Presbypropria: I bet you don’t know what this means

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A common term that is thrown around in the physical therapy and rehabilitation conversations in graduate school PT labs and clinics is proprioception.

Derived almost 120 years ago by Sherrington, the term proprioception — from Latin proprius (own) and recipere (recept) — encompasses both the senses of limb movement (kinaesthesia) and limb position (joint position sense or stataesthesia).

During our classes, I encourage our amazing participants to try some of the techniques and methods that we utilize to alleviate dizziness on general, geriatric population with balance disorders.  I encourage you to try the same and see what type of results you get!

Oh…Back to Presbypropria

The word “presbypropria”, as the prefix presby comes from Greek presbus (old).

The word “presbypropria” could be appropriate to name the alterations of older adults’ proprioception.

We could even add cervical to the mix and promote our own approach to manage “Cervical Presbypropria”.

Next time you’re out with your colleagues, toss out presbyropria.  Now that’s fresh.

You can learn more about the screening and treatment process of Cervicogenic Dizzinesss through Integrative Clinical Concepts, where the authors (husband–a manual therapist a wife—a vestibular specialist), teach a very unique course combining both the theory and practice of vestibular and manual principles in their 2-day course.  Pertinent to this blog post, the 2nd day includes the “Physio Blend”, a multi-faceted physiotherapist approach to the management of Cervicogenic Dizziness, which includes treatments of the articular and non-articular system of manual therapy and the most updated sensorimotor exercise regimen.

If you would like to host a course for your staff (either a vestibular, neuro, sports or ortho clinic), please do not hesitate to contact me at harrisonvaughanpt@gmail.com for more information.

Authors

Harrison N. Vaughan, PT, DPT, OCS, Dip. Osteopracic, FAAOMPT    

Instructor: Cervicogenic Dizziness for Integrative Clinical Concepts

Danielle N. Vaughan, PT, DPT, Vestibular Specialist  

Instructor: Cervicogenic Dizziness for Integrative Clinical Concepts

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