Vestibular Rehabilitation and Differential Diagnosis: Not All Dizziness is the Same

Saturday April 12, 2025

(8:00 am Registration)

8:30 am - 5:30 pm 

Course Description:

Therapists often get scripts for R42 Dizziness and giddiness evaluate and treat. These patients report a wide variety of symptoms such as dizziness, light headedness, disequilibrium, vertigo, double vision, headache, mental fogginess, fatigue, anxiety, fear of falling and many other seeming nonsensical subjective comments. Many times these referrals come without significant medical history or full ENT work up. The goal of this course is to help you develop a framework to sequentially rule out or identify various sources of dizziness. As we can isolate and provoke symptoms, then we can then match these findings to common vestibular diagnoses or impairment patterns. The course will then discuss and practice current best practice techniques to address these impairments. The list of diagnoses we will discuss includes benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, unilateral and bilateral vestibular hypofunction, cervicogenic, cardiogenic, vestibular based balance impairments, persistent postural perceptual dizziness and other functional neurologic disorders. This course will include a lecture component, a lab component to practice tests and interventions, and case studies to practice differential diagnoses.

Level of Course: Intermediate

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the attendee should be able to:

• Have a functional understanding of the neuroscience, anatomy and pathophysiology of the vestibular system and other associated systems
• Efficiently and effectively select and complete tests for causes of dizziness
• Synthesize objective findings to common impairments in vestibular, balance, and oculomotor dysfunction
• Recognize when to refer, diagnosis or proceed to impairment based treatment as appropriate
• Provide best practice treatments targeted at each specific impairment
• Communicate with medical team about clinical findings and need for further work up as appropriate

Instructor Info:

Jared Kurdunowicz, PT, DPT, NCS

Bio:

Jared Kurdunowicz, PT, DPT, NCS is a 2014 graduate of the University of Michigan with a bachelors in kinesiology, a 2019 graduate of Wayne State University with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy, and a 2021 graduate of the Neurologic PT Residency at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan. He is a board certified neurologic clinical specialists. He is currently the curriculum chair of the Neurologic PT Residency and adjunct faculty for the Wayne State DPT program. He has been working in neurologic physical therapy for 5 years.

Agenda: 

Intended Audience:

PT/PTA, OT/ OTA, ATC, Rehab Trainers

Course Location:

RIM auditorium

Course Hours:

8:30am to 5:30pm Registration will begin at 8:00am 

Contact Hours:

8 hours 

Registration Fees:

Tenet/DMC/RIM employees: $75
Non Tenet/DMC/RIM employees: $150

Class limit:

24 registrants / Webinar 

Online Registration:

To register visit www.rimrehab.org -> Health Professionals -> Continuing Education Courses

You will have to register to https://dmc.clubautomation.com to pay for registration fee.

Any questions or issues with registration, please contact:

Rhoda Astronomo, PT, DPT
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 313-745-1100
Voicemail: 313-745-1427