DIZZYCARE™ - Key Persons
Samy is the founder and director of the DizzyCare Clinic Ltd. He has more than 25 years of experience in physiotherapy out of which over 16 years he has been specialising in vestibular rehabilitation.
Samy completed his Bachelor's in Physiotherapy (BSc PT) in 1996 and Masters in Physiotherapy (MSc PT) in 2000 from MGR Medical University, Tamil Nadu, India. He worked as a clinical physiotherapist and tutor in India from 1996 to 2004. Samy relocated to the UK in 2004. After a short employment at a private hospital in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, he joined the West Park Hospital, Wolverhampton -NHS Hospital Trust as a senior physiotherapist in 2005 and he continues to work at this NHS organisation.
Samy has been specialising in VRT since 2006, over the years he completed several CPD Courses and Workshops on vestibular rehabilitation. Among these, the notable ones to mention are, "DIZZINESS: A Multidisciplinary Approach" course that was run by the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, Queen's Square, London in 2007 under the leadership of Prof. Linda Luxon and the "Vestibular Rehabilitation: A Competency-Based Course" run by Prof. Susan Herdman, Emory University/APTA, Atlanta, USA in 2009. Following the successful completion of the Emory course, Samy gained a Competency Certification in Vestibular Rehabilitation.
Samy established the DizzyCare Clinic in 2012 to provide specialist vestibular physiotherapy for patients and training to the professionals in vestibular rehabilitation. Samy's DizzyCare clinic is one of the few clinics in the UK that is dedicated exclusively to the provision of vestibular rehabilitation.
Samy runs his DizzyCare clinic both in-person and online. While most patients attend the online consultation others use it combination of both in-person and online consultations
Vestibular problems in head injuries & concussions are quite common but under-recognised. Samy works closely with Head injury Case managers and provides vestibular physiotherapy reports to the Case Managers and Solicitors for their clients with dizziness, vertigo and unsteadiness.
Additionally, Samy recently (July 2021) completed the Bond Solon's Expert Witness Course (Excellence in Report Writing) and takes instructions for the expert witness work for clients with head injury-induced dizziness and vertigo. Samy passionately believes that training and empowering the frontline clinicians such as GP, Physio, OT, Advanced Nurse of vestibular topics for health professionals. The vestibular physiotherapy courses are run via online/on-demand, in-person and hybrid courses where both in-person and online courses are combined. Samy has delivered vestibular courses to over 1000 frontline clinicians across the UK since 2012.