Vestibular System
The vestibular system is complex, it includes the brain, vestibular apparatus, balance, and eyesight which all work together to keep you balanced and not dizzy.
Vestibular rehab can help manage conditions including:
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
Vestibular Hypofunction
Meniere's disease
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Dizziness and Vertigo
What is the difference?
Dizziness is a feeling of light headedness or imbalance.
Dizziness typically results from blood pressure changes, medication side effects, heart rate changes, or changing positions too quickly.
Vertigo is a sensation of you or the room spinning.
Vertigo comes from a complication with your inner ear, also called your vestibular system, or from your brain itself.
What can Physical Therapy do to help?
PT can help with both dizziness and vertigo by challenging you in a safe way to improve your balance.
Balance comes from what your eyes see, what your feet feel, and what your inner ear is doing.
PT can address vertigo by determining the cause of the vertigo and treating it with movements of your head and body.
If the vertigo is caused by dislodged crystals in your inner ear, PT can usually improve your symptoms in one visit, but it may take more to completely resolve the issue.
Sometimes it is necessary to refer you to a provider for further testing to determine the cause.
If you go to the doctor for vertigo and they give you a medicine called Meclizine, it may impact PT testing if you have taken it within 24 hours.
