Evidenced-Based Best Practices and Research
Our team has served on an Executive Roundtable and Vision Sharing Board for Non-Profit and Community Participation in Achieving "World Class" Standards of Care and Services for Wounded Warriors at the New Joint Services Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. They have also attended the Smithsonian/Navy Medicine Conference Series on Wounded Warrior Care – A series of distinguished ethics education conferences sponsored by the Office of Sponsored Projects of the Smithsonian Institution in partnership with the Navy Medicine Institute for the Medical Humanities and Research Leadership and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Our Nutrition educators are Certified Holistic Health Counselors that hold certificates in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University and the T. Collin Campbell Foundation, in addition to being graduates of the world’s leading and largest Holistic Nutrition School, The Institute of Integrative Nutrition. Our Human Performance team is certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine as Corrective Exercise Specialists and Personal Trainers, addition to being Certified Functional Movement Screen Professionals, Tactical Strength & Conditioning Facilitators, and Martial Arts Instructors. Our registered Yoga Teachers hold advanced certifications in Mindful Yoga Therapy for Veterans, and the Yoga Warriors methodology for PTSD and Combat Operational Stress Reaction.
EVIDENCE BASED / BEST PRACTICES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY
HEALTH COACHING
https://nccih.nih.gov/health/military-veteran
http://www.wellcoaches.com/images/pdf/EvidenceForCoaching-PPT-Oct-2010.pdf
http://coachingcenter.functionalmedicinecoaching.org/ifm/
http://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues/20160601healthcoaching.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14662633
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22356599
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738399114001347
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0129
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/11/mclean-launches-coaching-institute/
http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/31/priming-the-brain-to-be-a-better-dieter/?iid=hl-main-belt
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704314904575250352409843386.html
FUNCTIONAL & INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE
https://www.ifm.org/functional-medicine/
https://www.ifm.org/functional-medicine/patient-resource-center/
http://drhyman.com/blog/2010/12/21/educational-resources-for-physicians/
https://www.centerwatch.com/news-online/2017/01/09/acres-task-force-dagger-foundation-partner/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1781088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3758540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3833517/
MINDFULNESS & MEDITATION
iREST YOGA NIDRA
YOGA & MEDITATION
http://warriorsatease.org/resources/research/
http://www.mindfulexperience.org/
https://news.brown.edu/articles/2013/02/mindfulness
http://mindfulyogatherapy.org/wp/about-yoga-for-veterans/tools-resources/
http://www.yogawarriors.com/research
http://www.veteransyogaproject.org/index.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18991515
STRESS MANAGEMENT & RESILIENCY TRAINING
BURRIS FUNCTIONAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS COACHING
https://www.burrisinstitute.com/emotional-measurement/evidence-based
RECREATIONAL THERAPY
https://www.va.gov/health/NewsFeatures/20110712a.asp
http://www.pnpco.com/pn10000.html
INTEGRATIVE NUTRITION COOKING CLASSES
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4499482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4644575/
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/transcripts/11993_ask-the-expert-gut-health
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/anti-inflammatory-diet-can-relieve-pain-age/
https://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20110420/nutrition-may-help-treat-traumatic-brain-injury#1
https://www.livescience.com/22367-digestive-system.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24983072
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3225186/
POSTURAL RESTORATION
ANATOMY TRAINS METHODOLOGY
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26281953
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3881462/
MYOFASCIAL RELEASE
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455610/
NEUROMUSCULAR RE-EDUCATION
https://www.nchpad.org/1407/6273/Exercise~for~People~with~a~Traumatic~Brain~Injury
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22840829
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4380661/
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SPORTS MEDICINE OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE MODEL
https://www.nasm.org/certified-personal-trainer/the-opt-model
https://www.nasm.org/about-nasm
http://www.trainsmartbuffalo.com/nasm-opt-template
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SPORTS MEDICINE
http://www.acsm.org/public-information/acsm-journals/medicine-science-in-sports-exercise
FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT SYSTEMS
https://www.functionalmovement.com/articles/research/2012-03-15_fms_research_found_in_journals
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3924606/
ADAPTIVE SPORTS
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29111464
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
NATIONAL STRENGTH & CONDITIONING ASSOCIATION
https://www.nsca.com/publications/
https://www.nsca.com/abstracts/
EXOS PERFORMANCE SPECIALIST
https://www.teamexos.com/casestudy/
https://www.teamexos.com/performance-assessments/
DOD / VA STUDIES, PROTOCOLS, BEST PRACTICES
http://www.psmag.com/health/a-state-military-mind-42839/#.T-ohqv_i2wQ.facebook
http://www.dcoe.health.mil/
http://hprc-online.org/total-force-fitness
http://www.amsus.org/images/stories/journal/Vol175No8S/TotalForceFitness.PDF
http://www.samueliinstitute.org/
https://www.veteranssleep.pitt.edu/
http://www.nmrl.pitt.edu/publication/injury-epidemiology-us-army-special-operations-forces
http://www.nmrl.pitt.edu/warrior-research