​Please join us at Yonemoto Physical Therapy for a night to learn more about how you can use essential oils in your everyday lifestyle. Learn how certain oils can help you get a better night's rest, help rid your body of aches, get better circulation, breathe easier and learn all the other added benefits of essential oils. Presented by Sheila Yonemoto, PT.

Location: Yonemoto Physical Therapy
55 S. Raymond Ave, Suite 100
Alhambra, CA 91801
Time: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Date: March 18, 2020 (Wednesday)
Price: FREE

Please use side entrance across from the restrooms on the ground floor. Parking is available on the street or in the lot for the medical building.

Upcoming Lectures: Every other Wednesday there will be a CBD Oil lecture available for those who wish to know more about CBD oil and how it can help you. Lectures are by appointment only, please call (626) 576-0591 for more info. Lectures will be given at YPT and presented by Sheila Yonemoto, PT

Qigong
Want to take an exercise class that helps maintain physical activity, promote good health habits, strengthen your muscles, maintains good balance, and helps get better organ function? Our qigong classes can help you with all of these things and more.

All classes for Qigong are taught by Sheila Yonemoto, who is a qigong master and has been practicing qigong for over 20 years.

Level 3
Location: Yonemoto Physical Therapy - 55 S. Raymond Ave, Suite 100, Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (626) 576-0591
Price: $20 per class
Time: 7 pm - 8:30 pm
Date: Thursdays, Feb 20, 27, March 5, 12, 19, 26, 2020

Level 3
Location: Yonemoto Physical Therapy - 55 S. Raymond Ave, Suite 100, Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (626) 576-0591
Price: $20 per class
Time: 11 am - 12:30 pm
Date: Saturdays, March 7, 14, 21, April 11, 18, 25, 2020

Advanced Class
Location: Yonemoto Physical Therapy - 55 S. Raymond Ave, Suite 100, Alhambra CA 91801
Phone: (626) 576-0591
Price: $20 per class
Time: 9 am - 10:30 am
*First Series: Saturdays, Jan 11, 18, 25, Feb 1, 8, 22
*Second Series: Saturdays, March 14, 21, April 11, 18, 25, May 2, 2020

Wild Goose Series
*Need at least a level 3 or higher qigong level in order to take this class. Anything lower might become overwhelmed with the material given.

Location: Yonemoto Physical Therapy - 55 S. Raymond Ave, Suite 100, Alhambra CA 91801
Phone: (626) 576-0591
Price: $20 per class
Time: 9 am - 10:30 am
*First Series: Saturdays, Jan 25, Feb 1, 8, 15, 22, Mar 7, 2020
*Second Series: Saturdays, March 14, 21, April 11, 18, 25, May 2, 2020

*First and Second Series for Advanced Class and Wild Goose Series will be the same class. 

New YPT January 2020 Qigong Class Series
Presented by Sheila Yonemoto

Qigong
Want to take an exercise class that helps maintain physical activity, promote good health habits, strengthen your muscles, maintains good balance, and helps get better organ function? Our qigong classes can help you with all of these things and more.
 
Level 2
Location: Yonemoto Physical Therapy - 55 S. Raymond Ave, Suite 100, Alhambra CA 91801
Phone: (626) 576-0591
Price: $20 per class
Time: 7 pm - 8:30 pm
Date: Thursdays, Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 13, 2020

Level 2 
Location: Yonemoto Physical Therapy – 55 S. Raymond Ave, Suite 100, Alhambra CA 91801
Phone: (626) 576-0591
Price: $20 per class
Time: 11 am - 12:30 pm
Date: Saturdays, Jan 11, 18, Feb 1, 8, 15, 22, 2020

Advanced Class
Location: Yonemoto Physical Therapy - 55 S. Raymond Ave, Suite 100, Alhambra CA 91801
Phone: (626) 576-0591
Price: $20 per class
Time: 9 am - 10:30 am
Date: Saturdays, Jan 11, 18, 25, Feb 1, 8, 22

Wild Goose Series
*Need at least a level 2 or higher qigong level in order to take this class. Anything lower might become overwhelmed with the material given.

Location: Yonemoto Physical Therapy - 55 S. Raymond Ave, Suite 100, Alhambra CA 91801
Phone: (626) 576-0591
Price: $20 per class
Time: 9 am - 10:30 am
Date: Jan 25, Feb 1, 8, 15, 22, Mar 7, 2020

At the recent Physical Therapy Tristate Conference, one of the talks was on the problem of pain in the United States. It's no wonder since there is an epidemic on opioid use. Some of the lesser-known facts about opioids include: Opioid use was promoted by an editorial in a medical journal, not a study; Low back pain is the number one condition for which opioids are prescribed.

It is estimated that 1 out of 4 people who are prescribed opioids go on to chronic abuse. It has been shown that patients who are referred to physical therapy in the first 90 days of pain have fewer doctor visits, deceased MRI's, decreased surgery, decreased injections, decreased opioid use and overall decreased medical costs.

It turns out that if patients are given an MRI first before physical therapy, they are 5 times more likely to have injections and 4 times more likely to have surgery. On average, less than 7% of patients received physical therapy in the first 90 days.

Where you enter the medical care system determines which pathway of care you take. Entering the physical therapy, chiropractic or acupuncture pathway ends up in lower costs, low opioid usage and more functional outcomes. Getting MRIs before these types of care leads to more use of opioids and surgery. Advanced imaging tests like MRIs often will show degenerative changes even with people who have no pain or functional loss. Changes in the joints are normal with aging, similar to wrinkles on the face, and don't necessarily mean that surgery is necessary.

There was an article in the newspaper about a sports injury orthopedist who did MRIs on professional athletes who were at the top of their game and had no problems with their joints. He state that he could justify almost any surgery by the MRI tests to any insurance company, even though there was no need for surgery. He further stated that there are probably a fair number of unnecessary surgeries performed because of these MRI results. What's more, the speaker said there is a 75% disagreement among surgeons on how to treat the patient after looking at the MRI.

in 2011, long-term outcomes were looked at in a Worker's Compensation population for 725 back fusions. One in four went on to have a second surgery. One in three had serious complications. There out of four never returned to work.

A Swedish study showed no change in outcome after 10 years with conservative care versus surgery.

In summary, patients did better and costs were significantly less, when they went on the pathway of conservative care, manual therapy and exercise. It also turns out that, much to the surprise of healthcare providers, 78% of patients prefer to try methods other than drugs or surgery.