Dizziness Level 1: Vestibular assessment, treatment & rehabilitation

This is a one day introductory course suitable for physiotherapists with little or no previous experience of vestibular disorders, wishing to learn how to successfully assess and treat the dizzy patient. The course is evidence based and fully referenced.

Participants completing this course will gain a greater understanding of the anatomy, biomechanics, assessment and evidence-based treatment of this interesting and complicated subject.

On completion, the participants should be able to:

• Understand what we mean by dizziness and vertigo and how we balance
• Understand the scale of the problems associated with dizziness and recognise the need for vestibular assessment
• Recognise the common peripheral vestibular disorders and differentiate these from central nervous system pathology
• Incorporate a basic vestibular examination into their usual neuro-musculo-skeletal assessments
• Plan appropriate rehab programmes based upon individual assessment and clinical reasoning
• Diagnose and treat common variant positional vertigo (BPPV)
• Utilise the most appropriate outcome measure

Presenter:

Alan Sealy, Bsc (hons), Grad dip Manipulative Physiotherapy, graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in 1996, where he also took his post graduate manipulative therapy qualification in 1999. With a background in manual therapy, Alan Sealy now works as a clinical Specialist in Vestibular Rehabilitation. Initially within the NHS, and as a partner in private practice in Sheffield, Alan developed an early interest in dizziness and balance disorders.

Whilst on a lecture tour in Norway he was invited to establish ‘Balanseklinikken’, in Oslo. As the Director of Rehabilitation in Scandinavia’s busiest balance clinic, and more recently as Director of Aberdeen Balance Clinic, Alan Sealy has treated and helped over 7000 dizzy patients. This considerable experience is utilized in research and educational courses throughout Scandinavia and the UK.

Alan has presented at a number of national and international conferences in the field of vestibular rehabilitation and has had papers published in peer-reviewed journals. Now based in Aberdeen, his time is split between his private practice, lecturing and research.

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