Target Audience

IPTA Southwest District members, physical therapists, physical therapy assistants, students.

Agenda

Speaker

Laura Covill, DPT, OCS, COMT
Associate Professor, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, Des Moines University

• Doctorate in Physical Therapy, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts
• Masters of Health Science, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Bachelors of Science in Physical Therapy, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York

Full biography.

Resources

• Mason H, Vandoni  M, deBarbieri  G, Codrons E, Ugargol V, Bernardi L.  Cardiovascular and respiratory effect of yogic slow breathing in the yoga beginner: What is the best approach.  Evidence based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013; 7 pages 
• Yoga for Healthy Aging
• Streeter C, Gerbarg P, Saper R, Ciraulo D, Brown R.  Effects of yoga on the autonomic nervous system, gamma-aminobutyric acid and allostatsis in epilepsy, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Medical Hypothesis. 2012. 78:571-579. 
• Gard T, Noggle J, Park C, Vago D, Wilson A. Potential self-regulatory mechanisms of yoga for psychological health. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2014
• Abel A, Lloyd L, Williams J.  The effects of regular yoga practice on pulmonary function in healthy individuals: A literature review.  J Alt Comp Med. 2013.  19(3): 185-190. 
• Gomez-Castillo BJ, Hirsch R, Groninger H, Baker K, Cheng MJ, Phillips J, Pollack J, Berger AM.  Increasing the number of outpatients receiving spiritual assessment: A pain and palliative care service quality improvement project.  J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015. 05.012 epub ahead of print  
• Buttle H.  Measuring a journey without goal: Meditation, spirituality and physiology.  Biomed Res Int. 2015, online Jun 7th 2015. 
• Arora S, Bhattacharjee J.  Modulation of immune responses in stress by Yoga.  Int J Yoga 2008 1(2) 45-55.

Continuing Education Credit

Certificates of attendance will given for 1.0 continuing education contact hour.