The Nodulus Technique: Precision Strategies for Visual-Labyrinthine-Otolthic Recalibration
This advanced 2-day course introduces participants to the Nodulus Technique—a clinical framework developed to assess and rehabilitate patients with complex neurological dysfunctions involving vestibular, cervical, and cerebellar systems.
Who is this class for?
The curriculum emphasizes the role of the nodulus, uvula, and flocculus in postural control and velocity modulation and trains clinicians to integrate motion-based therapies, proprioceptive resets, neurostimulation, and sensorimotor feedback tools into their rehabilitation model.
The healthcare professionals that can attend this program are MD, DC, DO, PT, OT, ATC, LMT, ND, LAc, PA, NP, and CA (If accompanied by DC).
Course Information
Learning Objectives:
- Conduct a high-resolution functional neurological examination that evaluates vestibular, oculomotor, and cervical proprioceptive systems in the context of gravitational awareness and spatial mapping.
- Identify dysfunction within the nodulus, uvula, and flocculus and apply targeted cerebellar-based interventions to enhance postural control, visual motion tolerance, and spatial orientation.
- Differentiate between slow and fast motion processing impairments and design vestibular rehabilitation protocols that recalibrate velocity storage using yaw, pitch, roll, and translational directional inputs.
- Utilize proprioceptive reweighting techniques—including head/body loading, weighted vests, and tactile cueing—to modulate cervical feedback and improve sensorimotor integration.
- Integrate advanced and accessible rehabilitation tools such as motion platforms, VR/AR systems, ARPwave neurostimulation, and oculomotor training software into personalized neurorehabilitation plans.
Main Clinical Skills & Topics Covered:
- Functional neurological exam structure for gravitational feedback mapping
- Evaluation of otolith-cervical-vestibular integration
- Cerebellar function targeting (nodulus, uvula, flocculus)
- Six degrees of freedom (6DOF) movement analysis and rehab design
- Cervical spine proprioceptive resets and spatial reorientation
- Motion tolerance assessment via velocity-based vestibular stimulation
- Neurovisual and oculomotor integration strategies
- Vestibular-ocular reflex (VOR) recalibration through dynamic training
- VR-based visual motion therapies for visual-vestibular mismatch
- Neurostimulation protocols for enhancing sensory-motor feedback loops
- CSF flow optimization strategies and autonomic rebalancing techniques
- Case studies: concussion, dysautonomia, visual motion sensitivity, cervicogenic dizziness
Presenting Faculty
Dr. Schmoe is the founder and director of The Functional Neurology Center. Over the past 13 years, he has been working with patients with complex neurological dysfunction. He manages patients from all over the country as well as international. He has treated thousands of patients with head injuries, vertigo, dysautonomia, dizziness, movement disorders, neuro-degenerative and developmental disorders. He treats patients of all ages. He enjoys seeing the most complex cases Integrating neuro-rehab, manual therapy, lab work and nutrition. He has completed extensive post-graduate training in functional neurology, neuroimmunology and functional medicine.
He is a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Neurology Board DACNB, Fellow of the American College of Functional Neurology and was the valedictorian of the 2015 FABBIR Carrick Institute TBI program. #carricktrained. He graduated from NWHSU in 2011 with his Doctorate of Chiropractic. He graduated from MNSU Mankato in 2007 with his Exercise Science Degree. He has completed thousands of hours of post graduate neurological training in vestibular rehab, autonomic disorders, complex chronic pain, developmental disorders, neurochemistry, immunology and various manual therapy techniques.
Tuition Information
tuition
$675.00 USD
($45.00 per Credit Hour)
Included In Your Tuition
15 Neurology Hours - Approved by the ACNB / ACFN)
3 months of unlimited access to Medline
For more information on CE/CME eligibility, visit https://carrickinstitute.com/ceinfo/
