Postural Assessment & Therapeutic Yoga Prescription - SOD

Course overview

The human body has this wonderful design-when we hold ourselves properly, i.e. when posture is perfectly aligned, the body can work very efficiently without pain or discomfort all life long. But there are many factors that will cause a body to fall out of alignment over time: Life experiences, postural habits, an athletic activity that causes overuse of certain muscles while other muscles get weak-there are numerous factors in life that will cause a patient to lose that perfect postural alignment. When that happens, the result can be repetitive stress injury, compromised breathing, back pain, and over the long term, arthritis or other chronic pain issues. This course educates therapists about postural assessment and therapeutic yoga prescription. Therapists are taught to identify factors affecting alignment and demonstrate an understanding of the need for a holistic approach to postural assessment. They are instructed on the sequence of steps in a comprehensive practice and two therapeutic asanas for each of the common joint dysfunctions and muscle imbalances. The course provides coverage of muscle imbalances of Egoscue postural sets and prescribes asanas for each postural set.