Months of fatigue, jaw tension, eye strain, & nausea. Now back to work & exercise with less symptoms

We address all the components of FND here at re+active!

I don’t think we talk about body grief enough.(A collab post with @kamillionairee and @reactivept )

Ways to modify your allostatic load — how FND might happen using the concept of allostatic load.

Your dystonia doesn’t disappear on the bike, it just shows up differently.

POV: you’re the person who needs to move to feel regulated 💃🏼Is this you? throw a hands up 🙋🏻‍♀️

Motor Control in FND - often FMD - components of altered motor control.

What if your symptoms were your brain’s best guess... and the guess is wrong?

Scenes from the Functional Neurological Disorder Society Conference!

Saccades override optic flow. Use it strategically!

I’ll start: dysautonomia, rheumatoid arthritis and migraine. Add in neurodivergence + perimenopause

Transdisicplinary Rehabilitation for Functional Visual Loss — 6 week clinical progression!

4 ways to promote automatic movement in FND

Things in our neuro PT clinic that just make sense! How many of these do you have in your clinic?!

Saccades on a stick—the outcome you’ve been waiting for! 👀✨Our saccades on a stick (SOS) part 4

No. No. And absolutely not.🚫In response to one of the many trolling comments about FND.

How many providers have you seen — and still feel like no one has the full picture?

Not defeated. Just doing things differently.

POV: you were diagnosed with FND, and told it was “all in your head”

Let’s talk about visual motion sensitivity and the magic of “Saccades on a Stick.” 🪵👀

No one warned you that concussion could break your brain’s sense of where “up” is.

Have a hard time doing mirror therapy for Bilateral hand symptoms?

Building your sensory toolkit with FND:Do you know your sensory preferences?

I was not sad. I just needed to have my legs, downward pressure through my head, and some warm tea.

That’s me this morning! Swimming in a waterfall. With dysautonomia. My brain is SO HAPPy 🩵🧠

Eye movements look normal… but the patient squints, closes their eyes, or pulls away?

Plateaus with focal hand dystonia are not a dead end.

Have you heard any of these Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Myths?

Does your FND treatment include multiple contributing factors?

When you stop avoiding sensory input & start training your brain to process & integrate it instead.

The sensory system is responsible for so many symptoms of FND!

Wondering why saccades on a stick are your secret weapon for visual motion hypersensitivity?

Do you ever feel like your brain is in absolute overdrive?

It’s hard to find words of inspiration when difficult things happen.

Had to hop on this trend! My top 5 horror movies as a neuro PT who treats FND

Curious what Physical therapy looks like for Functional Dystonia?

Do you have a functional seizure management plan?

What moms with Vestibular Migraine really want for Mother’s Day… Not just flowers or brunch...

Thank you moms ❤️ This one is dedicated to the caregiver moms.

From Wheelchair to Walking - ways to elicit automatic movement in patients with functional weakness

She was told runner’s dystonia might mean the end of running. She didn’t accept that. 🏃‍♀️

Ever wondered what a PT session looks like for FND?

My go-to response when someone tells a person with FND to “just relax”: 🙃

The number one most missed treatment in FND … has to be treating the sensory system!

We’re back to keep rating exercises by their visual motion hypersensitivity “power.”

Kamila’s FND recovery story: When I was experiencing FND symptoms daily, I was terrified.

Treatment ideas for automatic movement in FND

You treat the patients no one else can figure out.