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 …
Dr. Lindsay Hammersmith PT, DPT
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 …
Dr. Rachel Gorman, DPT
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, …
Robbie Burney, PT
“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 …
Hallie Sikes, PT
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 …
Betty Conroy, PT
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 …
Dr. KC Coninx, DPT
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 …
Dr. Rachel Witmer PT, DPT
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. …
Wendy Driscoll, PT
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 …