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Balance Awareness Week: Keeping Health Professionals In Step For Better Outcomes

Balance Awareness Week: Keeping Health Professionals In Step For Better Outcomes Balance Awareness Week: Keeping Health Professionals In Step For Better Outcomes

Since the inception of the Dizziness & Balance Disorders Centre in the late 1980s, our mode of operation has been based on the important model of taking a multi-disciplinary team approach, which is a core theme of this year’s Balance Awareness Week. We argue that this multi-disciplinary team approach is not just ideal, but it […]

The AFL Profits While Players And The Healthcare System Pay The Price Of Football Concussion

The AFL Profits While Players And The Healthcare System Pay The Price Of Football Concussion The AFL Profits While Players And The Healthcare System Pay The Price Of Football Concussion. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

More sad but unsurprising news from the realm of football concussion, with reports that AFLW player Heather Anderson has been dubbed as the first female athlete to be diagnosed with CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy). CTE is a brain disorder linked to repeated head injuries. In a succinct definition by the Mayo Clinic, CTE gets worse […]

FND Awareness Month: The Perfect Time to Spread Understanding Of Functional Neurological Disorder

FND Awareness Month: The Perfect Time to Spread Understanding Of Functional Neurological Disorder FND Awareness Month

April is FND Awareness Month and I believe that makes it a perfect time to learn more about Functional Neurological Disorder, and help spread understanding of this condition that manifests itself in a bewildering array of symptoms. Our focus at the Dizziness & Balance Disorders Centre is to strive for accurate assessments, which is why […]

Disorders

The Dizziness & Balance Disorders we assess and treat There are many disorders in the branch of physiotherapy in which we work. So here is a list of the various conditions, presentations, and disorders that we are able to help you with. If you’d like to arrange an appointment, private patients do not require a […]

An Important Message To Physiotherapists About Platinum-based Chemotherapy, Tinnitus And Hearing Loss

An Important Message To Physiotherapists About Platinum-based Chemotherapy, Tinnitus And Hearing Loss An Important Message To Physiotherapists About Platinum-based Chemotherapy, Tinnitus And Hearing Loss

Stephanie Pearson, Research Manager, Cripps Health Centre, UK, has published an important article about platinum-based chemotherapy, tinnitus and hearing loss. I urge all physiotherapists and other health professionals to take a few minutes and read this. The link to the full article is here:  Platinum-based Chemotherapy, Tinnitus And Hearing Loss. It’s based on the work […]

Rare Footage Of The Late Dr John M Epley Explaining His Breakthrough In BPPV Treatment

Rare Footage Of The Late Dr John M Epley Explaining His Breakthrough In BPPV Treatment Rare Footage Of The Late Dr John M Epley Explaining His Breakthrough In BPPV Treatment

Dr John M Epley, an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist changed the course of history and made an enormous difference to the lives of people suffering Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), the most common inner ear disorder which causes random, recurrent, and abrupt episodes of vertigo (an illusion or hallucination of movement) for which there […]