The vestibular system is central to the practice of chiropractic. In this Intensive you will appreciate the neurological basis of spinal alignment and stability - why do patients lose their spinal curves? We will then develop a protocol to investigate a patient’s posture, balance and their vestibular system.

When you assess a patient’s spine and posture, you are looking directly at their ability to orientate themselves in their environment. So it helps to understand what a head tilt might be telling you, and how this might correlate with altered eye movements, or the mechanical lesions present in their spinal joint system.

This weekend will enhance your skills in diagnosing benign positional vertigo, and in performing the various head positioning manoeuvres (such as the Epley manoeuvre) that can alleviate this common condition. We will equip you with tools of assessment and patient exercises to break through in disorders of disturbed orientation where previous approaches have failed.

This seminar will open yours eyes to the role that migraine has as a common cause of vertigo, particularly in children. We will also investigate how whiplash can produce dizziness, and how you should assess and treat these patients. Finally, we will delve into the topic of scoliosis and understand the role of the brain in spinal curvature - and what you can do about it.

We will take a structured approach to understanding dizziness and vertigo, and provide you with the practical tools necessary to treat balance disorders at both the pathological and performance ends of the spectrum. As such, this Intensive is one of CDI’s most popular.

CPD POINTS AWARDED
This program has been assessed by the Australian Chiropractors Association, a body recognised by the Chiropractic Board of Australia, and allocated 7.5 CPD hours.

It has also been recognised by the International Academy of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (IANM) for 7.5 hours of board certification-level education.