Bridget Kulick – Vestibular Rehab Evaluation & Treatment

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Bridget Kulick – Vestibular Rehab Evaluation & Treatment

Description:

• Learn how to evaluate dizziness
• Quickly identify type and cause of patient’s dizziness
• Strategies for creating an effective diagnosis-For immediate implementation, appropriate treatment plans should be developed
• Learn how to treat vestibular disorders and create a special treatment program.

A physical therapist who is certified in vestibular therapy can help you live a better life.-Patients suffering from balance and dizziness can have their benefits improved. This course will give you the skills to assess patients’ symptoms and determine the cause of dizziness. Functional tests and cutting-edge assessments are also included.-Edge treatment strategies. This course will teach you how to perform a thorough but efficient evaluation. It also teaches you how to explain your evaluation, the techniques used, and any subsequent treatments, such as manual therapy, video goggles and rotary chairs.

A unique combination of instruction and hands-on lab, demonstrations and case studies, you will learn…

• How to pinpoint where a patient’s dizziness is coming from
• Further work-Up is necessary
• Which treatment strategy will result in the best functional outcomes?

Your patient will not be able to dizziness if you don’t have to. “I can’t help you.” This seminar will provide you with a toolbox of strategies that you can immediately implement in your clinical practice.

OUTLINE

Symptoms of Balance and Dizziness Disorders & How to Categorize

• Visual Impairments
• Motion Intolerance
• Cognitive and emotional effects
• Physical symptoms

Peripheral Vestibular Diagnoses

• Labyrinthitis
• BPPV
• Meniere’s Disease
• Perilymphatic Fistula
• Other

Oculomotor & Balance Evaluation

• Demonstration in the Lab

Evaluation Tests

• Determine Central vs. Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction
• VOR Testing
• Functional Gait Assessment

Advanced Balance and Vestibular Equipment

• Computerized Balance Testing
• Audiograms and ENGs
• Video Goggles
• Rotary Chair

Assessment after Tests: Putting It All Together

• Treatment plans
• The evidence-Guidelines based on research

Treatment Techniques

• Exercises
• Manual Therapy
• Referrals for non-Physical Therapy Treatments

Canalith Repositioning to Benign Paroxysmal Postal Vertigo (BPPV)

• Demonstration in the Lab
• Treatments for the Posterior, Anterior, and Horizontal Canals
• Epley’s Maneuver, Log Roll, Appi Maneuver

Central Vestibular Both Non-Profitable and Profitable-Vestibular Diagnoses and treatments

• Cervicogenic Dizziness
• Migraine Associated Dizziness
• Medications
• Head Injury/Concussion
• Neurological Disorders

Documentation Evaluation

• Billing
• CPT & ICD-9 Codes

Development of a Dedicated Vestibular Treatment Program

• Integration of treatment skills into a vestibular programme

OBJECTIVES

• Identify the neurophysiological and anatomical systems that are involved in balance/dizziness disorders.
• Give details about the symptoms and the clinical presentation of various balance and dizziness diagnoses.
• Do a thorough and informative vestibular/balance evaluation.
• Effective diagnosis-You can start a treatment plan right away.
• Perform the Epley’s Maneuver and other treatments for BPPV.
• Work with other healthcare professionals to refer patients who are suitable for further work.-up.
• Patients should be able to access outside resources that will help them learn about their condition.
• Create a “balance-center” approach, tailored to the clinician’s own work setting, identifying key participants.

ABOUT The Speaker

Bridget Kulick, PT, A physical therapist with more than 25 years’ experience in all kinds of physical therapy settings across the country, she is highly qualified. She earned a Masters of Physical Therapy from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia. She also holds the APTA Competency certificates in Vestibular Advanced Test Interpretation, Rehabilitation and Cervicogenic Dizziness. She is currently a practicing physician at a Green Bay hospital, Wisconsin. It was there that she established their vestibular rehab program ten years ago. She was a member of the Board of Directors of VEDA (balance and dizziness disorders) for four years.Vestibular Disorders Association) for 6 Years. She is a vestibular instructor.-She is also an instructor in graduate physical therapy programs. She lectures frequently to doctors, nurses, and the general public on balance and dizziness disorders. She serves on an advisory panel in a community.-She has been featured in radio, television, and the newspaper discussing balance and dizziness disorders.

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Disclosures:

Financial: Bridget Kulick Aurora BayCare Medical Center employs her. She is a Concordia University guest lecturer. PESI, Inc. grants her a speaking honourarium.

Nonfinancial: Bridget Kulick She is a member on the advisory board as well as a guest lecturer at Stepping On, a community-based program for fall prevention. She is a member Vestibular Disorders Association.