Dharsha Petrie - Functional Neurological Disorder

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 team24:28 – Interacting with health professionals about FND30:13 – 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 Questions58:05 – Symptom Management Plans  Papers and ReferencesImplicit motor imagery using laterality recognition in functional movement disordersFunctional neurological disorders: effective teaching for health professionalsBeatrice Garcin –  Motor functional neurological disorders: An update LinksFND Australia Website Symptom Management Plan Neuro Symptoms.OrgAPA Online learning – Part 1APA Online learning – Part 2Dharsha's email: [email protected] our podcast and want to support us?Share the show with your friends & colleagues, give us a rating on your podcast platform or Buy us a coffee. Matt & Erin run the podcast out of their own time and resources. We'd love to update our recording equipment & cover our podcast publishing costs. Buy us a coffee if you can.