Online 1-day seminar
A large number of patients suffering from vertigo, dizziness or balance disorders have great difficulty accessing the best possible treatment for their condition. Most medical doctors will only prescribe anti-sickness medication, and most chiropractors, physiotherapists and osteopaths do not have the knowledge to look beyond the cervical spine. Very few patients are given appropriate vestibular rehabilitation; and when it is prescribed, it is usually non-specific and frequently over-stimulates the patient. Consequently, improvement (if any) is slow, the treatment is unpleasant and compliance is poor.
As well as expanding your scope of practice to include vestibular disorders, this seminar will enable you to integrate treatment and rehabilitation of vestibular problems into your day-to-day musculoskeletal practice. Many patients with spinal or limb pains who present to practitioners of manual therapy also have vestibular symptoms or subclinical vestibular dysfunction that may hinder their recovery.
Course Content:
- Diagnostic and general rehabilitation approach to vestibular signs and symptoms, and how to differentiate benign from pathological conditions.
- Assessment & individualised rehabilitation for specific conditions:
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Cervicogenic vertigo
- Motion/travel sickness
- Visual vertigo (e.g. supermarket aisles, watching fast-moving objects or movement on screens)
- Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD)
- Vestibular migraine
- Why spinal dysfunction or pain that develops as a consequence of vestibular-induced postural or muscle imbalances is unlikely to respond to manual therapy alone and usually requires vestibular rehabilitation to achieve more complete recovery.
- Understanding and avoiding post-treatment pain and sensations of disequilibrium, vertigo or dizziness as a result of manual-therapy-induced vestibular decompensation.
- The value of vestibular stimulation in patients with stress, chronic pain, anxiety and other causes of sympathetic nervous system overdrive.
Course Instructor:
Nicole Oliver, DC, MChiro, BSc(Hons), PgDip(MSK Neuroscience)
Nicole graduated from the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic (AECC) in 2005 and began studying functional neurology in 2006. She gained the Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Neurology Board (DACNB) qualification four years later. Alongside clinical practice she lectures for Neuroseminars, teaching functional neurology to chiropractors, osteopaths, physiotherapists and other health care professionals in the UK and Europe. Nicole has presented at several conferences and conventions, including the 2014 & 2016 European Chiropractors Union (ECU) Conventions, the 2019 World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) Congress, and at the annual or biannual conferences/ meetings of the Swiss, German, Norwegian, Belgian, Finnish, Swedish, Irish and Scottish national associations.
Registration fee:
£180 (GBP)/ €218 (EUR)