Vertigo, dizziness and loss of balance can be disabling, scary and can have a huge impact on a person's daily life. Working with a trained vestibular therapist who understands how these symptoms impact you can help get you back to your normal life quicker.
There are lots of causes for symptoms of dizziness, vertigo and feeling off balance. Some conditions that cause these vestibular symptoms are Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), Labyrinthitis or Vestibular Neuritis, Meniere’s disease, Migraine- related vestibular dysfunction, concussion/brain injuries, Multiple sclerosis, and cerebellar conditions to name a few. It can also be due to aging and loss of function that can cause a balance disruption.
Our treatment of these conditions starts with a thorough assessment of the vestibular, visual, sensory and motor systems to find the underlying causes and impact of these symptoms on your daily life. Treatment is then tailored towards these findings with the goal to get you back to your best as quickly as possible.
There are lots of causes for symptoms of dizziness, vertigo and feeling off balance. Some conditions that cause these vestibular symptoms are Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), Labyrinthitis or Vestibular Neuritis, Meniere’s disease, Migraine- related vestibular dysfunction, concussion/brain injuries, Multiple sclerosis, and cerebellar conditions to name a few. It can also be due to aging and loss of function that can cause a balance disruption.
Our treatment of these conditions starts with a thorough assessment of the vestibular, visual, sensory and motor systems to find the underlying causes and impact of these symptoms on your daily life. Treatment is then tailored towards these findings with the goal to get you back to your best as quickly as possible.
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Treatment of Vestibular and Balance conditions includes:
1. Canal repositioning techniques for BPPV - this is a procedure that can be completed by your GP, an Ear Nose and Throat specialist or physiotherapist with experience in Vestibular Rehabilitation. Once diagnosed treatment is completed and symptoms can resolve greatly.
2. Education – Helping someone understand how and why their symptoms are occurring goes a long way to making them feel more certain about these symptoms and helps with recovery, we pride ourselves in giving you the education to be confident to manage your symptoms.
3. Adaptation and habituation – Using principles of neuroplasticity we teach exercises to improve gaze stability, reduced sensations of dizziness and vertigo and upregulate sensory systems for Peripheral Vestibular disorders causing vestibular hypofunction – neuritis, labyrinthitis, acoustic neuromas, bilateral vestibular disorders
4. Exercise – We use principles of exercise to help recovery from a vestibular and balance disorder
5. Balance retraining – We provide exercises specifically targeted to improve your balance not only in your own home but also in the community.
6. Rehabilitation for central vestibular disorders – including Stroke, TBI, concussion, Cerebellar disorders