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Vestibular Rehab

Vestibular Rehabilitation Intensive: Assessment and Treatment

Two days on assessing and treating dizziness and imbalance, from oculomotor screening and BPPV repositioning to central vestibular rehab, with seven hands-on labs.

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About this course

An intensive, two-day course on vestibular assessment and treatment. Day one builds the foundation: anatomy and physiology, central vs. peripheral screening and red flags, BPPV, balance assessment, and peripheral vestibular disorders, with labs on oculomotor screening, repositioning maneuvers, and balance testing.

Day two turns to treatment: gaze stabilization and balance progression, central vestibular disorders, vestibular migraine, PPPD, and cervicogenic dizziness. It closes with a practical skills review and time for your clinical questions.

Who it’s for

Clinicians who treat patients with dizziness, vertigo, or balance problems. No prerequisites. PTs, PTAs, OTs, and OTAs can attend, each practicing within their own scope of practice.

When you leave, you’ll be able to…

  1. Screen oculomotor and vestibular function: smooth pursuits, saccades, convergence, VOR cancellation, head impulse, dynamic visual acuity, skew, and visual vertical.
  2. Tell central from peripheral causes of dizziness, recognize red flags, and read the basics of a VNG.
  3. Identify BPPV by canal and nystagmus pattern, and perform the Dix-Hallpike, supine roll test, Epley, Semont, Gufoni, and barbecue roll.
  4. Assess balance with the mCTSIB/SOT, DGI, FGA, and Fukuda step test, and interpret the results.
  5. Recognize peripheral vestibular disorders, including neuritis, labyrinthitis, Ménière’s disease, vestibular schwannoma, and unilateral or bilateral hypofunction.
  6. Build and progress a vestibular rehab program using adaptation, substitution, and habituation, from VOR x1/x2 to dynamic and dual-task gait.
  7. Screen for vestibular migraine, PPPD, visual motion sensitivity, and cervicogenic dizziness, and adapt treatment for central vestibular disorders.

Inside the labs

Vestibular lab practice

An instructor supports the head of a clinician lying on her side on a treatment table.
The side-lying test for BPPV, practiced on a classmate.
A clinician sits on a treatment table while two lab partners support her head and shoulders to start a positional test.
Setting up the Dix-Hallpike test.
A clinician lies on her back with her head held over the end of the table by a lab partner.
Head-hanging position during positional testing.
A clinician wearing blackout glasses stands on a BOSU holding a ball while one lab partner spots her and another waits to catch.
Balance on a BOSU with vision blocked, catching and throwing a ball.
A clinician on a foam pad traces a maze on a whiteboard with a head-mounted laser as a lab partner watches.
Tracing a maze with a head-mounted laser while balancing on foam.

The schedule

What your 2 days look like

  1. Day 17:00 AM–3:00 PM

    Screening, BPPV testing and repositioning, balance assessment, and peripheral vestibular disorders.

    3 hands-on labs · Lunch and breaks built in

  2. Day 27:00 AM–12:00 PM

    Gaze stabilization, central vestibular rehab, migraine and PPPD screening, and a practical skills review.

    4 hands-on labs · Breaks built in

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Day 1: 7:00 AM–3:00 PM. Day 2: 7:00 AM–12:00 PM. Full schedule below.

  • Lecture
  • Hands-on lab
  • Registration, breaks & lunch

Day 1

7:00 AM–3:00 PM · 2.75 hrs of lab

  1. Vestibular anatomy and physiology

  2. Central vs. peripheral screening, red flags, and brief VNG interpretation

  3. Lab: Oculomotor and vestibular screening Lab

    Smooth pursuits, saccades, convergence, VOR cancellation, head impulse, dynamic visual acuity, skew, visual vertical

  4. Break

  5. BPPV

    Pathophysiology, canal involvement, nystagmus patterns, and differential diagnosis

  6. Lab: BPPV testing and repositioning Lab

    Dix-Hallpike, supine roll test, Epley, Semont, Gufoni, barbecue roll, and modified positioning

  7. Vestibular balance assessment

    mCTSIB/SOT, DGI, FGA, Fukuda step test, and clinical interpretation

  8. Lunch

  9. Lab: Balance assessment Lab

    mCTSIB, DGI/FGA components, Fukuda test, and sensory integration assessment

  10. Peripheral vestibular disorders

    Neuritis, labyrinthitis, Ménière’s disease, vestibular schwannoma, and unilateral/bilateral hypofunction

  11. Vestibular rehabilitation principles

    Adaptation, substitution, habituation, exercise dosing, and progression

Day 2

7:00 AM–12:00 PM · 3.08 hrs of lab

  1. Lab: Gaze stabilization and balance Lab

    VOR x1/x2, gaze stabilization, balance progression, and functional gait interventions

  2. Central vestibular disorders

    Cerebellar dysfunction, brainstem lesions, stroke, MS, concussion, and central positional nystagmus

  3. Lab: Central vestibular rehabilitation Lab

    Sensory integration, postural control, dynamic gait, and dual-task interventions

  4. Break

  5. Vestibular migraine, PPPD, visual motion sensitivity, and cervicogenic dizziness

    Differential screening

  6. Lab: Habituation and advanced progression Lab

    Habituation, graded visual motion exposure, gaze stabilization modifications, and advanced balance progression

  7. Lab: Practical skills review Lab

  8. Wrap-up and clinical questions

If you are ready to take your Vestibular treatment from VOR x1 and Epley maneuvers to the next level, then you can’t afford to miss this class.

Dr. Jazma Dobbins, your instructor

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Dr. Jazma Dobbins holding an anatomical pelvis model

Your instructor

Dr. Jazma Dobbins, PT, DPT, PRPC, CAPP-Pelvic

Board Certified Pelvic and Women’s Health Clinical Specialist

Dr. Dobbins teaches every PRISM course and leads every lab herself. She owns Gadsden Pelvic Rehab and Physical Therapy, a two-clinic practice in Alabama, so every course is built on day-to-day clinical practice.

  • DPTDoctor of Physical Therapy
  • Board certifiedPelvic and Women’s Health Clinical Specialist
  • PRPCPelvic Rehabilitation Practitioner Certification
  • CAPP-PelvicCertificate of Achievement in Pelvic Physical Therapy
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Questions

Before you register

How do I register and pay?

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Who can attend?

PTs, PTAs, OTs, and OTAs can attend every PRISM course. Gynecologists and midwives can also attend the pessary courses. Everyone practices within their own scope of practice, so check what your license allows before you use a new skill with patients.

Are there prerequisites?

Pessary Management: Level 1 requires a Level 1 pelvic course plus a urogynecology course (such as a Level 2B from Herman & Wallace or the APTA Academy of Pelvic Health). Pessary Management: Level 2 requires Level 1, or the Advanced POP/SUI course taught by Taryn Hallam with Women’s Health Training Associates (WHTA) in Australia. Pelvic Health Essentials for the PTA has no prerequisites. Colorectal Rehabilitation requires a Level 1 pelvic course, such as from Herman & Wallace or the APTA Academy of Pelvic Health. Vestibular Rehabilitation Intensive has no prerequisites.

Who do we practice on in labs?

Your classmates. Every lab is done with a partner from the class, and in the Pelvic Health courses that includes internal techniques. Everyone is expected to take part unless there is a medical, anatomical, or trauma-related reason to sit out.

What should I wear?

Whatever you’re comfortable moving in: shorts or sweatpants, a T-shirt, and tennis shoes. Some people wear a dress for the pelvic labs because there’s less to take off, but you don’t have to.

Do the courses count toward my continuing education requirements?

Each course lists its contact hours, which is the number you report when you renew your license. PRISM courses don’t currently carry approval from a specific state board. For physical therapy, several states don’t require pre-approval, as long as a course meets their standards, such as stated learning objectives and evidence-based content: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Washington. OTs and OTAs, and anyone unsure, should check with their licensing board before registering.

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Vestibular Rehabilitation Intensive

12.5 contact hrs · Sat–Sun, Nov 21–22, 2026

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