MIRROR THERAPY WORKSHOP HELD AT DR. MIROSLAV ZOTOVIC REHABILITATION CLINIC, BELGRADE, SERBIA 3/03/2018

Physiotherapists certified for Mirror Therapy at Dr. Miroslav Zotović Rehabilitation Clinic

Mirror Therapy Adria instructor, Jasmin Avdović, in conjunction with head therapist Anđelka Pjanović and colleagues, Smiljka Pavlović and Milan Kecman of the Physiotherapy Department of Dr. Miroslav Zotović Rehabilitation Clinic, organized a successful, full day MT Workshop at the clinic in Belgrade-Republic of Serbia, on March 03, 2018.

 

Instructor Jasmin Avdović Guiding MT Workshop Participant

As always, the main educational target was phantom limb pain and phantom limb sensation and how the method of Mirror Therapy based on ETPP guidelines, deals with those problems. Spasticity affecting limb function and CRPS in persons suffering from hemiparesis, as n.fecialis paralysis, were also shown be helped with Mirror Therapy to achieve rehabilitation goals.

The outcome was that twenty-five Serbian physiotherapists were certified as Mirror Therapists, Seventeen attendants were from within the clinic, and the remainder from northern and central Serbia. Three of these physiotherapists were from the near-by Prosthetic Clinic.

Workshop Participants Involved in MT Procedures

Congratulations are in order for the following new mirror therapists: 

1. Milan Kecman 2. Smiljka Pavlović 3. Nina Lačanski 4. Jelena Mucić 5. Branko Lazić 6. Vladimir Klačar 7. Dragomir Trninić 8. Ivana Trbojević 9. Branka Vučković 10. Milena Stojković 11. Jelena Jovanović 12. Zoran Gligorić 13. Slavica Gligorić 14. Nevena Vuković 15. Vesna Krstić 16. Branka Iljoska 17. Marjan Drobnjaković 18. Nina Karanov 19. Anđelka Pjanović 20. Sanja Spasić 21. Jovana Filipović 22. Vesna Kuljić 23. Nataša Cvetković 24. Nataša Stevović 25. Mirjana Vitaz

Since 2016, the time of the last Mirror Therapy Workshop held in Serbia, the number of certified Mirror Therapy practitioners in the country has jumped from six to thirty-one. This rise might be partially credited to the costs of the education unexpectedly becoming available as government scholarships.

MIRROR THERAPY ADRIA BRINGS CERTIFICATION TOTAL OF MIRROR THERAPY PRACTITIONERS TO 112 IN THE BALKANS

Certified Mirror Therapy Practitioners with Trainer Jasmin Avdovic

Eight medical practitioners were certified in Mirror Therapy by Mirror Therapy Adria on December 3, 2016, utilizing End The Pain Project guidelines and principals. This event brings a total of 112 Mirror therapists in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro.

This growing number of MT practitioners is of significant value to the region as  the highest number of land mines in the world lie in the Balkans, with emphasis on  Bosnia and Herzegovina. The number of land mine related injuries resulting limb amputations is still high and unfortunately, to be expected in the long term future all over the Balkans. Non-invasive Mirror Therapy is the proven first choice technique in treating phantom limb pain and phantom limb sensation.

 Jasmin Avdovic, Founder of Mirror Therapy Adria, organized yet another successful full-day MT workshop on December 3, 2016. The Workshop took place in at the Hollywood Spa and Resort, Sarajevo BiH. 

Many questions were raised and answered, including those about the treatment of the central nervous system injuries and illnesses resulting in hemiparesis and facial nerve paralysis with mirror therapy, innovations beyond treating only phantom limb pain and phantom limb sensation.

After learning the principals on which MT works -- based on brain plasticity, remapping the brain, and the fact that humans possess mirror neurons, participants were amazed with simplicity and low cost of using mirrors to achieve expected results with clients.

In its two years of existence, starting in December 2014, Mirror Therapy Adria has presented numerous introductory MT workshops at Physiotherapy International Congresses and presented MT to hundreds of physiotherapists all over the Balkans from Slovenia to Macedonia. Mirror Therapy Adria plans to organize similar workshops in Kosovo and Macedonia during 2017.

ETPP and its co-founder Moira Judith Mann, who introduced mirror therapy for the first time in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013, are great supporters of Mirror Therapy Adria activities all over the Balkans.

Certified Mirror Therapists as of December 3, 2016:
1. Zlatan Osmani -Bosnia
2. Daria Herceg -Bosnia
3. Dženan Pleho - Bosnia
4. Gregor Gorinšek - Slovenia
5. Monika Tuš -Slovenia
6. Sonja Iža - Croatia
7. Tea Pačarić - Croatia
8. Mery Ann Novoselić - Croatia

First Mirror Therapy Education Workshop Held in The Republic of Serbia

Participants in the Belgrade Serbia Mirror Therapy Workshop

A joint effort of the Belgrade-Serbia Association for Medical Training and Education, Deus, and Mirror Therapy Adria from Sarajevo-Bosnia (as the ETPP Mirror Therapy education provider for the Adria region) , organized the first mirror therapy education ever to be held in Republic of Serbia on March 20, 2016, in the FizioBalans Center based in Belgrade.

The health care system of Republic of Serbia can now offer an effective technique for treating phantom limb pain and phantom limb sensation as well as treatment of complex regional pain syndrome, spasticity and facial nerve paralysis.

The educational workshop led by Mirror Therapy Adria trainer Jasmin Avdović, was well adopted and understood, as the participants raised many questions transforming it in to a true interactive professional event .

Certified Serbian Mirror Therapists with Adria Trainer, Jasmin Avdović

Internationally recognized certificates were issued to the first Mirror Therapists of the Republic of Serbia:

1. Ljiljana Katunac-FizioBalans-Belgrade
2. Mirjana Vujasinović-FizioBalans-Belgrade
3. Branka Čirić-Institute for Mental Health
4. Snežana Bičanin-Clinic for Child Habitation and Rehabilitation
5. Jelena Kuč-Military Medical Academy - Belgrade
6. Nataša Živaljević-Military Medical Academy-Belgrade
7. Danijela Vasič Đukanović-Gerontology Center Beograd
8. Vesna Paušić
9. Danijela Trandafilović