The vestibular system can be impaired during a concussion. The ocular motor exam for concussion is the same as the ocular motor exam for any other condition. You’re really looking for impairments in the vestibular system. The saccade test for Read more…
Oculomotor Dysfunction and Tracking Exercises can be used with patients that have difficulty with eye-tracking or saccadic movements. Sometimes the patient may do the task fine, but it’s provocative to them, so in that case, we would want to work Read more…
What we know about running injuries is that over the last 40 years running injuries have been at a very high rate, and they’ve stayed at a high rate without really dipping much through the last 40 years. The ability Read more…
Alex Behar, MD, is board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, and sports medicine. Dr. Behar discusses how concussions are a complex injury and some tools that are used to understand the impact that a concussion has had on a patients Read more…
Many vestibular and oculomotor symptoms are evident only when provoked by stimuli or movements. Convergence insufficiency training can assist the clinician decrease dizziness in their patients. Vestibular rehabilitation and visual-oculomotor therapies involve an active, expose-recover approach to reduce impairment and Read more…
With an occipital stroke, there is the potential for a lot of visual changes in your patient. Your occipital lobes are where you interpret vision. Your retinas are where the image goes back through the optic chiasm and then it Read more…
Continuing Education to Identify the Appropriate Treatment for Shoulder Dysfunction
[ This material is an excerpt from our online stroke course which is part of our all access subscription, which is approved for Florida Occupational Therapy License Renewal. Learn more about our subscription for Florida Licensed Occupational Therapists and Assistants. Read more…
Tone and the neurological patient Understanding tone with neurological patients is an essential continuing education course topic for occupational and physical therapists. Tone management continuing education needs to be part of any neurological educational program. Let’s say that you are Read more…
Immobility and the supine position creates a physiologically dysfunctional environment. As a component of acute care physical therapy continuing education, understanding the physiological effects of positioning and immobility provides a pathway to developing appropriate care plans for acute care patients. Read more…