Dysautonomia is no longer a rare clinical outlier. Presentations of POTS, orthostatic hypotension, vasovagal syncope, and post-infectious autonomic dysfunction are appearing with increasing frequency across clinical disciplines, yet the tools most practitioners have available remain largely symptomatic and pharmaceutical. Conservative dysautonomia management, brain-based rehabilitation for autonomic dysfunction, and functional neurology approaches to POTS and orthostatic intolerance represent a rapidly expanding frontier in post-graduate clinical neuroscience education.

This course delivers a clinically actionable framework for understanding, assessing, and rehabilitating the dysautonomic patient. You will explore how the autonomic nervous system integrates signals from visual, vestibular, parietal, interoceptive, and cardiovascular networks, and why disruption in any of these systems can drive the wide symptomatic variability seen across this patient population. From modified tilt table therapy and vagus nerve stimulation to somatosensory and trigeminal stimulation, graded cardiovascular exercise, and photobiomodulation, this course maps out the tools that allow clinicians to build personalized, multimodal treatment plans grounded in individual exam findings rather than a one-size-fits-all protocol. A full patient case from intake through complete symptom resolution illustrates how these principles translate directly into clinical outcomes.

This course is designed for licensed healthcare clinicians who regularly encounter complex, difficult-to-resolve cases including neurologists, chiropractors, physical therapists, and integrative practitioners seeking to expand their functional neurology skill set. It is particularly relevant for clinicians seeing patients with post-concussion sequelae, long COVID, connective tissue disorders such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, or chronic fatigue presentations where autonomic involvement may be an underrecognized driver.

Dr. Ryan Harvey is a board-certified chiropractic neurologist, certified functional medicine practitioner, and lead clinical associate at the Functional Neurology Center in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Trained at Life University and through the Carrick Institute, Dr. Harvey specializes in brain-based rehabilitation for complex neurological conditions including dysautonomia, concussion, and traumatic brain injury. His clinical approach integrates rigorous neurological examination with individualized, evidence-informed rehabilitation strategies that meet patients at their current functional capacity and progress them systematically toward recovery.