Active+ Orewa

Barbara Hartmour
Head and Spine Trauma, Advanced Balance Rehab

About

Barbara has recently moved to the Coast, and we welcome her to Active+ Orewa.Throughout 25+ years of post-graduate clinical experience working in Orthopaedic Manual Therapy (Gilmour Spinal System), Barbara has followed a passion for problem solving neck and back injuries, with a “hands on” treatment style and implementing functional, home-based exercise programmes. In recent years her focus of special interest is the complex area of balance system integration and disorders, in particular the emerging field in New Zealand of Vestibular Rehabilitation. Common presentations found are symptoms of vertigo, dizziness, disequilibrium, headache, falls and fear of falling; often following trauma (whiplash, concussion), illness or as brief, intense, spontaneous occurrences during head movement (eg. BPPV). Barbara is looking forward to helping you with the management of all of your injuries.

Since 2015, Barbara has contracted in a variety of roles including Vestibular Rehabilitation, mild Traumatic Brain Injury ACC Contracts and Community based Palliative Care (North Shore).

My Goals

To develop a solution focused rehabilitation service for Balance System Disorders