Pain Rehabilitation

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Neuroplasticity (includes neuroscience)

Instructional Course

(588553) IC 9: Integrated Mind-Body Rehabilitation Practice

Presenter(s)

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  Matt Erb, PT

  Physical Therapist
  The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
  Tucson, Arizona
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  Noshene Ranjbar, MD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Arizona
  Tucson, Arizona

Moving beyond lip-service into effective delivery of whole-person care can be a challenge. In this workshop, we will explore the application of practical tools for evidence-based mind-body integration in rehabilitation. The chronic pain and opioid epidemics underscore a need for improved capacity to engage an integrative model of care, however this makes good sense as a standard for all care. The historical splitting of mind, body, and environment (both physical and social) continues to negatively impact the delivery of care. The inter-related fields of psychoneuroimmunology and mind-body medicine demonstrate the role of toxic stress on processes of autonomic dysregulation, central sensitization, and other biological underpinnings of pain and many other chronic health challenges. Person-centered mind-body care can help! Join us - biopsychosocial practice starts now!

Learning Objectives:

• Appraise and describe the core science underlying mind-body medicine as foundational to the biopsychosocial model as applied to rehabilitation practice including in relation to chronic pain management
• Employ biopsychosocial-informed patient interviewing and education that supports a phenomenological heuristic
• Experience, apply, and teach self-regulation principles rooted in breath control and body awareness for patients experiencing chronic pain
• Apply principles of mindfulness and meditation for improving neurocognitive and bidirectional brain-body regulation processes in relation to the pain experience
• Integrate and apply simple evidence-based mind-body medicine tools including biofeedback, mental imagery, and contemplative movement training into clinical rehabilitation practice including for patients experiencing pain