Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

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

Courses Instructed by Carolyn McManus

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    Arlington
    • Description

    • Objectives

    • Schedule

    • Instructor

    • 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:

    1. Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
    2. Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
    3. Describe current pain science concepts
    4. Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
    5. Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
    6. Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
    7. Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
    8. Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
    9. Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
    10. Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
    11. 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, 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

     NameStreet 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

     

    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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    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:

    1. Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
    2. Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
    3. Describe current pain science concepts
    4. Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
    5. Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
    6. Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
    7. Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
    8. Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
    9. Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
    10. Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
    11. 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, 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

     NameStreet 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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    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:

    1. Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
    2. Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
    3. Describe current pain science concepts
    4. Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
    5. Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
    6. Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
    7. Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
    8. Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
    9. Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
    10. Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
    11. 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, 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

    • Objectives

    • Schedule

    • Location/Lodging

    • Instructor

    • 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:

    1. Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
    2. Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
    3. Describe current pain science concepts
    4. Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
    5. Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
    6. Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
    7. Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
    8. Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
    9. Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
    10. Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
    11. 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, 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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    • Schedule

    • Instructor

    • 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:

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    Prerequisites:

    None

     

    What to bring:

    Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket

    Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

    1. Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
    2. Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
    3. Describe current pain science concepts
    4. Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
    5. Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
    6. Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
    7. Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
    8. Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
    9. Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
    10. Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
    11. 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, 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

     NameStreet 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

    • Objectives

    • Schedule

    • Instructor

    • 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:

    1. Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
    2. Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
    3. Describe current pain science concepts
    4. Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
    5. Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
    6. Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
    7. Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
    8. Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
    9. Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
    10. Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
    11. 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, 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

     NameStreet 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

    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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    Portland
    • Description

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    • Schedule

    • Location/Lodging

    • Instructor

    • 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:

    1. Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
    2. Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
    3. Describe current pain science concepts
    4. Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
    5. Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
    6. Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
    7. Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
    8. Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
    9. Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
    10. Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
    11. 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

     NameStreet 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

     

    Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: (click here if no map appears below)

    Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

    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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    • Schedule

    • Instructor

    • 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:

    1. Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
    2. Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
    3. Describe current pain science concepts
    4. Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
    5. Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
    6. Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
    7. Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
    8. Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
    9. Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
    10. Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
    11. 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, 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

     NameStreet 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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    • Description

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    • 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.

     

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    Prerequisites:

    None

     

    What to bring:

    Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket

    Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

    1. Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
    2. Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
    3. Describe current pain science concepts
    4. Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
    5. Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
    6. Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
    7. Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
    8. Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
    9. Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
    10. Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
    11. 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, 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

     NameStreet 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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    • Description

    • Objectives

    • Schedule

    • Instructor

    • 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:

    1. Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
    2. Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
    3. Describe current pain science concepts
    4. Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
    5. Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
    6. Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
    7. Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
    8. Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
    9. Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
    10. Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
    11. 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, 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

     NameStreet 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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    • Description

    • Objectives

    • Schedule

    • Location/Lodging

    • Instructor

    • 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:

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    Prerequisites:

    None

     

    What to bring:

    Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket

    Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

    1. Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
    2. Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
    3. Describe current pain science concepts
    4. Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
    5. Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
    6. Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
    7. Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
    8. Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
    9. Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
    10. Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
    11. 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, 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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