Pain and Neuroplasticity

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Karen Pryor, PhD, PT, DPT, CH, CFPS Related seminars and products

Health Sphere Wellness Center

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Karen Pryor, PhD, PT, DPT, CH, CFPS, has a doctorate in physical therapy and has practiced for 40 years in the field. Dr. Pryor is the owner of Health Sphere Wellness Center, an integrative therapy clinic in Nashville, Tennessee. Involved with early intervention in the birth-three population for over 30 years, she has developed neuroplasticity techniques that are used in a wide variety of settings, including homes, childcare centers, and school systems, to advanced pediatric therapy programs.

Dr. Pryor serves on several boards, including the Leadership Interagency Council for Early Intervention (2014-2019), a position to which she was appointed by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam. In 2010, she received the President's Volunteer Service Award for her contributions to the advanced treatment of children from President Barack Obama. In addition to her work with children, Dr. Pryor has served as an adjunct professor at the Tennessee State University Occupational Therapy Assistant program. She is a clinical instructor for several universities and colleges. With her years of experience and passion for complete wellness, Dr. Pryor advances a more expansive view of how to integrate therapy throughout the lifespan by using neuroplasticity techniques.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Karen Pryor is the owner of Health Sphere Wellness Center, LLC and is a field examiner for PDMS-3. She has employment relationships with Tennessee State University, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Physical Therapy School, the Daymar Physical Therapy Assistant School and the Volunteer State Community College. She is a paid consultant for Evergreen Certifications. Karen Pryor receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Karen Pryor is a reviewer with Tennessee Physical Therapy Association and American Physical Therapy Association. She is an Ambassador for National Down Syndrome Society. She serves on the editorial board for APTA Journal.

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. Evaluate and treat patients more effectively using a cutting-edge and comprehensive approach to pain management with improved outcomes.
2. Demonstrate somatosensory pathways that modulate pain and sensory information.
3. Analyze how the brain interprets and responds to pain, and how to rewire neural circuitry.
4. Develop skills to employ manual therapy and neuroplasticity techniques to help their patients experience less pain and improve more rapidly.
5. Employ methods to balance muscle tone and function.
6. Integrate evidence-based interventions to effectively treat multiple systems dysfunction techniques and mindfulness exercises to tonify the nervous system that promote mind-body connection.

Outline

• Physiologic and socioeconomic/cultural influences for pain perception
• The power of social and emotional connections
• How pain changes the brain

• Pathways that fire together wire together
• Pain and emotional integration
• Our endogenous opioid system
• Somatosensory neurological fiber types and pathways

• Mechanical
• Inflammation
• Neuropathic
• Non-organic/psychogenic/neuropsychiatric disorders

• Physical and neurological exam
• Current treatment protocols in the physical and pharmacologic treatment of pain
• Acute vs chronic pain
• How we heal from injury, inflammation, cell death and repair
• Nutrition protocols
• Epigenetic, social and cultural influences

• Neuroplasticity and neurogenesis
• How to reduce pain from the inside outways to effectively treat and modulate the pain experience by rewiring fear avoidance behavior
• Manual therapy and pressure techniques that affect pain modulation and recovery
• How cranial nerves and lower brain centers affect pain modulation
• How to treat tone using golgi tendon apparatus and reciprocal inhibition
• Exercises for pairing neurological connections and primitive reflex integration

• Motor vehicle accident
• Coccyx – fracture, subluxation
• Shoulder and cervical injury – worker’s compensation emotional and social components
• Shoulder, cervical and lower back pain – military personnel emotional and chemical factors
• Fibromyalgia
• Multiple Sclerosis

• Breathing to balance the nervous system
• Guided mindfulness meditation exercises
• Movement – Yoga, Tai chi and exercises
• The art of meditation – drawing mandalas

Target Audience

• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapy Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Chiropractors
• Speech Language Pathologists
• Athletic Trainers
• Other Rehabilitation Professionals