  Breathe!” - Tanyia Schier, OTR Swan Rehab

“The practical applications.” … “No improvements – it was a perfect blend of theory, experimental learning.” - Karen Mueller, PT, NAU Faculty

“Great interaction and personal growth with breathing – yoga components.” … “The patient interaction to ‘put it all together’ was very helpful.  Good hands on throughout.”  – Barbara Timmers, PTA, Mayo, Scottsdale

“Watching change ‘arrive’ in fellow participants.” - Cheryl Van Demark, PT, RYT
 
Hope to see you there! Enrollment is limited to the first 12 registrants….you can't learn this from the back of an auditorium!
 

PT in<br /> Motion - News Now

Yoga Increases Balance, Endurance in Veterans, Says Indiana University Researcher
Balance measures improved in older veterans with stroke who performed yoga poses…

 

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Taking Yoga to the Last Breath

Sunday, March 27th, 2011

It is now in print and available here .

Abstract reads as so:

 

This article describes how Yoga therapeutics can provide preparation and support for end of life geriatric rehabilitation. As an integral practice Yoga therapeutics provides the geriatric rehabilitation professional with practical tools and rationale as either sole providers or as members of an interdisciplinary team. Context is provided for how Yoga addresses dying and death with techniques that employ skills within the traditional providersʼ scope of practice. Yoga therapeutics offers both self-care for the provider as well as the extensive list of techniques to share with patients. Following proper training and personal practice, the provision of Yoga therapeutics has the potential to facilitate a “good death” and minimize suffering in end of life geriatric rehabilitation.

 

Looking forward to see this article in print later this month. Final proof is done and now ready for the "birth" of the idea that traditional rehabiliation, to include physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech pathologists should add yoga therapy to their available modalities in supporting geriatric clients. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you use yoga in supporting people in the end of life?

 

If so, how?

 

Do you need resources to support those in end of life or grief?

Jennifer has developed very powerful resources for just that, and to encourage healthy conversations about death and dying at www.griefgifts.com

 

Spread the word…we're all headed for savasana…it's the only pose we get to keep!

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Restore Pelvic Power with Yoga Therapy

Saturday, March 12th, 2011

 

This article is from my series on Yoga therapeutics for a local monthly paper, AZ Health & Wellness. 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the link to this article, "Restore Pelvic Power with Yoga Therapy?".

 











 

As a member of the International Pelvic Pain Society and a clinician that supports men and women with challenges in this region, I hope this article broadens the lens of focus to include the many other factors that influence disorders and how Yoga therapy can restore "order" to the disorder! 

What is your experience as either a provider or patient with Yoga therapy?

 

Please spread the word!

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Yoga Therapy In Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

As past president of the International Association of Yoga Therapists I have dedicated many years of effort to bring their mission to fruition.

It has been a long, slow process as we've worked together to fulfill that mission of:

"Our mission is to establish Yoga as a recognized and respected therapy."

 

It is with a great deal of satisfaction and pride that I'm happy to announce that mission has come one step closer to reality with the publication of the 6th Edition of Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity from Elsevier in February of 2011, considered to be the "Bible" of rehabilitation principles by conventional medicine.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 121 is titled as:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The handheld video graphic indicates that in addition to the 13 page chapter there is available online video clips of the referenced asanas, mudras and meditations.

This shot summarizes the chapter to describe how the work is far more than "Asana for Hands":

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here is a clip of the section on manual therapy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 2-volume set is a 1900 page reference set that sells for $299 and will be a fixture in clinics and graduate programs for years to come.

To purchase the textbook visit here. 

 

To cite:  

Taylor MJ, Galantino ML, Walkowich H,  "The Use of Yoga Therapy in Hand and Upper Quarter Rehabilitation." In Skirven, Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity, 6th Ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier, 1548-1562, 2011.

 

Please pass on this information to those that share the mission!

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The Other Half of Exercise: Rest

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

 

 

So often in rehabilitation the activity/effort portion of exercise receives the emphasis and little attention is paid to rest/recovery.

 

Harder, further, faster….

 

What ever happened to bringing balance into the work/recovery cycle of exercise?

 

On first blush, in recovery nothing seems to be happening…and it doesn't make much of video or action shot!

But what if the rehab pro was trained in leading the mind to deeper levels of awareness and insight by "moving" attention? (Seriously, do you still limit movement to just gross movement of physical body after reading the literature on imagery? )

We know the homunculus would be lighting up as the inner world is explored and discovered.But what would be the experience for the patient/client? How would they feel?

Would they pay for it?

To the last question I can assure you, yes they'll pay and then go tell all of their friends about their amazing experience at your office.

 

Don't believe me?

Follow me on the 64 min Ther Ex x 4 audio file below. You can download to your MP3 player as well. Feel free to push it to your friends and clients too. Just link back to this page please as a credit.

 

Push the Play Button to Listen
 

MP3 File

 

Well, what do you think/feel?


That's just a small part of the DSR Method. And you can get a similar effect in less than 10 minutes!

 

 

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It Shouldn’t Hurt to be a PT/OT: Treating with Pain

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

 

In my research at the Courage Center in MN we discovered how many of our colleagues were "playing in pain." Pain from:

  • Exhaustion
  • Burnout
  • Lost Spirit
  • Musculoskeletal Strain
  • Numbness and flat affect

Now this month in the Physical Therapy Journal there is an important study (see below for link and summary) that examines what turns out to be a far too common phenomena:

PTs and OTs in higher than normal levels experience pain

and continue to work with it!

What's most shocking is why. For the PTs at least, branded as heroes/heroines and sages by their national association, the reasons are neither brave nor smart.

What is needed is what I blogged about last month:  Rehab BurnoutMatthew J Taylor Matthew Sanford Matt Squared

As professionals that are trained and practice in a disassociated mindbody manner, we ignore, work through and press on, ignoring our own important mindbody relationship….and in the end both we and our patients suffer as a result. My colleague Matt Sanford delivers a powerful 50 min keynote here to young healthcare students…make time to listen. When the peers we worked with in MN began to tend to their own mindbody relationship, not only did they soar, but it spilled over to their patients as well.

When is this insanity going to stop?

Hard to tell. I was scheduled to be in Boston tomorrow to teach a 2-day pre-conference on Mindfulness in PT….but no one signed up and we were scratched from the docket.

Hmmmmm, and we talk about our patients being clueless???

So this summer I'm going to roll out a new way of being in rehab…it's going to blow past all the deadwood CEU material and address US….the rehab pros and our urgent need for creativity and change within a culture of fear and self neglect.

In the meantime, what are your thoughts/experiences around this topic of rehab pros "playing in pain"?

 

Impact of Work-Related Pain on Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists

Marc Campo and Amy R. Darragh

PHYS THER
Vol. 90, No. 6, June 2010, pp. 905-920

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"The participants noted substantial effects of work-related pain at work, at home, and in their career plans. All of the therapists were concerned about their potential clinical longevity. The professional culture complicated these effects by forcing therapists into a professional ideal."

 

Please send this along to your network…it has to stop.

Thanks!

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MindBody Physical Therapy: The Future

Friday, June 11th, 2010


 

 

I had the chance to visit with Jeff Worrell of PTTalker.com a month ago. The interview ended up running into a Part II as we had so much to discuss about how the future of physical therapy and rehabilitation in general needs to catch up with the science of movement.

Jeff did his homework ahead of time and was very professional in guiding the conversation. Part I is linked here and runs 13 min. He has the option for you to download the MP3 file for later listening as well. Part II is linked here and offers an exciting vision to the emerging possibilities for rehab professionals.

How do you use emerging science in your practice?

What do you see as the future of rehabilitation?

Do you use any mindbody techniques that are waiting for evidence "justification"?

 

If you have ideas you would like to share, contact Wendy at Jeff's office to have them consider interviewing you. Email: wordresults@yahoo.com

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CPR needed for Clinical Prediction Rules?

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

 

 

 

What's a clinician to do when the rules of certainty….uhmm, aren't certain?

What do we use then to know we "know" what our patients need?

Well, that's the conundrum the certainty crowd faced  with this report  in June 2010. Now the certainty slips even further away with this report in June 2011 on CPR's for LBP.


 

 

"The current body of evidence does not enable confident direct clinical application of any of the identified CPRs."

Clinical prediction rules in the physiotherapy management of low back pain: A systematic review   Robin Haskins, Darren A. Rivett, Peter G. Osmotherly

 


 

 

Critical Appraisal of Clinical Prediction Rules (CPR) That Aim to Optimize Treatment Selection for Musculoskeletal Conditions

Tasha R. Stanton, Mark J. Hancock, Christopher G. Maher and Bart W. Koes PHYS THER
Vol. 90, No. 6, June 2010, pp. 843-854.

 

 

Turns out there's no "good" evidence there is evidence that CPR's provide much direction or surety in treatment selection in PT.

Yikes!

I blogged about the shortcomings of this whole perspective back in April here in The Player Piano.

To my way of seeing this world, the whole fear-based scramble for certainty strips rehab of its vitality and creative process, short circuiting innovation and what Seth Godin describes as art in his latest book Linch Pin.

Surely we can invest more time and effort into innovation than we do in predicting? Failure to do so robs the next generations of rehab students being prepared to offer care that feeds them literally and spiritually as I wrote in May here on PT Education: A formula for craziness.

So where do you turn now that there isn't a map of surety?

I have some ideas as my mission is to return the sarcredness or artistry back to rehab, but want to hear yours…

what now?

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MS and Yoga with Matthew J. Taylor in AZ

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

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Presents a 2-day Professional

Education Certification on Yoga & MS

 

A 21st Century Yoga Response to MS:

 Moving beyond just asana to be in the world with an MS diagnosis

 


Date: Sat/Sun October 9 & 10, 2010

Time: Registration/Pre-test 8:30 a.m.      Instruction begins at 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 pm

Location: Nina Mason Pulliam Conference Center in the Disability Empowerment Center 5025 E. Washington, Phoenix, AZ (map below)

CEU’s: AZAPTA and Yoga Alliance ceu’s applied for 12.0 contact hours.

Tuition: $180 (All proceeds go to the AZ MS Chapter because Dr. Taylor is donating his time.)

Intended Audience: Yoga teachers, physical therapists, licensed healthcare professionals.

Agenda: Click here.

The format of the workshop will be a fast-paced, fun mix of lecture instruction, case studies and lab experience. The second day will include volunteers with MS to demonstrate and practice teaching principles. 
 
Emphasis will be on safety and appropriate employment of Yoga technologies (philosophy, postures, breathing, meditation, imagery and corrections) and how Yoga employs exciting new neuroscience breakthroughs. 
 

Curriculum will include business development instruction in HIPAA compliant communications with the healthcare team, professional languaging and marketing to referral sources. The criteria for certificate will be 90% on post-test. 

Read the announcement in the AZ MS Society Chapter Summer Newsletter here

The Instructor
The course instructor will be Matthew J. Taylor, PT, PhD, RYT, a nationally known leader in integrative rehabilitation. He is the immediate past-president of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, a clinician, researcher, and textbook author on Yoga Therapeutics in Rehabilitation. Dr. Taylor owns a yoga-based rehabilitation clinic in Scottsdale. He first became acquainted with MS when his father could no longer catch his Little League curve ball due to optic neuritis as his father’s presenting symptom. He has nearly 30 years of clinical experience and his doctoral work was grounded in Integral Yoga philosophy as it applies to modern change technology.
 

His curriculum vitae is available at www.matthewjtaylor.com.

 

To register for the program log onto the AZ MS Society site here  or phone 480-968-2488, ext 222.
 

Hope to see you there and please spread the word through your networks!
 
Downloadable flyer at here
 


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