Part 2: Using Mindfulness Meditation in Physical Rehabilitation

2 hours

Mindfulness meditation is a practice that can provide patients with the ability to respond skillfully to the physical and emotional challenges that affect them. The practice does this by training the mind to simply pay attention to the lived experience and to adopt a mental stance to accept it as it is. This training changes the way patients experience their challenges. From mindfulness meditation practice, patients form a healthy perspective and relationship with what is challenging them, which takes the power out of what they are experience. Patients that practice mindfulness meditation have been shown to make many improvements, including attenuating physical pain, anxiety, and depression.

Although it would be ideal for patients to regularly practice mindfulness meditation, there are many reasons why they don’t. This course, which is part 2 of a two-part series taught by Dr. Farrell*, offers a beneficial option by teaching physical rehabilitation specialists the skills that are foundational for mindfulness meditation so that they can be used as adjunctive treatment strategy with patients. By having physical rehabilitation specialists incorporate these skills into treatment, patients have the chance to improve outcomes and have a better quality of life.

*Part 1 of this two-part series introduces all medical professionals to mindfulness meditation for self-care and to be a utilized as a tool for modeling beneficial behaviors with patients.

Audience
This introductory level course is relevant for physical rehabilitation specialists, including physical and occupational therapists.

Course Objectives
After completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Discuss how the essential elements that are used with mindfulness meditation practice can be a tool to use as an adjunctive treatment strategy in physical rehabilitation. 

• Explain to patients how practicing exercises that utilize the essential elements of mindfulness meditation can positively impact physical and emotional challenges. 

• Implement different exercises that utilize the essential elements of mindfulness meditation with other physical rehabilitation strategies for patients that require physical rehabilitation.  

• Provide resources for patients to learn how to practice mindfulness meditation.

Continuing Education Credits
This course has not been approved for continuing education credits. However, if you want to submit an individual application for continuing education credits with your profession, contact me at lisa@symmetryalliance.com and I can provide you with my CV, course outline, course objectives, and a certificate of completion once you have purchased and completed the course.