Instructor: Vanessa Peacock BSc (Nutritional Medicine), RNCP/ROHP

This course is designed for Nutritional Practitioners, other allied healthcare professionals who work with clients with persistent pain, and individuals looking to increase their knowledge base of complex pain. The role of supplements and specific therapeutic diets in its treatment will be thoroughly explored. This 7 session long course will teach critical thinking skills for the care and identification of chronic pain, and explain the roles of other healthcare professionals in its multidisciplinary care. Recommendations for usage and dosage of nutritional therapies, special diets, and specific supplements, as well as the research on them and how they work, will be provided.

This course will cover:

• The neurophysiology and development of complex pain
• An overview of health conditions that involve chronic pain
• The assessment and interviewing of different types of chronic pain
• The role of nutrition and holistic care
• Evidence based recommendations
• Available nutritional supplements and dietary protocols

FORMAT: Online, LIVE

LOCATION: Zoom Classroom

SESSIONS: 7 Mondays
DATES: Jun 7, 14, 21, 28, Jul 5, 12, 19
TIME: 3:00 – 6:30pm Pacific / 6:00 – 9:30pm Eastern
REQUIRED TEXT: The End of Pain: How Nutrition and Diet Can Fight Chronic Inflammatory Disease by Jacqueline Lagacé
FEE:$460 + GST
REQUIRED DIGITAL COURSE NOTES: $30 + GST
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: June 1, 2021

ACCESS TO MATERIAL:

The day before the course starts registered students will receive an email with LINKS to:

— A copy of the complete Course Outline with test and assignment dates
— Zoom Login and Password
— Digital Course Notes/Power Point Presentation Session 1 of 7
—Sessions 2 to 7 will be sent to registered students after the first class, on the first Friday that follows
— Every session’s replay will be sent to students before noon, the next day

ARE YOU OUTSIDE OF OUR TIME ZONES?

You may request to be considered for receiving replays of the course without or with earning the Certificate of Completion, depending on whether you are available to write the tests or hand in assignments on the designated days. We can accommodate schedules on a case by case basis. For more information on not being able to attend LIVE, and wanting to access the replays, please contact Julia Rickert @ julia@instituteofholisticnutrition.com