Dr. Jessica Drummond – Level 1 – Functional Nutrition for Rehabilitation Professionals

Dr. Jessica Drummond – Level 1 – Functional Nutrition for Rehabilitation Professionals

For physical therapists (physiotherapists) and occupational therapists, times have changed. Nutrition matters for recovery and health, and your patients know this. Deep down, you know it too. You know that you feel better when you eat better, sleep better, take your supplements and have support. No matter what you do and how hard you work with people using manual therapy, exercise, or other modalities — if their nutrition does not match their genetics, doesn’t meet their nutritional needs, and doesn’t support the health of their digestive, immune, nervous, and endocrine systems… their recovery may not happen at all.

And then you are frustrated. I used to feel like I had failed my patients. But, I was just missing some essential pieces of the healing recipe.

Once I embraced learning functional nutrition, and began teaching it to my rehab colleagues at major hospitals in the US, UK, and Europe, our collective results and our patients’ satisfaction dramatically improved.

Quite frankly, at first I was shocked by how effective some simple nutrition shifts were for my patients’ recoveries.

The powerful combination was most effective for my most challenging patients.

Chronic fatigue
Chronic pain
Autoimmunity
Brain fog, and other mild cognitive impairments
Obesity
Post-surgery
Osteoporosis
Improving athletic performance

As patients become more educated, they are starting to demand that we – their physical and occupational therapists – show up for them in an integrative way to help them reach their health, functional, and performance goals. It’s our job to keep up with this demand… or be left behind.
Learning Nutrition Doesn’t Have to Be Intimidating or Boring!

You might feel like you already have enough on your plate, and you’d rather just refer your patients to a nutritionist. (*I get it. I’ve personally worked as a physical therapist in acute care, outpatient orthopedic and neuro settings, and women’s health for nearly 2 decades, I know the day-to-day pressures that you face!)

But, it will actually make your job easier to be able to answer common questions like these that your patients will start asking you (if they haven’t already!)

I read about the ketogenic diet online, will that help my joint pain?
I am so tired in the afternoons, is it ok if I just have 1-2 cups of coffee a day?
How does taking vitamin D help my pain?
Is the Paleo diet safe?
One of the runners that always seems so fast and healthy in our city is a vegan. Should I be on a vegan diet to improve my running speed?
I heard magnesium is good for headaches. Is that true?
I think my IBS is making my pelvic pain worse. Who can help me with that?

Why learn functional nutrition skills to add to your physical or occupational therapy practice?

“Diet and nutrition are key components of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of many conditions managed by physical therapists.” – American Physical Therapy Association
Up to 60% of global deaths are related to preventable and reversible chronic diseases that can be improved with a skilled nutrition and therapy approach.
Understanding the contribution of nutrition to common physical and occupational therapy impairments, such as fatigue and pain, can improve your ability to help patients relieve their symptoms faster.

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