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Vestibular Therapy

Vestibular Therapy

What is Vestibular Therapy?

Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy or VRT is an exercise-based program primarily designed to reduce vertigo, dizziness, gaze instability, and imbalance or falls. Each patient's case is unique, so therapists usually require a comprehensive clinical exam before creating a treatment plan. The main symptoms of a vestibular disorder are dizziness, vertigo, and disequilibrium. These are all caused due to a dysfunction of the inner ear or the central nervous system.

Benefits of Vestibular Therapy

The Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy recovery process doesn’t happen overnight, but just like any other exercise program if you stick with it you will see results! You can expect your dizziness symptoms to reduce or even disappear completely. Your daily life will improve tremendously and the daily functions that were hard for you to do at the beginning will be much easier to perform after therapy.

Here at Right Rehab we pride ourselves on having one of the best Vestibular Therapists in the State. Our Head Therapist Ram is renowned for his Vestibular Rehabilitation techniques has a natural gift for helping patients recover from Vestibular Disorders.

Does Vestibular Therapy Work?

Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy has been proven to be effective in treating patients. While some vestibular cases are not 100% reversible, most patients will see improvement through compensation (their other senses; vision, somatosensory, etc. will compensate and fix their disorder). When crafting a treatment plan, a physical therapist will usually stick to the three main vestibular exercise methods; Habituation, Gaze stabilization, and Balance Training exercises.
  • Habituation exercises focus on treating patients who experience self inflicted motion sickness produced by visual stimuli. An example of a patient who would benefit from habituation treatment: John experiences dizziness when he moves his head quickly, and always feels dizzy when he is in energetic environments such as the mall or the movies.
  • Gaze Stabilization exercises focus on patients who experience their visual world jumping or bouncing around. This type of disorder commonly happens when patients are reading or focusing on an object while they move around. Gaze stabilization is often broken down into two different exercises. The first type of exercise involves the patient fixating their visual focus on one specific object while the move their head or body. The other type is the same kind of exercise, but while the patient moves their head they switch their focus between two different objects.
  • Balance Training exercises are as simple as is sounds. They focus on helping patients improve their steadiness so they can better function throughout their daily lives. The exercises are modified for specific patients to ensure the patient does not fall while performing them. These exercise could include things like; performing a task while balancing, stationary or dynamic movements, and coordinated movements.

Is Vestibular Rehab Right for You?

  • Acoustic Neuroma
  • Age-related Dizziness and Imbalance
  • Auto Immune Inner Ear Disease
  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
  • Bilateral Vestibular Hypofunction
  • Canvas Syndrome
  • Cervicogenic Dizziness
  • Cholesteatoma
  • Concussions
  • Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome (EVAS)
  • General Vestibuotherapy
  • Labyrinthitis and Vestibular Neuritis
  • Mal De Débarquement
  • Migraine – Associated Vertigo (MAV)
  • Ménière’s Disease
  • Neurotoxicity
  • Otosclerosis
  • Ototoxicity
  • Pediatric Vestiublar Disorders
  • Perilymph Fistula
  • Persistant Postural Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD)
  • Secondary Endolymphatic Hydrops (SEH)
  • Superior Semicircular canal Dehiscense
  • Tinnitus
  • Vestibular Hypercacusis
  • Vertibrobasilar Insufficiency
  • Others may not be included on this list

What Results Can You Expect From Vestibular Therapy?

If you are experiencing any type of vestibular disorder we recommend you see a physical therapist immediately. Vestibular disorders are notorious for being one of the most annoying conditions to deal with since they impact your daily functions. In order to fully understand what kind of recovery you can expect, you have to know your individual disorder. Generally the majority of patients experience some form of success when it comes to their recovery, regardless of the condition they have. To further understand what disorder you or someone you know might be experiencing, you can look at the list of common vestibular disorders above.