Breath, Spine, and Health

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Mica Foster, DC Related seminars and products

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Mica Foster, DC, graduated from University of Bridgeport College of Chiropractic in 2005. She is also a licensed Craniosacral therapist, Reiki Master, HeartMath practitioner and Artist. She has a private practice in Hood River, Oregon. She treats a wide array of musculoskeletal disorders with a focus on finding ease and promoting stress reduction. She enjoys teaching "The art of meditation: drawing mandalas" to all ages. She has created "community coloring collaboration" walls to invite community involvement and communication. She has created "custom color pages for the classroom" to decrease stress and increase focus. Her art therapy has been distributed nationwide. Her illustrations have been featured in the book Ten Fingers Ten Toes Twenty Things Everyone Needs to Know in 2019.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Mica Foster maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Mica Foster has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Analyze the principles of biotensegrity, fascintegrity, and myofascial chains, and explain their relevance to patient function and recovery in clinical practice. (Bordoni, 2020)
2. Apply diaphragmatic breathing techniques effectively to improve cervical spine alignment and function in patients. (An, 2021)
3. Integrate breath reeducation with manual therapy techniques to regulate the autonomic nervous system, enhancing patient relaxation and pain relief. (Tatsios, 2022)

Outline

• Deep Dive: Biotensegrity, Fascintegrity, and Myofascial Chains
• Clinical Relevance in Spine and Neck Health
• Multi-faceted and ever-evolving theoretical fascial models and how to apply this knowledge clinically. As scientific research evolves, our understanding deepens, but these models are still just the tip of the iceberg when we start to consider the function of the cellular and liquid matrix and how that affects structure, connectivity and function

• Integration of Diaphragmatic Breathing for Neck Health
• Learn to identify common problem areas of muscle engagement that can lead to neck pain and postural dysfunction
• Learn how to engage or relax certain body areas of proper alignment and function

• Bridging Breath with the Autonomic Nervous System
• Techniques for Autonomic Modulation
• The breath is a direct and relatively fast way to address and create change in the autonomic nervous system
• Learn to identify your patient’s baseline autonomic tone and what direction is best suited for healing – activation of the parasympathetic or sympathetic nervous system

• Evidence-Based Manual Therapy for Cervical Mobility and Respiration
• Best Practices: Combining Manual Therapy and Exercise for Neck Pain – literature review
• Using eye gaze and eye movement to advance cervical spine ROM
• Yoga and mudras for wellness and mobility

Target Audience

• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapy Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Massage Therapists
• Athletic Trainers
• Chiropractors
• Nurses and health professionals