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Group Treatment: Combining Balance and Cognition

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
The combination of balance and cognitive treatment can be a powerful approach to group treatment. This guide gives many ideas for clinicians to mix and match to integrate these interventions, gives options for how to grade and adapt treatments, and functional tasks that can be used to target balance and cognition.
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Gaze Stabilization Progression

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This intervention piece outlines exercise techniques to lessen the impact of dizziness and to improve visual focus in people with vestibular hypofunction.
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Differential Diagnosis: Dizziness

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout is designed for therapists providing differential diagnosis information for patients experiencing dizziness. The handout compares benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) to central nervous system nystagmus and includes a comprehensive list of differential diagnosis points, including time before symptoms start after position change, duration of symptoms, direction of nystagmus, symptoms, nausea, likelihood that symptoms […]
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Chair Yoga

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Chair yoga can be practiced sitting in a chair or standing while holding the chair for support. It is well suited to older adults who cannot participate in standing yoga or exercise due to issues with balance or pain. This single page visual is designed with simplicity in mind; the large graphics allow for people […]
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Anticipatory vs Reactive Balance Control

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout highlights reactive versus anticipatory balance control. Interventions are provided to address impairments in both skills and progress with challenges to the sensory systems of balance.
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