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Published Research
Published Research
Congratulations Dr. Timothy Sobie, Ph.D.!
Tim had recently earned his Ph.D. in Psychology, with a Psycho-Physiology specialization, from Saybrook University.
Successfully defended on 11/11/16 and conferred for award on 1/13/17, his entire dissertation manuscript acquisition is available for open access publication via the ProQuest on-line Library - for all the world to see: https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/1878221623.html?FMT=ABS
Tim's clinical research dissertation is titled:
BODY SCHEMA ACUITY TRAINING AND FELDENKRAIS® MOVEMENTS COMPARED TO CORE STABILIZATION BIOFEEDBACK AND MOTOR CONTROL EXERCISES: COMPARATIVE EFFECTS ON
CHRONIC NON-SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN IN AN OUTPATIENT CLINICAL SETTING
A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED COMPARATIVE EFFICACY STUDY
Tim's classically controlled experimental study design has determined a new standard for clinical applications in the treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain problems by using a body schema and neuroplasticity-based model
in lieu of usual and customary pathology-based and bio-medical treatments
A novel 8-week Feldenkrais Method®
'sensory acuity & movement dexterity'-based treatment approach had demonstrated greater effectiveness
across all relevant outcome measures for decreasing pain, decreasing perceived disability, increasing function, increasing endurance, and optimizing performance ratios for sustained holding of torso positions - in comparison to - more commonly accepted, medically endorsed, and popular Rx protocols for 'Core Stabilization' isolated recruitment of 'core muscle groups' and the usual performance of 'Motor Control' fitness-based exercises for a population of patients diagnosed with persistently chronic Low Back Pain
problems.
Excerpted Quote:
"...unless there is significant change within a person's internal model for the sensory representation of effective action, becoming expressed and confirmed through new attention to new movement, then there is really no change at all..." - Dr. Tim Sobie, Ph.D., PT, GCFP
Thank you:
Tim wishes to thank his clients and research participants, colleagues, staff, teachers, trainers and mentors. Very special love and gratitude to his wife Rhonda, their twin sons, and extended family and friends.
Future Directions:
Tim is looking to present his research findings at the upcoming International Congress of Integrative Medicine and Health in Cleveland Ohio this April.
Dr. Sobie continually looks forward toward further helping patients and clients with multitudes of conditions to function and feel better, and to offer future opportunities to teach his unique perspective of approach to the Feldenkrais Method® via his newly trademarked and now evidence-based Virtual Reality Bones TM / VRB3 program as a key component for a more tangible entrainment of body schema acuity and its corresponding contribution to cognitive re-structuring, and the continuing virtual enhancement of movement dexterity.
About Dr. Tim:
Tim has over 30 years' experience as a licensed Physical Therapist, over 20 years' experience as a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner CM, 20 years in private practice, 10 years owning and running a Multi-Disciplinary Physical Therapy & Integral Medicine clinic in Tacoma, Olympia, and Gig Harbor, Washington, and now, emerging for at least 5-years as a qualified clinical researcher.
