Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy

The vestibular system includes vestibular centers of the cerebellum and midbrain, two inner ear organs, and peripheral vestibular nerves. The vestibular system helps detect the head position and motion and prompts you to react whenever any changes occur. Some neurologic conditions and a variety of inner ear disorders can cause an imbalance of the body during movements, and people might experience intense head reeling and dizziness accompanied by nausea.

What is Vestibular Rehabilitation?

Vestibular Rehabilitation is a type of Physiotherapy involving various exercises that helps in the treatment of vestibular dysfunction that causes dizziness, migraines, vertigo, and BPPV (Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo). Physical therapy exercises are highly effective in treating these conditions that do not have any medicinal treatment. All these conditions are interrelated because vertigo causes dizziness and migraines. Vestibular Rehabilitation is an exercise-based treatment program administered by a trained physiotherapist to improve the symptoms of vestibular disorder.

Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy at Well-Being Physio

The therapist will carefully consider the onset of the condition and its progression, your medical history, and the symptoms and episodes. The specialist will also perform a medical evaluation involving balance testing, testing various neurological reflexes, cervical tests of the neck joint, neck muscle function, and blood flow. In addition, the expert performs positional testing on a table, walking and mobility tests (gait assessment), and cranial nerve tests.

To provide necessary vestibular treatment, Vestibular rehabilitation exercises are often included in the treatment schedule. These are easy to perform but require high consistency to get the right results. Patients must perform the exercises at least 2-3 times daily. In most cases, the exercises will increase the symptoms, which is a good sign of the stimulation of the vestibular system appropriately. It shows that the exercises have the positive effects as the symptoms gradually subside and become more manageable until they finally disappear. The results depend on doing the exercises correctly.

Benefits of Choosing Well-Being Physio for Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy/Treatment

Vestibular problems can occur due to different causes. Physiotherapy intervention can be beneficial for most conditions. Our vestibular treatments are non-invasive and designed for all age groups. After the initial identification of the causes, the specialist undertakes the treatment program. The specialist offers proper vestibular rehabilitation therapy for various vestibular conditions like dizziness, labyrinthitis, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo or BPPV, vestibular neuronitis, and acoustic neuroma.
The treatment strategies provide lasting relief from the symptoms so the patient can resume normal activities. The advantages of undergoing vestibular rehabilitation treatment include improved visual focus and balance, reduced dizziness, and increased confidence.