Course Description:

This course will be delivered in person and is an evidence-based course specific
to management of concussion in today’s health care environment. Course attendees will be equipped
with a systematic evaluation of patients who have sustained a concussion and will be provided with
tools to improve patient outcomes to return an athlete safely and efficiently to play. Current
evidence supports a multi-modal approach to concussion management based on clinical trajectories.
These trajectories include cervical, ocular, vestibular, post-traumatic migraine, cognitive/fatigue, and
anxiety/mood and when identified early can facilitate active rehabilitation and return to sport. This
course will review the history of treatment of concussions with most current “best” practices as well
as pathophysiology and recent advances in diagnosis and management. In depth assessment through
laboratory practice will be covered for each clinical trajectory with validated objective tests and
measures and laboratory break out time to practice and become comfortable with administration
and interpretation of results. Case-based clinical reasoning will be used to aid in identification of
driving subtypes, so treatment strategies can be implemented, and impairment-driven intervention is
covered. Utilization of a multi-modal approach relevant to rehabilitation professionals will be
presented with treatment strategies specific to clinical presentation. Functional task specific training
and principles of neuroplasticity to drive intervention for optimal return to activity is key. Course
participants will utilize cervical, exertional, vestibular, as well as visual rehabilitation strategies to be
able to treat concussion injuries effectively and ensure patients do not experience recurrent
symptomology.