by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Aug 29, 2024 | Addiction & Recovery, Chronic Illness & Recovery, Trauma-Informed Approach, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs
August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day And the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) designates September as Recovery Month Addiction and substance use problems stem from a number of causes. Read on to learn how the...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Oct 24, 2019 | Neurological Conditions, Pain Management, Veterans & Military, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs
Yoga therapy can be practiced individually—one client to one yoga therapist—or in small groups of people with a shared condition or similar life situation. Either way, the yoga therapist tailors the practices to each person through both an initial evaluation and with...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Nov 23, 2018 | Chronic Illness & Recovery, Musculoskeletal Concerns, Pain Management, Scope of Practice, Women's Health, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs
In a first for both professions, physical therapists and yoga therapists Neil Pearson, Diana Perez, and Shelly Prosko presented a session on integrating the two fields in practice at Congress 2018 of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA). The group also...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Sep 22, 2018 | Musculoskeletal Concerns, What Is Yoga Therapy?
By Lori Rubenstein Fazzio Over the past 50 years, medicine has been shifting from a biomedical approach—one that focuses primarily on treatments to address physical causes of illness and pain—to a biopsychosocial-spiritual model that acknowledges the emotional,...
