I’ve just completed my first MOOC (had no idea what this was!) in ” Concussion: Prevention, Detection and Management of Concussion” presented by a host of esteemed professionals in the field of Concussion management and run by Dr Pierre Fremont from the Universite Laval and Dr Katherine Schneider from the University of Calgary.
Let the concussion conversation not be forgotten in these COVID times where contact sport is suspended for now. Concussions occur in all walks of life and this is a great time to review processes; making sure that we manage all concussions individually.
I have been working in Concussion management for 3 years – managing the Concussion Service in private practice and treating clients. I see a variety of cases, predominantly concussions in contact sport in the adolescent population, but also concussion in non-contact sports and every-day individuals. Each come with an individual presentation and set of symptoms […]
This field is most certainly my first love and drives my practice. I work with a multitude of diagnoses and always within a team environment – Spinal cord injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Traumatic Brain Injury, Polyneuropathies, Stroke to name a few…..I strive to assimilate the traditional Bobath theories of neuro-rehabilitation, the various motor control theories and […]
I started out in this field years ago but was always more interested in movement patterns of the whole person vs specific injury management – hence my specialty in neurological rehabilitation. BUT, over the last 10 years, the gulf between pure neurological physiotherapy and musculo-skeletal physiotherapy has narrowed significantly and principles have become shared – […]