Functional Neurology Focused on How the Nervous System Functions

The focus is on identifying measurable patterns in neurological function. Depending on the person's story, that may include looking at eye movements, balance, vestibular responses, coordination, timing, and how sensory information is being integrated.

This is not a complete map of the brain, and it is not an attempt to evaluate every neurological system. The purpose is to understand how the nervous system is performing in areas that may help explain the symptoms in front of us.

A diagnosis can be useful. It can organize a set of symptoms, guide medical evaluation, and help people find language for what they are going through.

People with the same diagnosis can still present differently. One person with dizziness notices it most in busy stores or with moving screens. Another notices it more with eyes closed or on uneven ground. The diagnosis may be the same. The pattern is not always the same.

The point is not that diagnoses are wrong. It is that rehabilitation decisions may benefit from understanding the individual's functional findings — what is actually contributing in this person's system.

If you are trying to start from what you notice day to day rather than from a label, begin with What You're Experiencing.

The process used here is the same one described throughout the site: measure, understand the pattern, choose targeted rehabilitation, and reassess.

Measurement may include eye movements, balance, how the system responds to motion, and — when it is relevant — timing and coordination. The goal is not to run every possible test. It is to gather enough objective information to understand the pattern.

Those findings help decide what is worked on. Repeating the same measurements later can also show whether the nervous system is changing.

This process is explained in more detail on Our Approach.

Exercises and interventions are selected from the patterns identified during assessment, then adjusted as the system is reassessed.

Two people can describe the same symptom and still need different work. That is why rehabilitation here does not begin with one generic protocol for everyone.

This is not a promise that every symptom can be traced to one system, or that the nervous system will change in a predictable way. It is a way of matching the work to how this person's system is functioning right now.

People may seek this type of evaluation when they are dealing with issues such as:

• Persistent dizziness
• Balance problems
• Motion sensitivity
• Lingering symptoms after concussion
• Coordination or sensory integration concerns

These are starting points, not a list of conditions this approach can treat. Not every neurological problem belongs here, and this kind of evaluation does not replace medical care.

To explore these experiences in more detail, see What You're Experiencing.

When dizziness or unsteadiness is a central part of the picture, that work may include vestibular rehabilitation.

In-person evaluation and rehabilitation take place at the clinic in South Jordan, Utah. People travel here from throughout the Salt Lake City area and the Salt Lake Valley.

See clinic location for the address and how to visit.

If traveling to the clinic is not possible, Virtual Balance Coaching may be an option. It is a remote coaching relationship supported by The Balance Audit — not a substitute for an in-person neurological evaluation.

Learn more about Virtual Balance Coaching.