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.

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.

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

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.