"Conscious Caring" for People in Pain

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Carleen Sterner, MD, practiced as a Family Physician in Canada and the USA (Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, WI) for 25 years prior to transitioning to a career in holistic healing as a NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association) Certified Ayurvedic Health Practitioner (graduated from the Radiant Living Online School of Ayurveda, 2018) and Ayurvedic Body Therapy provider. While she is no longer practicing as an allopathic physician, she provides a "bridge" between the knowledge of modern medicine and the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda. Carleen believes in living LIFE with balance and joy, compassion and kindness, love and laughter, gratitude and grace, to empower our innate capacity for healing and happiness. Carleen is passionate about achieving a return to wholeness and health through the ancient holistic medical system of Ayurveda. Sterner founded and currently provides healing services at Ayurveda with Carleen: Creative Life Coaching.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Carleen Sterner 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: Carleen Sterner is a member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association.

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Objectives

1. Apply a selection of Four Care Tools and practices for stress management and restoring wellbeing for providers caring for people in pain.
2. Investigate the science and history of Ayurveda and integration to treating/managing pain within the allopathic medical model.
3. Analyze limitations of the traditional medical model of pain management for both patient and practitioner.
4. Investigate pain perception as an experience of where and how in addition to how this requires a multipronged approach to pain management.

Outline

• Introduction
  • Struggles with traditional HC model
  • Treating symptoms rather than causes – looking for healing from the outside rather than inside Opioid and passive treatment dependence
     
• Ayurveda Defined
  • Ancient holistic, natural medical system – “Science of Life and living wisely”
  • Whole person, NATURE based, treat root cause (not just symptoms) to restore health as harmonious relationship between inner and outer environments
  • Emphasis on WHOLENESS
  • Unique mind-body types – one size does not fit all; identify imbalances
    • Predicts types of behavioral tendencies/health issues an individual is likely to exhibit and how to address those tendencies
  • Ayurvedic principles and how they apply to understanding/managing “pain”
     
• Introduction/practice with FOUR CARE TOOLS for providers working with people in pain
  • Applications in Pain Management
  • Working on your “bodies” (where/how we experience “pain”)
  • Importance of Compassion and Self-care for the clinician
  • GOAL: Do not take on the patient’s pain
  • Strategies of protection
  • Importance of self-care
     
• MOVEMENT and INTRODUCTION TO 4 Care Tools:
  • PT about MOVEMENT...Ayurveda about moving energy on various levels to restore balance and connection
  • Moving energy through physical body
  • Moving thoughts
  • Moving the energy of emotion (Energy in Motion)
     
• 4 CARE TOOLS (Self-care tools for caring for those in PAIN)
  • Strategies for improved balance
  • Awareness of your mental state
  • PAIN – as Perception of Alignment/Awareness Interpreted Negatively

Target Audience

• Chiropractors
• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapy Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Other Rehab Health Professionals