The Significance of Pacing and Patient Empowerment in FND Treatment

Dharsha is one of the most experienced FND physios in Australia and her passion for this clinical group is exceptional. There are so many pearls in this episode about education, diagnosis, sustainable carry-over of treatment, prognostic and perpetuating factors, triggers, symptom management plans and more. We also answer listener questions you submitted.

3:40 – Career pathway
8:30 – Career pivot points
9:28 – Why FND?
11:21 Rapid changes in function lead to misconceptions
12:21 – Educate other team members & patients
14:35 – Functional MRI changes
17:20 – Sustainable carry over of function
18:50 – Treatment team
24:28 – Interacting with health professionals about FND
30:13 – Perpetuating factors & presentations
34:40 – Prognostic factors
35:50 – Symptom Profiles – Weakness, Dystonia, Sensory
37:29 – Physio Assessment of FND
40:30 – Treating Functional Dystonia
43:19 – Listener Questions
58:05 – Symptom Management Plans 

Papers and References

Implicit motor imagery using laterality recognition in functional movement disorders

Functional neurological disorders: effective teaching for health professionals

Beatrice Garcin –  Motor functional neurological disorders: An update 

Links

FND Australia Website 

Symptom Management Plan 

Neuro Symptoms.Org

APA Online learning – Part 1

APA Online learning – Part 2

Dharsha's email: dharsha.petrie@health.qld.gov.au

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