This program builds upon NVT 1 with advanced assessments and applications for rehabilitation and athletic performance enhancement. Concepts in this program allow clinicians greater insight into creating an individualized neuro-visual approach to concussion and more.
One of the tools that will be introduced in this course is the phoropter. Clinicians will learn what it is, how to use it, and why it is important to the functional neurology practitioner. A concussion can cause or, in most cases, exacerbate binocular vision dysfunction, accommodation difficulties, and vestibular ocular dysfunctions creating VOR impediments. The use of the phoropter will allow you to measure quickly:
- Convergence Insufficiency (CI)
- Divergence Excess
- Convergence Excess
- Vertical muscle imbalance that causes head tilt
- Accommodative (focusing) dysfunction.
The class will be taught from an optometric perspective and a muscle physiology perspective. Muscle physiology is relevant to the rehab and training aspects of the course. The optometric perspective helps the clinician in this course be a better team member on, say, a multidisciplinary TBI team. The goal of the course is to give you some tools to add to your practice. We will use multiple clinical examples throughout the course.
It is appropriate for Chiropractors, Functional Neurology Trained Clinicians, Athletic Trainers, and Physical Therapists.
Other concepts to be covered are:
- Acuity
- Phorias
- Astigmatism (cylinder)
- Inter-pupil distance and applications
- Pinhole
- Maddox Rods
- Fusion
- Fusion Break
- Fixation Targets
- Colored Filters
- And More
INCLUDED IN YOUR TUITION
- 15 hours of training with Dr. Joe Clark
- All-Access to the digital recording of the class
- Any future updates to the course videos or other materials
- Re-attendance with an active Carrick Institute Account*
- 15 Neurology Hours towards the ACFN (American College of Functional Neurology) & ACNB (American Chiropractic Neurology Board) with each module
- All-Access to the flipped classroom material
- 3 months of unlimited access to Medline upon completion of the module.
