Description
When a patient has suffered an injury to the brain, treating the problems that arise is challenging. From dizziness and blurred vision to recurring headaches, your patients are suffering.
Robert Constantine – Concussions and Other Brain Injuries: Addressing Ongoing Visual Consequences
You’ve done all the tried and true methods for addressing the vestibular aspects, but your patient is still experiencing issues daily. How often have you felt like you’re missing a piece of the puzzle? Your techniques may be falling short because they only address the vestibular aspects of the concussion – when in fact, the visual system is playing a significant role.
Robert Constantine, OTR/L, will bring 20+ years of clinical experience to the table to help you quickly identify and treat many of the issues that commonly follow mild brain injury:
Headaches
Light sensitivity
Balance problems
Blurred vision
Double Vision
Though there is widespread media attention for the importance of understanding and treating concussions yet there is a lack of the specialized doctors in many parts of the country. When you purchase, you will leave with insight as to how you can become the go to resource for patients suffering from concussions or mild TBI. From a simple vision trick that can improve your patient’s balance and motion sensitivity in minutes to several DIY tools – this seminar will pave the way to recovery for your patients.
Handouts
Manual – Concussions and Other Brain Injuries (17.1 MB)
95 Pages
Available after Purchase
Outline
Pathology & Pathways of the Brain
Anatomy from cornea to cortex
Cranial nerves
â€What†vs “Where†pathways
Post-concussion syndrome
Mild TBI
Female concussion
Associated visual problems
Assessment Strategies to Quickly Identify Visual Problems
Two questions for objective measurement of concussion syndrome
Ocular Motor assessment
Assessing Near Vision Focusing
Standardized Symptom Assessments
Integrate Systems for Faster Recovery
Ocular motor, balance and proprioceptive
Accommodative disorders
Convergence problems
Saccade inaccuracies
Questions Answered: Tackle the Most Common Concerns
Headaches
Dizziness
Blurred and double vision
Motion sensitivity
Light sensitivity
Tolerance of computer screens
Simple Tricks and Tools that Improve Symptoms
What you need to know about glasses
DIY tools
Prism
Lenses
Brock string
Magic Scotch Tape
Quick Tips for Documentation Success
Saccades, Tracking/Pursuits and convergence
Cheat sheet for ocular motor skills and common eye pathologies
When to refer on? ODD vs. MD vs VT
Referral guide for vision complaints
