Does the thought of vestibular rehabilitation just make your head spin? Have you worked with clients that complain of dizziness and imbalance and felt lost? This one-day course is designed to provide the physical therapist with an overview of the vestibular system, a description of potential causes and mechanisms of vestibular dysfunction, and a review of appropriate interventions for vestibular hypofunction and positional vertigo. Whether you are a new physical therapist or PTA that didn’t quite grasp the concepts in school, or an experienced therapist that has never taken a vestibular course, this course will open the door to the inner ear! Finally gain an understanding of vestibular rehabilitation and the confidence to know whether or not physical therapy can help your clients. So, even if this stuff makes your head spin, you won’t lose your focus!
- Explain in lay terms the anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system.
- Identify elements of a client’s history and presentation that suggest vestibular dysfunction.
- Perform clinical examinations of the oculomotor and vestibular system.
- Formulate a physical therapy diagnosis and develop a basic plan of care for the treatment of vestibular dysfunction, including vestibular hypofunction and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.
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