In these historic times, we now, more than ever, need an accessible understanding of ways to focus positive intention, including ways to nourish the self to bolster stress resilience, immune function, and modulate pain. In both the short and long-term, the food we eat (or do not eat!) impacts every system of the body. Nourishment status directly relates to our overall health picture affecting a multitude of systems and conditions treated in pelvic rehabilitation including chronic pain /chronic pelvic pain. Building Resilience Through Nourishment: How Nutrition Can Modulate Stress Response, and Immunity and Pain provides the rehab professional with an exploratory glimpse at the multi-dimensional connections between rehabilitation, resilience, pain, and nutritional sciences. This course is a designed for clinicians ready to access organized and clinically relevant nutrition information applicable to all experience levels and practice settings. Course is packed full of tele-health ready strategies for sharing.

Whether at the beginning of your journey or well on your way down the path of integrative care, this continually updated and relevant course is a unique, not-to-be-missed opportunity.  NPPR is developed and instructed by Megan Pribyl, PT, CMPT, a physical therapist / pelvic rehab specialist with both a degree in nutrition and an intense passion for sharing the convergence of these worlds for the benefit of clients and health care providers.  

Schedule:

Pre-recorded video prior to live content: None

Live Content: 2 Hours

Objectives:

1. Describe the gut-brain-microbiota axis and how this framework is essential for understanding connection between food, stress resilience, immunity and pain

2. Identify evidence-based nutritional recommendations for addressing stress resilience, immunity and pain, including chronic pelvic pain

3. Describe the interrelated nature of the HPA axis, vagus nerve, and enteric nervous system as well as modulator of the relationships.

4. List foods with known protective properties affecting stress response, immunity, and pain.