Improve Your Management of Parkinson’s Disease with Our Lifestyle Medicine Courses

Adopting lifestyle medicine strategies for the management of Parkinson’s disease will improve outcomes for your patients.

Parkinson’s disease is a complex condition which affects both motor and non-motor systems of the body. Management of the conditions is equally complex because numerous variables affect the effectiveness of treatments used. This means holistic treatment strategies are a great approach for you to adopt for your patients particularly to complement medications.

In these new courses created by Z Altug you will learn how to unlock the power of adopting a holistic lifestyle treatment approach for your patients.

 

Course Instructor – Z Altug

A physical therapist with a passion for integrative and lifestyle medicine

Z Altug is a board-certified doctor of physical therapy with clinical experience treating musculoskeletal conditions. Z uses integrative and lifestyle medicine to help his patients and clients recover and heal. He is the author of the book Integrative Healing (Cedar Fort, Inc, 2018). He treats patients privately in Los Angeles and serves as a lecturer for several universities.

The Courses

Parkinson’s Lifestyle Medicine – Wellness and Lifestyle Strategies
Approximately 10 million people around the world are currently living with Parkinson’s. While the aetiology of Parkinson’s is not fully understood, it is believed that some combination of genetic and environmental factors are involved, including lifestyle factors such as tobacco use, diet, and physical activity.

Use Lifestyle Medicine in your Practice

Parkinson’s Lifestyle Medicine – Nutrition and Sleep Hygiene
Parkinson’s is associated with the loss of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra of the midbrain. It is typified clinically by resting tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia and a number of non-motor features such as anosmia, sleep behaviour disorder, depression, autonomic dysfunction, and cognitive dysfunction. The aetiology of this disease is not fully understood, but it is believed that environmental and genetic factors may be causative. These include various lifestyle factors such as tobacco use, dietary intake, and physical activity that will be discussed in this course.

Optimise Sleep and Nutrition for Your Patients

Parkinson’s Lifestyle Medicine – Art-Based or Expressive Therapies and Self-Management Strategies
While the aetiology of this disease is not fully understood, it is believed that genetic and environmental factors play a role. This course, the third in a series on Parkinson’s, explores how art-based therapies and self-management strategies can address a range of issues for individuals with Parkinson’s, such as anxiety, mood, and stress, and improve phy

Use Art & Music to Improve Outcomes

Lifestyle Medicine Fitness Strategies For Persons With Parkinson’s
The aetiology of Parkinson’s disease is not fully understood, but it is believed that some combination of environmental and genetic factors are involved, including lifestyle factors such as tobacco use, dietary intake, and physical activity. Physiotherapists are uniquely positioned to enhance a person’s quality of life by encouraging appropriate exercise and physical activities. This course, the last in a series on lifestyle medicine for Parkinson’s, will discuss mind-body and exercise strategies to maintain fitness for individuals with Parkinson’s.

Design Effective Lifestyle Strategies