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Vestibular Rehab

Symptoms and causes of dizziness and vertigo

Dizziness and vertigo are terms used to describe everything from feeling off balance and disoriented to feeling as if you are floating or as if the world is spinning. These symptoms can affect your balance and ability to stay standing still and upright.

Often the reasons for balance issues are related to the vestibular system. The vestibular system includes the parts of the inner ear and brain that help control your balance and movements of the eye.

The vestibular system can be affected by disease, aging, or injury and are often associated with one or more of the following symptoms:

  • Dizziness: A sensation of lightheadedness or unsteadiness.
  • Imbalance: Unsteadiness or loss of equilibrium.
  • Vertigo: A rotating or spinning perception of movement, either self or surrounding objects.
  • Brain fog: Recalling details may become more complicated, and thinking might seem slow.
  • Tinnitus: A ringing, hissing, whistling, buzzing, or clicking sound perceived in one or both ears.
  • Hearing loss: Reduction in the ability to hear sounds.
  • Vision impairment: There is a link between the vestibular system and vision called the vestibular-ocular reflex (VOR). It is a significant factor that needs to be considered.
  • Nausea: The feeling of being sick to your stomach.

Feeling dizzy throughout the day as you try to work and get things done can be highly disorienting; however, dizziness rarely means you have a life-threatening condition. The good news is that OSR Physical Therapy can help!

Have you noticed yourself getting disoriented and having to grab onto furniture or lean against a wall to steady your body throughout the day? Has your dizziness made you feel off-balance or even caused you to stumble or fall?

A vestibular problem might be the cause of your dizziness. Fortunately, at OSR Physical Therapy, our physiotherapists can help you figure out the source of your symptoms and guide you to a solution that works!

Dizziness is typically considered a symptom of various diseases of different causes. One of the most common causes is dysfunction of the vestibular system, both peripheral (inner ear, vestibular nerve) and central (brainstem, cerebellum).

Here at OSR Physical Therapy, our physiotherapists are trained to handle balance issues and vestibular rehabilitation. They can perform a thorough evaluation to recognize common vestibular conditions and provide treatment to alleviate symptoms effectively.

Contact our office today to set up an appointment and learn more about your vestibular rehabilitation treatment options!nt options!

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How vestibular rehabilitation can treat your balance problems

Treatment of dizziness depends on the cause and symptoms but is usually very effective. About 50% of all dizziness is due to the vestibular system, and most of these individuals get relief with physiotherapy-based vestibular rehabilitation.

The vestibular system gives our brains vital information about how we move and how our heads are positioned. It’s also involved with motor functions controlling our overall balance, stability, and posture.

Vestibular rehabilitation is a process of adaptation and compensation to reprogram or reset the connections with the brain to restore balance and stability.

Our team of physiotherapists will thoroughly evaluate your joints, muscles, coordination, posture, inner ears, and eye-tracking capabilities. This way, they’ll be able to pinpoint the exact issue affecting your balance.

No two exercise treatment plans are exactly alike. Every program is developed by identifying your individual deficits. For example, if your symptoms are due to an inner ear problem, you will need to learn how to do some self-treatment exercises.

In addition, we will conduct a specific balance assessment to complement vestibular rehabilitation therapy.

Our programs focus on:

  • Vision stability training enhances the stability of your gaze
  • Posture training to improve your stability
  • Stretching and strengthening exercises
  • Balance retraining
  • Walking exercises
  • Neck mobility/stretching exercises
  • Restoring your ability to perform the activities of daily living, you have been avoiding.

We will prescribe a treatment plan of specific exercises, targeted stretches, and movement techniques to reset and improve your vestibular system and regain your balance!

Contact OSR Physical Therapy today

Our specialized services will help you get back on your feet as quickly as possible and help you stop your world from spinning today!

If your dizzying symptoms are holding you back from living your normal daily life, call to schedule an appointment with one of our physiotherapists.

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