Iowa Vestibular Symposium

Name: Iowa Vestibular Symposium
Start: 2025-01-11T08:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-01-12T17:45:00-06:00
Location: 3200 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312-4104, United States

Schedule

Sat, 11 Jan, 2025 at 08:00 am to Sun, 12 Jan, 2025 at 05:45 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

3200 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312-4104, United States | Des Moines, IA

This interdisciplinary symposium fosters collaboration among healthcare professionals across multiple disciplines to enhance the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of central and peripheral vestibular disorders. By bringing together experts in physical therapy, speech therapy, mental health therapy, pain management, and otolaryngology, the conference aims to advance interdisciplinary care for patients dealing with conditions like concussions, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, vestibular migraines, and stroke. Through comprehensive education, hands-on experience, and networking, this conference equips attendees with the tools to provide improved, patient-centered care.
Outline
- Acute and chronic concussion management and collaboration
- Pain and migraine management from a physician's perspective
- Peripheral vestibular system, dysfunction, examination, and treatment
- Peripheral vestibular testing
- PICA stroke: PT and patient perspective
- Optometry and vision therapy's role
- Speech-language pathologist and mental health's role in managing vestibular conditions
- Update on Vestibular Research
- Vestibular migraine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment