Jamie Miner – The Ultimate Guide to Treating Dizziness, Vertigo, and Vestibular Disorders: End Years of Dizziness and Vertigo in as Little as One Session

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HOT TOPICS AND INNOVATIONS

• How cutting edge research is helping patients cross the finish line

HANDS-ON LAB: UPGRADE YOUR ASSESSMENT AND CLINICAL REASONING SKILLS

• Get to the root causes of impairments faster with today’s best tests and evaluations for:
  • Dizziness
  • Neck pain
  • Lightheadedness
  • Sleeplessness
  • Gait disturbances
  • Visual hallucinations
  • Drop attacks
  • Double vision
  • Oscillopsia
  • Tinnitus
  • Motion sensitivity
  • Gaze stability
  • Balance

HANDS-ON LAB: REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR REHAB TOOLBOX

• Practice effective techniques you can use immediately to:
  • End years of vertigo and dizziness in as little as one session
  • Significantly improve functional mobility
  • Manage concussion more effectively
  • Return athletes to sport faster
  • Prevent falls
  • Improve balance and gait
  • Restore gaze stability and focus
  • Reduce migraines, neck pain, nausea, anxiety, and other related symptoms

HANDS-ON LAB: COMBINE TECHNIQUES MORE EFFECTIVELY FOR BETTER OUTCOMES

• Practice integrating:
  • Epley maneuver and variations
  • Head thrust technique
  • Brandt-daroff exercises
  • Roll technique
  • BBQ roll
  • Liberatory maneuver
  • Ocular motor assessment
  • Vestibular ocular reflex/gaze stabilization
  • Saccade exercises
  • Optokinetic treatments
  • Subjective visual vertical assessment
  • Progressive advancement of visual motion
  • Treatment for exertional intolerance
  • Smooth pursuit neck torsion test
  • Joint mobility for cervicogenic dizziness

HANDS-ON LAB: DESIGN ADVANCED, INNOVATIVE PLANS OF CARE FOR YOUR PATIENTS

• Practice developing comprehensive treatment strategies for specific impairments, including:
  • Cervicogenic dizziness
  • Concussion
  • Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
  • Vestibular hypofunction
  • Vestibular neuronitis
  • Vestibular migraine
  • Labyrinthitis
  • Meniere’s disease
  • Endolymphatic hydrops
  • Acoustic neuroma

CASE STUDIES: PUT KNOWLEDGE TO PRACTICE

• Case study 1: Conduct a comprehensive assessment and differentially diagnose the correct impairment
• Case study 2: Problem solve a complex case of cervicogenic dizziness and develop an effective treatment plan
• Case study 3: Navigate pharmacological side effects and comorbidities
• Case study 4: Measure patient outcomes using Dynamic Gait Index, Functional Gait Assessment, and other tools
• Case study 5: Overcome barriers to effective strategy implementation

DON’T LEVE MONEY ON THE TABLE!

• Coding and billing updates
• Justify therapy with the right progress measures
• Avoid denials and audits with these tips

Faculty

Jamie Miner, PT, DPT, GCS Related seminars and products: 9

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Jamie Miner, PT, DPT, GCS, provides specialized services to many SNFs. She has experience in home health, acute care, outpatient vestibular rehab and fall prevention, acute rehab, sub-acute rehab, and long-term care. Additionally, she serves as a clinical instructor to many doctoral physical therapy students and as an adjunct professor at Shenandoah University and Campbell University. Jamie graduated with a BS degree in PT from UNC Chapel Hill, a DPT from Shenandoah University and earned her vestibular certification at Emory University in March 2003.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Jamie Miner has an employment relationship with Rehabcare, Galloway Ridge Facility. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Shenandoah University. Ms. Miner receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Jamie Miner has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.