Posture & Balance Concepts

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Balance & Vestibular Therapy Specialists Posture & Balance Concepts Posture & Balance Concepts is a consulting company aimed at providing high quality education to businesses and individuals working in the medical and allied health arenas. Our mission is to give our customers the skills they need to...

21/08/2021

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06/06/2015

Therapy CE Course July 18-19
Balance & Vestibular Therapy - Level 1
New Smyrna Beach, FL
Enter discount code DIZZY, and the course cost is $300
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If you are a Physical or Occupational Therapist or Assistant looking for Continuing Education that will make a difference in your practice, or a facility trying to offer new services or improve outcomes, you have come to the right place. Throughout this website you can explore the courses offered b…

05/06/2015

Now available!!!

14/05/2015

Are you a LinkedIn member? Check out our Vestibular Professionals group. We have over 1,000 members from all over the world.

29/04/2015

"A Clinician's Guide to Balance and Dizziness" has gone to print, and will be available for order in 4-5 weeks (likely sooner than Amazon's estimate). The book also gives access to approximately 20 online videos demonstrating evaluation and treatment techniques.

http://www.amazon.com/Clinicians-Guide-Balance-Dizziness-Evaluation/dp/1617110604/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430351470&sr=8-1&keywords=a+clinicians+guide+to+balance+and+dizziness

With an increasing number of referrals to treat balance impairment, gait disorders, and dizziness, A Clinician’s Guide to Balance and Dizziness: Evaluation and Treatment by Dr. Charles M. Plishka looks to address these issues and provides tests, measures, and interventions that are matched ...

07/04/2015

Course testimonial:
“The course really does simplify the evaluation and treatment of vestibular problems. it also makes me look at all my patients differently, making sure to include visual and vestibular components in my eval and Rx plan.”

Next course:
New Smyrna Beach, FL
July 18 - 19, 2015

http://www.posturebalance.com/courses/balance-vestibular-therapy-level-1/

Balance & Vestibular Therapy Level 1 – 2 Day Course This two day seminar is appropriate for both beginners and current practitioners who workwithdizzinessandbalance. The seminar includes didactic lecture material as well as hands-on training with lab instruction. Materials covered will instruct and…

07/04/2015

Dizziness & Vertigo
How is my ear involved with balance and dizziness?

The Ear is a complicated machine that not only helps us hear, but also helps us balance. It has three parts: The outer ear, middle ear and inner ear. The inner ear contains the Cochlea (for hearing) and the Vestibular System.

The Vestibular System detects movements of our head. It has 2 chambers and three semi-circular canals. These chambers and canals are filled with a fluid (Endolymph), and each has a patch of specialized hair cells that are connected to nerves. As we turn or move our heads, the fluid shifts. As the fluid shifts around, the hair cells bend. As the hairs are connected to nerves, whenever they bend,they send messages along the nerve to the brain. This tells the brain that we are moving or turning, in which direction, and how fast.

One of the main jobs of the inner ear is to create a reflex called the “Vestibular Ocular Reflex” or VOR for short. The VOR helps to keep our eyes on a subject while we are moving. Because we have a Vestibular organ in each ear, they work together as a team. When one or both of these Vestibular organs fail to work properly, we may experience a spinning dizziness called Vertigo, or have trouble balancing and walking.

Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT) helps to restore gaze stability (i.e., Keep our eyes on whatever it is we are looking at), balance, and helps to decrease symptoms of dizziness, motion sickness, and disequilibrium (feeling off balance).

04/04/2015

A Clinicians Guide to Balance and Dizziness:
Pre-order now on Amazon!

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a%20clincians%20guide%20to%20balance%20and%20dizziness

Amazon.com: a clincians guide to balance and dizziness

29/03/2015

Final edits were finished this past week. The book should be released next month!

A Clinician's Guide to Balance and Dizziness

25/02/2015

Orthostatic Hypotension
Patients who have Orthostatic Hypotension will complain of feeling light headed or “woozy” during changes of position, such as lying to sitting, or sitting to standing. They typically do not get dizzy when moving in the other direction (standing to sitting, or sitting to lying). Examination includes checking the blood pressure in 3 different positions. More accurately, the examiner is looking at the change in pressure after moving into each position. (lying to sitting to standing). Drops in Systolic Blood Pressure of 20 mmHg or Diastolic drops of 10 mmHg or more within three minutes of getting up may indicate ‘Orthostatic Hypotension’. Normally when we change positions, we have a reflex of the blood vessels to keep blood in the head. If this reflex does not happen quickly enough, we lose blood pressure in the head (brain), and begin to feel dizzy (light-headed). This sensation will usually pass. Sometimes it requires treatment of Physical Therapy, or an adjustment of medications by the Physician.

24/02/2015

BPPV “Loose Crystals”
Of the various problems that may cause vertigo, a condition called Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is by far the most common. Many people refer to this condition as “Loose Crystals”. To understand BPPV, one must first understand the anatomy of the inner ear. The Vestibular System (inner ear) has 2 chambers and 3 semi-circular canals. There are specialized hair cells in each chamber, and at the end of each canal. The entire system is filled with a fluid (Endolymph). As we turn, bend and move or heads, the fluid shifts and the hairs bend. When the hairs bend, and signal is sent to the brain, and depending on how far and fast they bend, the brain interprets the signals to determine which way we are moving. The hair cells in the chambers have crystals (Otoconia) glued on top of them, making them susceptible to the pull of gravity. If these crystals break free and begin to float around in the canals (where they don’t belong) it causes the hairs in the canals to bend. The brain thinks you are spinning, and wants you to see, so begins to move your eyes (Nystagmus). A person with this condition usually sees and feels the room spin whenever they pitch their head back as when looking up, sitting up or lying down, or when rolling in bed. The actual sensation of spinning usually lasts less than 1 minute after position change, although nausea may last longer. Medical professionals trained in treating BPPV usually resolve the issue in the first week of treatment. It is believed viral infections or head traumas are the most likely causes of BPPV.