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•Th e IFP• H alton H ills, Thursday, Septem ber 4, 2014 13 280 Guelph St. - Hwy. 7 Georgetown Visit ourWebsite: www.georgetownmarketplace.com Tel. 905-873-8918 September 9th to the 14th CRAFT SHOW f A all Prompt Emergency Care A Georgetown physiotherapist will be heading to Qatar in October to share her specialized knowledge in vestibu- lar rehabilitation with resident doctors there. Jenni Veneruz, owner of InFocus Rehabilitation Centre Inc., who has ad- vanced training in vestibular rehabilita- tion, has been invited to join an interna- tional team of doctors visiting Qatar to teach the resident doctors. She will be there for two weeks. Veneruz says it's a fairly new pro- gram that the University of Toronto has developed with the University of Qatar. "It is a huge honour to be invited to go," said Veneruz, who has guest lectured at the University of Toronto. "This is the first year they've actually asked a physiotherapist to go and do the rehabilitation part of it." Veneruz has treated more than 1,000 patients with inner ear disorders. Her patients come from all over the GTA to her Georgetown physiotherapy clinic and as far away as Thunder Bay. She will be teaching the resident doc- tors how she treats patients who have positional vertigo and inner ear viruses. "I'm one of a few physiotherapists with that advanced training in Cana- da," she said. Veneruz re- ceived the vestibu- lar rehab training through the Susan Herdman Certifi- cation course in Atlanta. She became in- terested in treat- ing patients with vertigo because she had family mem- bers who had it. "There are so many people that suf- fer with inner ear disorders." She said doctors usually prescribe medication for those patients, which sometimes works, but also sometimes doesn't. She added it also doesn't really fix the problem. "With vestibular rehabilitation we're actually fixing the problem," said Veneruz. She's excited about going to Qatar to share her knowledge. "I love what I do, it helps so many people. It's really rewarding. I treat someone once, they may have had ver- tigo for years and all of a sudden they're back to full function, they're not tired anymore and they don't feel sick." Local woman to teach doctors in Qatar By LISA TALLYN Staff Writer JENNI VENERUZ