Migraine and Vestibular Migraine: A Clinical Framework for Assessment & Management
A 1-hour, evidence-based course to help clinicians understand migraine and vestibular migraine, interpret inconsistent findings, and confidently support patients.
The Clinical Problem
Migraine and vestibular migraine are among the most common neurological conditions, yet they remain some of the hardest for clinicians to confidently identify and manage.
Patients often present with dizziness, vertigo, headache, sensory sensitivities, or cognitive fog, sometimes together, sometimes not. Symptoms fluctuate, overlap with other diagnoses, and evolve over time.
Unlike peripheral vestibular disorders, migraine and vestibular migraine:
👉🏻 Do not follow a single, predictable testing pattern
👉🏻 May show normal, peripheral, or central findings on exam
👉🏻 Can present with spontaneous, positional, visually induced, or motion-provoked dizziness
👉🏻 Commonly overlap with BPPV, PPPD, cervicogenic headache, and Ménière’s disease
For clinicians, this uncertainty is uncomfortable.
When symptoms do not match exam findings, it can feel like you’re guessing rather than reasoning. You may question your role, hesitate to treat, or wonder if referral is the safer option despite knowing something meaningful could still be done.
Migraine care does not reward a simple test-and-treat approach. Without a clear framework, even experienced clinicians can feel unsure how to explain symptoms, set expectations, or contribute confidently to care.
Where This Course Fits In
This 1-hour course provides clinicians with a clear, structured framework for understanding, assessing, and contributing meaningfully to the management of migraine and vestibular migraine.
By the end of the course, clinicians move from:
➡️ Feeling uncertain → having clinical clarity
➡️ Reacting to symptoms → understanding migraine as a threshold disorder
➡️ Isolated treatment attempts → integrated, multidisciplinary care
➡️ Reassurance alone → purposeful education and intervention
Clinicians gain:
âś… A working understanding of migraine and vestibular migraine diagnostic criteria
âś… Insight into why symptoms fluctuate, overlap, and evolve over time
âś… Clarity around their role in prevention, management, and recovery
âś… Practical strategies to address motion sensitivity, balance impairment, neck and jaw contributors, sleep, stress, and lifestyle factors
âś… Confidence knowing when to treat, when to educate, and when to refer
The End Result
Instead of feeling stuck with patients, clinicians leave with an organized approach to a condition that once felt unpredictable.
Being equipped to:
👉🏻 Explain symptoms in a way patients understand
👉🏻 Set realistic expectations
👉🏻 Reduce fear and symptom amplification
👉🏻 Collaborate effectively with medical providers
👉🏻 Support patients between episodes, not just during them
The result is not just better clinical reasoning — it’s more confidence and a clearer sense of purpose when managing migraine and vestibular migraine.
Frequently Asked Questions
You’ll have lifetime access to the course, allowing you to revisit the material 24/7.
This 1-hour online course includes:
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7 on-demand video lessons
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A practical framework for managing migraines and vestibular migraines
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Quick reference handout to access during your busy day
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A course completion certificate
In this 1-hour course, you’ll learn how to:
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Recognize migraine and vestibular migraine with confidence, using current diagnostic criteria.
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Understand why migraine and vestibular migraine presents variably, including why different symptoms may not occur together and why exam findings can be normal or inconsistent.
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Apply a clear assessment framework, helping you interpret mixed findings and determine when vestibular testing is, and is not, driving symptoms.
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Address migraine as a threshold disorder, identifying common triggers related to sleep, stress, hormones, neck and jaw involvement, motion sensitivity, and lifestyle factors.
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Clarify your role within a multidisciplinary approach, knowing when to treat, when education is the primary intervention, and when referral is appropriate.
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Support patients between episodes, addressing factors such as motion sensitivity, their neck and balance deficits to help build resilience and reduce symptom amplification.
Clinically, this means: Instead of feeling uncertain you’ll have a structured, practical approach to guide care and patient education with confidence.
This course is specifically designed for licensed healthcare professionals who assess and treat patients with migraines and vestibular migraines, including physiotherapists, chiropractors, occupational therapists, nurse practitioners, physicians, naturopathic practitioners, and audiologists.
No. Each of the 7 lessons are self-paced.. You can pause, rewind, and revisit lessons as needed.
Yes. Upon completion, you’ll receive a course certificate, which may be used for continuing education documentation depending on your professional requirements.
Learn a Structured Approach For Migraine and Vestibular Migraine
Migraine and vestibular migraine are common yet challenging conditions, often marked by fluctuating symptoms, inconsistent exam findings, and overlap with other disorders. This 1-hour course gives clinicians a clear framework to recognize migraine and vestibular migraine, understand symptom behavior, and define their role in multidisciplinary care. By learning how migraine functions as a threshold disorder and affects balance, motion sensitivity, and sensory processing, clinicians gain confidence to interpret complex presentations, educate patients, and support recovery.
"Overall, it definitely added value to increase my knowledge of migraines & vestibular migraines over what I have learned in other vestibular courses. Having a short course that focuses on "one condition" allows you to expand on the information in a way that you cannot in an introductory Vestibular Rehab Course, where a number of conditions are presented."
Candace
Physical Therapist
"I would first like to say that I really enjoyed the course. I found that a lot of the information provided was new to me. I liked learning about the science behind the migraine which will help me to better explain/educate my patients as to why they are feeling the way they are feeling, besides just saying “something triggered a bad headache”."
Jenn
Physical Therapist
"Sometimes the world of migraines and headaches can feel overwhelming, this course was great, it kept things simple and helped with clarity"
Ann
Physical Therapist
"Loved the length of course and it was very informative in a short amount of time! Great course and would highly recommend."
Amber
Physical Therapist
Who We Are
A Clear Framework for Managing Migraine and Vestibular Migraine
Too many people live unnecessarily with symptoms that impact their quality of life. Our goal is to help clinicians change that.
