Stress and Intervention Techniques

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Stress can have a deleterious effect on our patients, leading to exacerbations of chronic diseases, increasing the risk of complications of some diagnoses as well as increasing the risk of additional diagnoses. It can interfere with them reaching their maximum rehabilitation potential and needs to be addressed.

In this evidenced-based seminar we teach what happens (physiological effects) of stress, whether it be be from watching the never-ending news reports of national disasters or other psychological stress, or physiological stress they are experiencing. We will examine what signs to look for, to determine if the patient is experiencing stress, and look at how different diagnoses may be effected by stress and what we as health care practitioners may offer as intervention techniques to help decrease the effects of the stress so they may reach their maximum rehab potential in a timely manner.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Participants will

1. Be knowledgeable of what stress is and the normal stress response

2. Be knowledgeable of the effect stress has on the different systems of the body

3. Know the difference between acute and chronic stress

4. Be knowledgeable of "feelings" brought on by stress

5. Be familiar with early and recent stress studies

6. Be knowledgeable of diagnoses that may be linked to stress or worsened by stress

7. Be knowledgeable of the physiological responses to stress

8. Be knowledgeable of stress effects on patients with diabetes, obesity, asthma, depression, cardiac disease, fibromyalgia and more

9. Be knowledgeable of intervention techniques for stress management for patients including manual therapeutic massage, breathing techniques, relaxation exercise techniques, geri-dance, tai chi, other exercise techniques, cognitive therapy, modalities and medications and other stress techniques used to manage stress such as social support, laughter, spiritual support, sleep and more.

COURSE SCHEDULE:

Day one

7:30-8:00 Registration, sign in, Coffee

8:00-8:30 Introduction to seminar, review of goals, pre-test, group interaction on stress

8:30-12 & 1-5pm Seminar instruction including the history of stress as we know it;

definitions of stress; easily recognized stressors, common complaints of patients who

are effected by stress; physiological responses to stress; Holmes-Rahe Stress

Scale administration; How stress effects patients with diabetes, Obesity,

Asthma, depression, cardiac disease, fibromyalgia and more;

Stress management techniques including controlled breathing/relaxation

techniques ,manual therapeutic massage, geridance,

tai chi, with video class led by tai chi master; cognitive

Therapy; the benefits of exercise to help decrease stress ,other interventions

that maybe used to decrease physiological Manifestations of stress including medications, diet, etc.

Lunch 12-1 on your own

Day two

8-11:30 Continue with seminar instruction

11:30-12:00 pm Case studies, group discussions, post test/post course evaluation

12:00: Distribution of certificates

Stress and Intervention Techniques

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