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Description
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Location/Lodging
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Price: $475 (Early Registrant Price $450)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Acetabular labral tears are reported to be a major cause of hip dysfunction in young to middle-age patients and a primary precursor to hip osteoarthritis. The management of hip injuries in the athletic population "...has rapidly evolved over the past decade with our improved understanding of mechanical hip pathology." (Lynch et al., 2013) Medical and rehabilitation differential diagnosis of the hip involves many options such as labral tear, femoroactebular impingement (FAI), hip capsular laxity/instability, chondral lesions, septic joint or loose body in the joint. New technology allows improved identification of tears and arthroscopic surgical repairs, yet time of injury to diagnosis is still often delayed, making long-term prognosis for hip preservation poor. The risks of arthroscopic surgery, which, according to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, are equal to complication rates of open hip surgeries (Arthroscopy, 2013), coupled with the lack of long term follow up studies for arthroscopic procedures, makes conservative therapy a valuable tool. This 2-day continuing education course presents a holistic methodology for the recommended trials of conservative therapy covered in current literature. 
This course will give special attention to identification of differential diagnosis of specific tissues of the hip joint for identification of intra-articular damage or premature joint degeneration. The participant will be able to recognize high-risk populations, common musculoskeletal presentation of patients with hip dysfunction, and how to instruct in optimal recruitment patterns for prevention of long-range debility. Secondary and differential diagnoses of the hip and pelvis will be addressed in order to help the clinician understand how conventional and integrative therapies can be used in combination to provide better outcomes. Hip labrum injury will be addressed in the following clinical categories: injury prevention and wellness, clinical evaluation and diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, and organizational and professional health and well-being. 
Current surgical methods will also be addressed in this continuing education course in order to provide the clinician with a well-rounded background in the management of labral injuries and related secondary lesions. Therapists in increasing numbers are working with patients who have hip labral injuries prior to and following hip arthroscopic and open surgeries. Utilizing a case study framework, this course will provide you with the opportunity to analyze the evaluation and intervention of the most current methods.

 
Audience:
This continuing education seminar is targeted to physical therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapist assistants, registered nurses, nurse midwives, and  other rehabilitation professionals. Content is not intended for use outside the scope of the learner's license or regulation. Physical therapy continuing education courses should not be taken by individuals who are not licensed or otherwise regulated, except, as they are involved in a specific plan of care.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
 1 yoga mat
 2 yoga blankets (Mexican blankets are fine)
 1 yoga strap (quick release buckle)
 2 yoga blocks
 Participants should wear comfortable exercise clothes for this course
 
Special Considerations:
As this continuing education course includes lab work, all course attendees should come prepared to participate as both clinician and patient.

References
Arthroscopy. (2013) Retrieved April 20, 2014 from http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/aug13/clinical4.asp.
Lynch, T. S., Terry, M. A., Bedi, A., & Kelly, B. T. (2013). Hip Arthroscopic Surgery Patient Evaluation, Current Indications, and Outcomes. The American journal of sports medicine, 41(5), 1174-1189.



Day One:
 7:30 Registration
8:00 Introductions, goals, manual orientation, pre-test 
 8:30 Hip & Pelvis: Intra-articular and Extra-articular Anatomy & Biomechanics
 9:30 Hip & Pelvis: Guidelines to Conventional & Integrative Therapy Practice
 10:00 Break 
 10:15 Hip & Pelvis: Assessment Lab
 12:00 Lunch on your own
 1:00 Hip & Pelvis: Movement Patterns Lab
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Hip & Pelvis: Integrative Techniques Lab
5:00 Case Study 
5:30 Q&A and post-test
6:00 Adjourn

 

Day Two:
 8:00 Q&A/pre-test/Lab Review
 9:00 Integrative Techniques Lecture/Lab 
 10:00 Break
 10:15 Biomechanics of Movement & Muscle Energy Therapies
 12:00 Lunch on your own
 12:45 Case Studies & Prescription
2:00 Break
2:15 Prescription Discussion & Assessment Review 
 3:00 Q&A/wrap-up, post-test
3:45 Adjourn



 
Upon completion of this continuing education seminar, participants will be able to:
 1. Demonstrate methods for differential diagnosis of the hip and the evidence-based risk factors for intra-articular hip injury.
 2. Describe the morphological classification system of labral tears.
 3. Practice the provocative tests used in diagnosis of hip joint injury.
 4. Discuss current evidence based medical management, including surgical intervention, for labral tears and related injuries of the hip in order to identify critical factors for intervention.
 5. In a case study format, critically analyze the biopsychosocial model of assessment and its indications and contraindications in order to prescribe subacute through chronic phase functional intervention and activity modification for hip joint preservation and rehabilitation in a multidisciplinary team approach.
6. Identify conventional and integrative methods, including but not limited to yoga, Pilates, muscle energy technique, and manual therapies, for hip and related pelvic intervention.
 Dr. Ginger Garner PT, DPT, ATC-Ret

Dr. Ginger Garner PT, DPT, ATC-Ret is a clinician, author, educator, and longtime advocate for improving access to physical therapy services, especially pelvic health. She is the founder and CEO of Living Well Institute, where she has been certifying therapists and doctors in Medical Therapeutic Yoga & Integrative Lifestyle Medicine since 2000. She also owns and practices at Garner Pelvic Health, in Greensboro NC, where she offers telehealth and in-person wellness and therapy services. Ginger is the author of multiple textbooks and book chapters, published in multiple languages. She has also presented at over 20 conferences worldwide over 6 continents across a range of topics impacting the pelvic girdle, health promotion, and integrative practices. 
Ginger is an active member of APTA, serving as the Legislative Chair for APTA North Carolina, as a Congressional Key Contact for APTA Private Practice, and in the Academy of Pelvic Health. Ginger lives in Greensboro, NC with her partner, 3 sons, and their rescue pup, Scout Finch. Visit Ginger at the websites above and on Instagram and YouTube. 


 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

 Unity Health System

2655 Ridgeway Ave
Rochester, NY 14626


Recommended Lodging

Hampton Inn Rochester-North 
(585) 663-6070

500 Center Pl Dr
Rochester, NY 14615


Nearest Airport

Greater Rochester International Airport
Airport Code: ROC

1200 Brooks Ave
Rochester, NY 14624



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: (click here if no map appears below)
 
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Getting in touch with the power of your own voice also has the potential to improve your effectiveness and confidence as a clinician, improve your own self-care, and nurture your public speaking abilities as a leader in your field. Join Dr. Ginger Garner for an introduction to finding and harnessing the power of the voice for pelvic health.
Prerequisites: 
All pre-recorded lectures in Teachable for this course must be watched before the Live Component of the course. See the Schedule tab for the current list of pre-recorded videos
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Price: $495 (Early Registrant Price $475)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 16




Current standards of practice in maternal care have been cited as “a human rights failure” in the US1. Not due to the lack of medical services but the overuse of medical interventions during birth,2,3,4 hospitals that have “reduced medical interventions” and have improved “access to woman-centered care have fewer deaths and lower health care costs”1,3,4
Enter yoga as an ideal paradigm for “woman-centered care” that minimizes the need for technocratic birth, the medicalization of pregnancy and birth as a pathology rather than a natural condition. Patient satisfaction and self-confidence, which also suffers under the current biomedical model, is likewise improved by the self-care and self-empowerment emphasis of yogic medicine and its philosophy.
Yoga as a contemplative science and practice is a burgeoning field whose evidence-base is fast growing. This course combines pelvic rehabilitation and yoga in order to optimize childbirth outcomes and postpartum rehabilitation.
Yoga offers an evolutionary paradigm-shift that modernizes standard biomedical prenatal and postpartum care, through the WHO and IOM-endorsed lens of biopsychosocial practice5. Even more is yoga, when informed by rehabilitative science, can advance the creative dialogue of rehabilitation and yoga practice, paving the way for yoga to become an innovative best-care practice in prenatal and postpartum rehabilitative care.
Prenatal yogic medicine can be used in childbirth education and coaching, as well as postpartum care, and has been shown to improve labor and delivery outcomes, affect genetic transcription and expression, improve HPA Axis regulation and gut microbiome colonization, and can also well address pre-existing or perpetuating issues such as chronic pain, depression, anxiety, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and weight management. All of these comorbid conditions have a vital role in determining rehabilitation outcomes and should be addressed in regular care. However, for example, in comorbid conditions like pelvic pain and depression, pharmacological side effects, and the stigma of seeking mental health treatment can severely diminish adherence to biomedical interventions6. As a mind-body intervention, yoga during pregnancy can increase birth weight, shorten labor, decrease pre-term birth, decrease instrument-assisted birth, reduce perceived pain, stress, anxiety sleep disturbances, and general pregnancy-related discomfort and quality of life physical domains7,8. Yoga offers an optimal evidence-based strategy that can positively affect the underlying neuroendocrine issues that ultimately dictate therapeutic outcomes.
The WHO recommends that postpartum checkups include screening for back pain, incontinence, hemorrhoids, constipation, fatigue, breast pain, perineal pain, depression, painful intercourse, headaches, bowel problems, and dizziness or fainting. The yogic medicine paradigm can influence all of these conditions through systems-based intervention.
A combination of didactic lecture and interactive lab formats, including differential diagnosis and general prenatal and postpartum biopsychosocial screening will prepare the clinician to immediately apply the medical therapeutic yoga paradigm of practice. The 2-day course will also include business practice discussion and technical support for developing your new platform and clinical specialty niche in medical therapeutic yoga practice.

Sources
 1. Coeytauz et al., Maternal Mortality in the US: A Human Rights Failure. Contraception Editorial, March 2011. http://www.arhp.org/publications-and-resources/contraception-journal/march-2011
 2. Kuklina E, Meikle S, Jamieson D, et al. Severe obstetric morbidity in the US, 1998–2005. Obstet Gynecol. 2009;113:293–299.
 3. Tita ATN, Landon MB, Spong CY, et al. Timing of elective cesarean delivery at term and neonatal outcomes. NEJM. 2009;360:111–120.
 4. Clark SL, Belfort MA, Byrum SL, Meyers JA, Perlin JB. Improved outcomes, fewer cesarean deliveries, and reduced litigation: results of a new paradigm in patient safety. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008;199:e1–105.e7.Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (100 KB)
 5. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION., 2002. Towards a common language for functioning, disability and health : ICF. Geneva: World Health Organisation. 
 6. Buttner, M. M., Brock, R. L., O'Hara, M. W., & Stuart, S. (2015). Efficacy of yoga for depressed postpartum women: A randomized controlled trial. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 21(2), 94-100. doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2015.03.003 [doi]
 7. Sharma, M., & Branscum, P. (2015). Yoga interventions in pregnancy: A qualitative review. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (New York, N.Y.), 21(4), 208-216. doi:10.1089/acm.2014.0033 [doi]
 8. Curtis, K., Weinrib, A., & Katz, J. (2012). Systematic review of yoga for pregnant women: Current status and future directions. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : ECAM, 2012, 715942. doi:10.1155/2012/715942 [doi]
 
Audience:
This continuing education seminar is targeted to physical therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapist assistants, registered nurses, nurse midwives, and  other rehabilitation professionals. Content is not intended for use outside the scope of the learner's license or regulation. Physical therapy continuing education courses should not be taken by individuals who are not licensed or otherwise regulated, except, as they are involved in a specific plan of care.

 Prerequisites: None
 
Pre-Readings: There are no assigned pre-readings for this course
 
What to bring:
 1 yoga mat
 2 yoga blankets (Mexican blankets are fine)
 1 yoga strap (quick release buckle)
 2 yoga blocks
 Participants should wear comfortable exercise clothes for this course




Day One:
 8:00 Introductions, goals, manual orientation, pre-test
 8:30 Lecture - Practice Guidelines: Using the Therapeutic Conceptual Model
 10:00 Break
 10:15 Lab - Methods in L&D Preparation
 12:00 Lunch
 1:00 Lab – Case Study
 2:00 Lab – Immediate Postpartum Programming
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Lab – Immediate Postpartum Pathophysiology
 4:00 Lab – Case Study
 4:30 Break
 4:45 Discussion
 5:30 Questions/wrap-up, post-test
 6:00 Closure


Day Two:
 8:00 Meditation, pre-test
 8:30 Lab - Q&A; Early Postpartum Programming
 10:00 Break
 10:15 Lab – Postpartum Pathophysiology & Beyond; Special Programming
 12:00 Lunch
 12:45 Lecture - Integrative Business Practice 
 1:45 Break
 2:00 Lab – Case Study
 2:45  Discussion
 3:45 Questions, post-test
 4:00 Closure



Upon completion of this continuing education seminar, participants will be able to:
1. Define a biopsychosocial model of wellness assessment used in complementary and integrative medicine. 
2. Integrate the yoga philosophy with the evidence-based biopsychosocial model of integrative medicine for use in the postpartum population. 
3. Implement yogic methods, including their indications and modifications, for preparing the pregnant patient for birth. 
4. Analyze yoga postures for application in labor and delivery as well as in postpartum rehabilitation and wellness program planning. 
5. Create yoga programs for early, intermediate, and long-term phases of postpartum. 
6. Demonstrate evidence-based yoga methodology for spine, pelvic, and shoulder rehabilitation. 
7. Identify the role of using yoga as medicine on birth outcomes in the United States.
 Dr. Ginger Garner PT, DPT, ATC-Ret

Dr. Ginger Garner PT, DPT, ATC-Ret is a clinician, author, educator, and longtime advocate for improving access to physical therapy services, especially pelvic health. She is the founder and CEO of Living Well Institute, where she has been certifying therapists and doctors in Medical Therapeutic Yoga & Integrative Lifestyle Medicine since 2000. She also owns and practices at Garner Pelvic Health, in Greensboro NC, where she offers telehealth and in-person wellness and therapy services. Ginger is the author of multiple textbooks and book chapters, published in multiple languages. She has also presented at over 20 conferences worldwide over 6 continents across a range of topics impacting the pelvic girdle, health promotion, and integrative practices. 
Ginger is an active member of APTA, serving as the Legislative Chair for APTA North Carolina, as a Congressional Key Contact for APTA Private Practice, and in the Academy of Pelvic Health. Ginger lives in Greensboro, NC with her partner, 3 sons, and their rescue pup, Scout Finch. Visit Ginger at the websites above and on Instagram and YouTube. 



 
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GWUH Outpatient Rehabilitation Center

2131 K St. NW

Washington, DC 20037


Recommended Lodging

Avenue Suites Georgetown 
(202)333-8060

2500 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20037


Nearest Airport

Washington Dulles International Airport
Airport Code: IAD

Dulles International Airport, 1 Saarinen Cir
Dulles, VA 20166



 
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Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


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This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 16




Description:
Maternal care can and must improve in America. Current standards of practice have been cited as a “human rights failure.”1 We can deduce, then, that the current biomedical model is not meeting the needs of mothers or their babies.
Patient satisfaction in pregnancy and birth also suffers, with stories of birth trauma, whether physical or emotional, being unfortunately all too common. With a skyrocketing C-section rate at 33% in the US, and more than 50% in Brazil, far above the World Health Organization’s recommended 10% (for reducing mortality), prenatal care is in a full-blown international crisis.
However, contemplative science has long been a compassionate, culturally sensitive method for improving mindfulness and all-health outcomes. And the use of contemplative science, specifically yoga, in prenatal health has enormous potential and a growing evidence-base that can ameliorate this crisis.
Yoga offers an evolutionary paradigm-shift that modernizes standard biomedical prenatal and postpartum care, through the WHO and IOM-endorsed lens of biopsychosocial practice.3 Even more is yoga, when informed by rehabilitative science, can advance the creative dialogue of rehabilitation and yoga practice, paving the way for yoga to become an innovative best-care practice in prenatal and postpartum rehabilitative care.
Prenatal yogic medicine can be used in childbirth education and coaching, as well as postpartum care, and has been shown to improve labor and delivery outcomes, affect genetic transcription and expression, improve HPA Axis regulation and gut microbiome colonization, and can also well address pre-existing or perpetuating issues such as chronic pain, depression, anxiety, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and weight management. All of these comorbid conditions have a vital role in determining rehabilitation outcomes and should be addressed in regular care. However, for example, in comorbid conditions like pelvic pain and depression, pharmacological side effects, and the stigma of seeking mental health treatment can severely diminish adherence to biomedical interventions.4
As a mind-body intervention, yoga during pregnancy can increase birth weight, shorten labor, decrease pre-term birth, decrease instrument-assisted birth, reduce perceived pain, stress, anxiety sleep disturbances, and general pregnancy-related discomfort and quality of life physical domains.5-6 Yoga offers an optimal evidence-based strategy that can positively affect the underlying neuroendocrine issues that ultimately dictate therapeutic outcomes.
This course prepares the clinician to handle standard biomedical prenatal care for the pregnant patient as well as biopsychosocial care. Through a didactic and energizing lecture emphasizing interactive labs, this course will prepare the clinician to apply yoga as medicine through the WHO-endorsed biopsychosocial lens of assessment for first, second, and early third trimesters of pregnancy.
Algorithms for prenatal yoga rehab will also be included to streamline and direct clinical decision-making. The course addresses both low and high-risk pregnancy mind/body management, literature review and real time case analysis for differential diagnosis in both individual and group-based therapy. The 2-day course will also include business practice discussion and technical support for developing your new platform and clinical specialty niche in medical therapeutic yoga practice.

Sources
 1. Coeytauz et al., Maternal Mortality in the US: A Human Rights Failure. Contraception Editorial, March 2011. http://www.arhp.org/publications-and-resources/contraception-journal/march-2011
 2. World Health Organization Statement on Cesarean Section Rates. April 15, 2015.http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/maternal_perinatal_health/cs-statement/en/. Last sourced 2015.7.24. 
 3. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION., 2002. Towards a common language for functioning, disability and health : ICF. Geneva: World Health Organisation. 
 4. Buttner, M. M., Brock, R. L., O'Hara, M. W., & Stuart, S. (2015). Efficacy of yoga for depressed postpartum women: A randomized controlled trial. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 21(2), 94-100. doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2015.03.003 [doi]
 5. Sharma, M., & Branscum, P. (2015). Yoga interventions in pregnancy: A qualitative review. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (New York, N.Y.), 21(4), 208-216. doi:10.1089/acm.2014.0033 [doi]
 6. Curtis, K., Weinrib, A., & Katz, J. (2012). Systematic review of yoga for pregnant women: Current status and future directions. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : ECAM, 2012, 715942. doi:10.1155/2012/715942 [doi]
 
Audience:
This continuing education seminar is targeted to physical therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapist assistants, registered nurses, nurse midwives, and  other rehabilitation professionals. Content is not intended for use outside the scope of the learner's license or regulation. Physical therapy continuing education courses should not be taken by individuals who are not licensed or otherwise regulated, except, as they are involved in a specific plan of care.

 Prerequisites: None
 
Pre-Readings: There are no assigned pre-readings for this course
 
What to bring:
 1 yoga mat
 2 yoga blankets (Mexican blankets are fine)
 1 yoga strap (quick release buckle)
 2 yoga blocks
 Participants should wear comfortable exercise clothes for this course




Day One:
 8:00 Introductions, goals, manual orientation, pre-test
 8:30 Lecture - Practice Guidelines: Using the Therapeutic Conceptual Model
 10:00 Beak
 10:15 Lab - First Trimester Sequence(s)
 12:00 Lunch
 1:00 Lab - First Trimester Pathophysiology; Program Design
 2:30 Break
 2:45 Lab - Second Trimester Sequence(s)
 4:00 Break
 4:15 Lab - Second Trimester Pathophysiology; Program Design
 5:15 Questions/wrap-up, post-test
 6:00 Closure


Day Two:
 8:00 Meditation, pre-test
 8:30 Lab - Q&A; Third Trimester Sequence(s)
 10:00 Break
 10:15 Lab - Third Pathophysiology & Special Populations; Program Design
 12:00 Lunch
 12:45 Lecture - Integrative Business Practice
 1:45 Break
 2:00 Lab: Postpartum Abdominal
 2:00 Lab - Case study
 2:30 Discussion
3:30 Questions, post-test
 4:00 Closure



Upon completion of this continuing education seminar, participants will be able to:
1. Define a biopsychosocial approach to patient evaluation and treatment specifically related to a yogic model of care for the pregnant patient.
 2. Describe systemic changes related to pregnancy within each trimester and the integrative methodology which address the changes.
 3. Develop safe yoga prescriptions for the pregnant patient in individual and group settings based on the latest integrative prenatal medicine. 
 4. Prescribe yoga and other complementary methods based on signs and/or symptoms common to each trimester during pregnancy.
 5. Differentiate yoga postures and their indications and contraindications for use during pregnancy. 
 6. Create safe yoga programs for the high-risk patient during pregnancy.
 7. Demonstrate breathing, meditation, and guided imagery techniques for relaxation and stress management during pregnancy. 
 8. Analyze 3 business practices to promote prenatal yoga programs and maximize community visibility.
 Dr. Ginger Garner PT, DPT, ATC-Ret

Dr. Ginger Garner PT, DPT, ATC-Ret is a clinician, author, educator, and longtime advocate for improving access to physical therapy services, especially pelvic health. She is the founder and CEO of Living Well Institute, where she has been certifying therapists and doctors in Medical Therapeutic Yoga & Integrative Lifestyle Medicine since 2000. She also owns and practices at Garner Pelvic Health, in Greensboro NC, where she offers telehealth and in-person wellness and therapy services. Ginger is the author of multiple textbooks and book chapters, published in multiple languages. She has also presented at over 20 conferences worldwide over 6 continents across a range of topics impacting the pelvic girdle, health promotion, and integrative practices. 
Ginger is an active member of APTA, serving as the Legislative Chair for APTA North Carolina, as a Congressional Key Contact for APTA Private Practice, and in the Academy of Pelvic Health. Ginger lives in Greensboro, NC with her partner, 3 sons, and their rescue pup, Scout Finch. Visit Ginger at the websites above and on Instagram and YouTube. 


 
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Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

 Holy Cross Healthplex

1000 NE 56th St
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334


Recommended Lodging

 Courtyard Fort Lauderdale East
(954)771-8100
Mention Holy Cross for a group rate

5001 North Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33308


Nearest Airport

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Airport Code: FLL

100 Terminal Dr
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315



 
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Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Price: $495 (Early Registrant Price $475)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 16




Description:
Maternal care can and must improve in America. Current standards of practice have been cited as a “human rights failure.”1 We can deduce, then, that the current biomedical model is not meeting the needs of mothers or their babies.
Patient satisfaction in pregnancy and birth also suffers, with stories of birth trauma, whether physical or emotional, being unfortunately all too common. With a skyrocketing C-section rate at 33% in the US, and more than 50% in Brazil, far above the World Health Organization’s recommended 10% (for reducing mortality), prenatal care is in a full-blown international crisis.
However, contemplative science has long been a compassionate, culturally sensitive method for improving mindfulness and all-health outcomes. And the use of contemplative science, specifically yoga, in prenatal health has enormous potential and a growing evidence-base that can ameliorate this crisis.
Yoga offers an evolutionary paradigm-shift that modernizes standard biomedical prenatal and postpartum care, through the WHO and IOM-endorsed lens of biopsychosocial practice.3 Even more is yoga, when informed by rehabilitative science, can advance the creative dialogue of rehabilitation and yoga practice, paving the way for yoga to become an innovative best-care practice in prenatal and postpartum rehabilitative care.
Prenatal yogic medicine can be used in childbirth education and coaching, as well as postpartum care, and has been shown to improve labor and delivery outcomes, affect genetic transcription and expression, improve HPA Axis regulation and gut microbiome colonization, and can also well address pre-existing or perpetuating issues such as chronic pain, depression, anxiety, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and weight management. All of these comorbid conditions have a vital role in determining rehabilitation outcomes and should be addressed in regular care. However, for example, in comorbid conditions like pelvic pain and depression, pharmacological side effects, and the stigma of seeking mental health treatment can severely diminish adherence to biomedical interventions.4
As a mind-body intervention, yoga during pregnancy can increase birth weight, shorten labor, decrease pre-term birth, decrease instrument-assisted birth, reduce perceived pain, stress, anxiety sleep disturbances, and general pregnancy-related discomfort and quality of life physical domains.5-6 Yoga offers an optimal evidence-based strategy that can positively affect the underlying neuroendocrine issues that ultimately dictate therapeutic outcomes.
This course prepares the clinician to handle standard biomedical prenatal care for the pregnant patient as well as biopsychosocial care. Through a didactic and energizing lecture emphasizing interactive labs, this course will prepare the clinician to apply yoga as medicine through the WHO-endorsed biopsychosocial lens of assessment for first, second, and early third trimesters of pregnancy.
Algorithms for prenatal yoga rehab will also be included to streamline and direct clinical decision-making. The course addresses both low and high-risk pregnancy mind/body management, literature review and real time case analysis for differential diagnosis in both individual and group-based therapy. The 2-day course will also include business practice discussion and technical support for developing your new platform and clinical specialty niche in medical therapeutic yoga practice.

Sources
 1. Coeytauz et al., Maternal Mortality in the US: A Human Rights Failure. Contraception Editorial, March 2011. http://www.arhp.org/publications-and-resources/contraception-journal/march-2011
 2. World Health Organization Statement on Cesarean Section Rates. April 15, 2015.http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/maternal_perinatal_health/cs-statement/en/. Last sourced 2015.7.24. 
 3. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION., 2002. Towards a common language for functioning, disability and health : ICF. Geneva: World Health Organisation. 
 4. Buttner, M. M., Brock, R. L., O'Hara, M. W., & Stuart, S. (2015). Efficacy of yoga for depressed postpartum women: A randomized controlled trial. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 21(2), 94-100. doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2015.03.003 [doi]
 5. Sharma, M., & Branscum, P. (2015). Yoga interventions in pregnancy: A qualitative review. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (New York, N.Y.), 21(4), 208-216. doi:10.1089/acm.2014.0033 [doi]
 6. Curtis, K., Weinrib, A., & Katz, J. (2012). Systematic review of yoga for pregnant women: Current status and future directions. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : ECAM, 2012, 715942. doi:10.1155/2012/715942 [doi]
 
Audience:
This continuing education seminar is targeted to physical therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapist assistants, registered nurses, nurse midwives, and  other rehabilitation professionals. Content is not intended for use outside the scope of the learner's license or regulation. Physical therapy continuing education courses should not be taken by individuals who are not licensed or otherwise regulated, except, as they are involved in a specific plan of care.

 Prerequisites: None
 
Pre-Readings: There are no assigned pre-readings for this course
 
What to bring:
 1 yoga mat
 2 yoga blankets (Mexican blankets are fine)
 1 yoga strap (quick release buckle)
 2 yoga blocks
 Participants should wear comfortable exercise clothes for this course




Day One:
 8:00 Introductions, goals, manual orientation, pre-test
 8:30 Lecture - Practice Guidelines: Using the Therapeutic Conceptual Model
 10:00 Beak
 10:15 Lab - First Trimester Sequence(s)
 12:00 Lunch
 1:00 Lab - First Trimester Pathophysiology; Program Design
 2:30 Break
 2:45 Lab - Second Trimester Sequence(s)
 4:00 Break
 4:15 Lab - Second Trimester Pathophysiology; Program Design
 5:15 Questions/wrap-up, post-test
 6:00 Closure


Day Two:
 8:00 Meditation, pre-test
 8:30 Lab - Q&A; Third Trimester Sequence(s)
 10:00 Break
 10:15 Lab - Third Pathophysiology & Special Populations; Program Design
 12:00 Lunch
 12:45 Lecture - Integrative Business Practice
 1:45 Break
 2:00 Lab: Postpartum Abdominal
 2:00 Lab - Case study
 2:30 Discussion
3:30 Questions, post-test
 4:00 Closure



Upon completion of this continuing education seminar, participants will be able to:
1. Define a biopsychosocial approach to patient evaluation and treatment specifically related to a yogic model of care for the pregnant patient.
 2. Describe systemic changes related to pregnancy within each trimester and the integrative methodology which address the changes.
 3. Develop safe yoga prescriptions for the pregnant patient in individual and group settings based on the latest integrative prenatal medicine. 
 4. Prescribe yoga and other complementary methods based on signs and/or symptoms common to each trimester during pregnancy.
 5. Differentiate yoga postures and their indications and contraindications for use during pregnancy. 
 6. Create safe yoga programs for the high-risk patient during pregnancy.
 7. Demonstrate breathing, meditation, and guided imagery techniques for relaxation and stress management during pregnancy. 
 8. Analyze 3 business practices to promote prenatal yoga programs and maximize community visibility.
 Dr. Ginger Garner PT, DPT, ATC-Ret

Dr. Ginger Garner PT, DPT, ATC-Ret is a clinician, author, educator, and longtime advocate for improving access to physical therapy services, especially pelvic health. She is the founder and CEO of Living Well Institute, where she has been certifying therapists and doctors in Medical Therapeutic Yoga & Integrative Lifestyle Medicine since 2000. She also owns and practices at Garner Pelvic Health, in Greensboro NC, where she offers telehealth and in-person wellness and therapy services. Ginger is the author of multiple textbooks and book chapters, published in multiple languages. She has also presented at over 20 conferences worldwide over 6 continents across a range of topics impacting the pelvic girdle, health promotion, and integrative practices. 
Ginger is an active member of APTA, serving as the Legislative Chair for APTA North Carolina, as a Congressional Key Contact for APTA Private Practice, and in the Academy of Pelvic Health. Ginger lives in Greensboro, NC with her partner, 3 sons, and their rescue pup, Scout Finch. Visit Ginger at the websites above and on Instagram and YouTube. 



 
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Street Address (Links to Map)


Course Location

GWUH Outpatient Rehabilitation Center

2131 K St. NW

Washington, DC 20037


Recommended Lodging

Avenue Suites Georgetown 
(202)333-8060

2500 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20037


Nearest Airport

Washington Dulles International Airport
Airport Code: IAD

Dulles International Airport, 1 Saarinen Cir
Dulles, VA 20166



 
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Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Price: $475 (Early Registrant Price $450)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn



Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com


 
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Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

Virginia Hospital Center

1701 N George Mason Dr
 Arlington, VA 22205


Recommended Lodging

Hilton Arlington
(703) 528-6000

950 N Stafford St
 Arlington, VA 22203


Nearest Airport

Washington Dulles International Airport
Airport Code: IAD

1 Saarinen Cir
Dulles, VA 20166



 
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Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn



Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
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Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center

450 Broadway St
 Redwood City, CA 94063


Recommended Lodging

Holiday Inn Express Redwood City-Central 
(650) 299-0909

 1836 El Camino Real
Redwood City, CA 94063 


Nearest Airport

San Francisco International Airport
Airport Code: SFO

San Francisco, CA 94128



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: (click here if no map appears below)
 
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Description
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Location/Lodging
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Price: $475 (Early Registrant Price $450)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn



Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com



 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)


Course Location

Emerson Wellness Center for Mind and Body



310 Baker Ave
 Concord, MA 01742


Recommended Lodging

Residence Inn Boston Concord
(978) 341-0003

320 Baker Avenue
Concord, MA 01742


Nearest Airport

Logan International Airport
Airport Code: BOS

 1 Harborside Dr
 Boston, MA 02128 



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Description
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Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn






 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)


Course Location

Texas Children's Hospital
Feigin Center


1102 Bates Ave 
Houston, TX 77030


Recommended Lodging

Hilton Houston Plaza/Medical Center 
(713) 313-4000

6633 Travis St 
Houston, TX 77030


Nearest Airports

George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Airport Code: IAH

William P. Hobby Airport
Airport Code: HOU


2800 N Terminal Rd
Houston, TX 77032

7800 Airport Blvd
Houston, TX 77061




 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location
Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Description
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Location/Lodging
Discounts



Price: $475 (Early Registrant Price $450)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn



Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com


 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

Loyola University Health System

2160 S 1st Ave
Maywood, IL 60625


Recommended Lodging

Residence Inn Oakbrook
(630)568-2342

790 Jorie Boulevard
Oak Brook, IL 60523


Nearest Airport

Chicago Midway International Airport
Airport Code: MCO

5700 S Cicero Ave
Chicago, IL 60638



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: Click here if map is not shown below.
 
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Description
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Price: $475 (Early Registrant Price $450)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn



Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com


 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

Samuel Merritt University

400 Hawthorne Ave
Oakland, CA 94609


Recommended Lodging

Oakland Marriott City Center Hotel
(510)451-4000

1001 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94607


Nearest Airport

Oakland International Airport
Airport Code: OAK

1 Airport Drive
Oakland, CA 94621



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: (click here if no map appears below)
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
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To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


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Price: $475 (Early Registrant Price $450)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn





 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

 Providence Portland Medical Center

4805 NE Glisan Street 
Portland OR, 97213


Recommended Lodging

Marriot Courtyard Lloyd Center
(503)-234-3200

435 NE Wasco
Portland, OR 97232


Nearest Airport

Portland International Airport
Airport Code:PDX

7000 NE Airport Way,
 Portland, OR 97218



 
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Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
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8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

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Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com


 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge

291 Campus Drive
 Stanford, CA 943053


Recommended Lodging

Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel
(650) 328-2800

625 El Camino Real
 Palo Alto, CA 94301


Nearest Airport

San Francisco International Airport
Airport Code: SFO

San Francisco, CA 94128



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: (click here if no map appears below)
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.





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Price: $475 (Early Registrant Price $450)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn



Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
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Name
Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

Pacific Medical Center

1200 12th Ave South 
Seattle, WA 98144


Recommended Lodging

Best Western Executive Inn 
(206) 448-9444

200 Taylor Ave N 
Seattle, WA 98109


Nearest Airport

Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Airport Code: SEA

17801 International Blvd
Seattle, WA 98158



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: (click here if no map appears below)
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Price: $475 (Early Registrant Price $450)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn



Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com


 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

Harrison Medical Center

1780 NW Myhre Rd
Silverdale, WA 98383


Recommended Lodging

Oxford Suites Silverdale 
(360)698-9550

9550 Silverdale Way NW
Silverdale, WA 98383


Nearest Airport

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Airport Code: SEA

17801 International Blvd
Seattle, WA 98158



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: (click here if no map appears below)
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.



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Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn






 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)


Course Location

Doctor’s Building 2

 20805 W 151st St
 Olathe KS 66061


Recommended Lodging

Hilton Garden Inn Olathe
(913)-815-2345

12080 South Strang Line Road
 Olathe, Kansas, 66062 


Nearest Airport

Kansas City International Airport
Airport Code: MCI

Kansas City International Airport
 Kansas City, MO 64153



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: (click here if no map appears below)
 
Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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