Overview:

So you took a vestibular course and learned how to treat Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)! That is amazing!

How did it go with your first patient? Or second or third?

Taking a course is the first step to learning a new condition, but real-life experience teaches us a lot more, and it often is followed by a whole bunch more questions!

We understand this and wanted to provide an opportunity to answer some commonly asked questions regarding BPPV. Cheryl Wylie, a vestibular physiotherapist, and instructor on Embodia, hosted a live session to help therapists like yourselves manage this tricky condition. This course contains the edited version of the live presentation along with the downloadable slides.

Learning Objectives: 

1. Use problem-based learning and a patient example to investigate common questions vestibular therapists have when treating BPPV
2. Discuss the use of vestibular suppressants and how it can affect our diagnosis and treatment of BPPV
3. Talk about the YouTube sensation: the half-somersault home maneuver and why or why not we should be using it
4. Learn about the Loaded Dix-Hallpike and how this can be used by practitioners without goggles to improve the sensitivity of BPPV testing
5. Discuss the research around when to retest after completion of the Epley
6. How to recognize the dreaded horizontal canal conversion and ways to prevent it
7. Whether or not to provide restrictions post-maneuver and what the research shows

Audience: 

• Therapists who are new to BPPV assessment and treatment
• Therapists who have completed at least one BPPV course (if you haven't, check out this BPPV Course first!)
• Therapists who do not have access to a vestibular mentor and have questions!

Additional Learning

If you want to learn more about BPPV and vestibular rehabilitation, Cheryl has additional courses here on Embodia:

• BPPV Feature: Assessing and Treating Dizziness
• Beyond BPPV: Understanding Vestibular Rehabilitation
• BPPV Resource Package

Healing Vertigo

Healing Vertigo is an App designed to walk you through the assessment and treatment of BPPV. It uses the same patient-directed videos and treatment logic flow discussed in this webinar and resource package, making it a seamless resource for you and your patients. Use it as a practitioner treatment guide with your BPPV patients, or recommend it to you patient's post-treatment for self-management of this condition. It reduces the challenge of BPPV treatment significantly, and gives you and your patients more confidence in taking on this condition. 

Visit the Healing Vertigo Website to learn more!

Get the App! Healing Vertigo is available on both Google Play and the Apple App Store

Contact Us!

Connect with Cheryl anytime to ask questions, clarify points, or just discuss BPPV!

Cheryl Wylie: cheryl@healingvertigo.com

Embodia Support: support@embodiaapp.com