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BRAIN DISORDERS AND DEMENTIA CARE
4
th
International Conference on
Neurosurg, an open access journal
ISSN: 2471-9633
Dementia and care practice
Krista Burns
American Posture Institute, USA
T
he American Posture Institute is the world’s leading
resource in Post-graduate online posture education.
Specializing in advanced postural education, the American
Posture Institute has created two flagship programs for
Health care professionals including the “Certified Posture
Expert” program and the “Certified Postural Neurologist”
program. Thousands of health care professionals in over
30 countries worldwide have implemented the American
Posture Institute’s postural correction protocols into their
clinics. The Certified Posture Expert program emphasizes
the public health impact of postural decline and how to
overcome obstacles leading to poor posture. The Certified
Postural Neurologist program educates health care
professionals how to analyze and correct posture from a
brain based perspective to create long-term, neuroplastic
changes of the posture system. Poor posture is a modern-
day epidemic that is affecting our society in a way that we
have never seen before. Posture is declining at the speed of
technology. Advancements in technology combined with a
sedentary society and poor posture habits while engaging
with technology has changed the course of evolution. “Tech
Neck” demonstrates postural decline from a musculoskeletal
perspective and “Digital Dementia” demonstrates the
decline in brain function associated with poor posture
and the over utilization of technology. Patients presenting
with Digital Dementia demonstrate common symptoms
associated with Dementia and physiological changes in their
brain. The purpose of this presentation is to introduce the
concept of Digital Dementia and to demonstrate meaningful
methodology of patient care implementation for health care
professionals to utilize with their patients.
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api@americanpostureinstitute.comNeurosurg 2017, 2:2
DOI: 10.21767/2471-9633-C1-006