I use MTY with every patient, regardless of if they are 80 with chronic pain, an acute shoulder, or someone in an MVA with whiplash injury. The majority of these patients all have 2 things in common: pain & response to pain. According to the American Physical Therapy Association, “PTs examine each individual and develop…
MTY has become an integral component of my physical therapy practice. I specialize in the treatment of men and women with a variety of pelvic and orthopedic symptoms, including persistent pain, bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunction, general weakness and pregnancy-related symptoms. My focus as a physical therapist is to help my clients restore comfortable movement…
MTY applies to my entire life—it creates that balance between rest and activation, searching and finding, releasing and relaxing, lifting and letting go. Through discovering my own biopsychosocial model to health and wellness, I have discovered that place of intersection where my passion, my talents, my mission, and a need for my service all meet…
In our present healthcare system, the Biomedical Model an “episode” of care begins with disease or impairment. The patient is treated for a diagnosis for an interval of time typically pre-determined by the payor. This standard of care treats the diagnosis first with the provider as the expert dominating the care of the patient. MTY…
The MTY focus on body awareness, breath awareness and spinal neutral through the yoga couch provides a powerful platform to address each individual through a biopsychosocial lens, while also creating a communal experience through the class offering. It allows me to bring what could be offered on a table to the mat, allowing it to…
In the outpatient orthopedic physical therapy setting, I have been able to witness the successes of MTY in two different models. The first is through 1-on-1 hour-long appointments. In these sessions, the patient is encouraged to take control of their health & well-being through supportive & collaborative communication & planning. Evidence-based practice from physical therapy…
“I wish I knew then what I know now.” How many times have we all said that? I believe that everything happens for a reason and I probably needed to be seasoned. But as a practicing physical therapist of 40 years, I can think of more than a few patients, myself included, that could have…
With my training in Medical Therapeutic Yoga (MTY), I have found my professional missing link. Ginger Garner has taken the art and philosophy of yoga and looked at it through the eyes of of medical research to discern what is safe and beneficial or what is likely to cause injury. She teaches Professional Yoga Therapists…
The use of Medical Therapeutic Yoga (MTY) has transformed my physical therapy practice by emphasizing the use of education, self-awareness, and self-empowerment with my patients, thereby enabling them to become partners in their own healing. I am energized by the positive changes in my patients since integrating MTY into my practice. Patient visits now include…
Through combining physical therapy and MTY, patients will be able to achieve a better awareness of allostasis in order to encourage a sense of equanimity. Teaching patients that certain stressors can lead to growth, but also how to reduce negative stress that leads to physical and emotional breakdown. Through MTY, both patients and providers are…
Let’s take a patient to use as an example of how I utilize MTY as a PT. This patient is a mother of two, who has been experiencing severe low back pain (LBP) & radicular symptoms for eight months. She took the traditional medical route of seeing her physician, who prescribed PT. Subsequently she completed…
MTY synergizes with the current, mainstream practice of PT. It builds on a solid framework to evaluate & treat movement issues using standardized assessments & evidence based treatment approaches. But MTY doesn’t stop there. MTY empowers therapists to look beyond the body part, using more holistic approaches by delving into all 5 areas of the…