Vestibular Rehab Therapy and What You Need To Know
Vestibular Rehab
It’s time to talk about balance, dizziness, vertigo and how these and reap havoc on a person’s life. This can gravely affect your everyday functionality while making it difficult for you to perform everyday tasks and activities. Affecting the inner ear and brain which processes the sensory information controlling balance and eye movements inside the brain refers to the vestibular system.
The vestibular you ask?
What is vestibular disorder and how did I get it? Vestibular disorders are often misdiagnosed and can commonly include:
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
- labyrinthitis or vestibular neuritis,
- Ménière’s disease
- secondary endolymphatic hydrops
- perilymph fistula
- superior canal dehiscence
- acoustic neuroma, ototoxicity
- enlarged vestibular aqueduct
- mal de débarquement.
It is something that affects balance, dizziness and is centralized in your inner ear and brain that processes sensory information. This information process controls eye and balance movements. Many things attributed to vestibular disorder including but limited to:
- Injury to these processing areas
- Disease to these processing areas
- Genetics
- Environmental
- And much more
Vestibular Rehab Therapy and What You Need To Know
Vestibular rehabilitation is a specialized form of therapy designed to alleviate both primary and secondary symptoms of vestibular disorders. The frequency of inner ear disorders and dizziness and disequilibrium are common.
- Injury to these processing areas
- Disease to these processing areas
- Genetics
- Environmental
- And much more
A recent study completed by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) reported that as many as 35% of adults aged 40 years or older in the United States—approximately 69 million Americans—have experienced some form of vestibular dysfunction. Vestibular disorders are also not prone to adults. They can be found in children as well, with increasing findings from medical professionals.
So how can you alleviate this problem and find relief?
Vestibular Rehab. This form of specialized therapy is designed to alleviate both primary and secondary symptoms of vestibular disorders specifically dizziness and disequilibrium are common. Peach Physiotherapy and Wellness Centre now offers vestibular rehab. Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy is an exercise-based program designed to promote central nervous system re-training for inner ear deficits. It can help with a variety of vestibular problems, including:
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Unilateral or bilateral vestibular hypofunction (reduced inner ear function on one or both sides)
- Ménière’s disease
- Labyrinthitis
- Vestibular neuritis
The primary goal of vestibular rehab is to retrain the brain to coordinate information from the inner ear, balance organs, vision, and the sensory receptors that are sensitive to stretch or pressure. Vestibular rehab is grounded in evidence-based medicine and has been extensively researched