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Jessica Smithson OTR/L

ByGinger Garner

Over the course of my professional career I have been striving to find the best treatment method that would make the biggest impact on my patients.
Almost 20 years, and many continuing education courses later, I believe that I have come upon the best methodology that satisfies these requirements. That method is Medical Therapeutic Yoga.

Medical Therapeutic Yoga (MTY) is defined as yoga prescription that utilizes evidenced based practice and streamlines clinical assessment and management to improve patient outcomes and satisfaction.

The BPS model and MTY can help support our patients on their human-spiritual journey while using evidence- based techniques that combine eastern ideology with western science. It can effectively guide our patients (and ourselves!) to deeper levels of self- awareness and wholistic healing.

Jessica Smithson OTR/L

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